James Ussher "The Annals of the World."
... before him, Adam gave them their names. Among all of these, he found no one to help him like himself. Lest he should be destitute of a suitable companion, God took a rib out of his side while he slept and fashioned it into a woman. He gave her to him for a wife, establishing by it the law of marriag ...
... before him, Adam gave them their names. Among all of these, he found no one to help him like himself. Lest he should be destitute of a suitable companion, God took a rib out of his side while he slept and fashioned it into a woman. He gave her to him for a wife, establishing by it the law of marriag ...
the sertorian wars, the seeds of a nation
... Without water the town would surrender. Sertorius’ Hispanics gathered up many animal skins and tied them off to use as air bladders. The strongest and best swimmers floated the bladders downstream at night to the dam, filled them with water, then slipped past the guard, penetrating the wall where th ...
... Without water the town would surrender. Sertorius’ Hispanics gathered up many animal skins and tied them off to use as air bladders. The strongest and best swimmers floated the bladders downstream at night to the dam, filled them with water, then slipped past the guard, penetrating the wall where th ...
- CUNY Academic Works
... and acting to resolve a variety of emergent problems both civil and military. This narrative has furnished insights into how the dictatorship was used and the role that it played in the Romans’ conception of their state. The emerging picture of the archaic Roman dictatorship is of an office that was ...
... and acting to resolve a variety of emergent problems both civil and military. This narrative has furnished insights into how the dictatorship was used and the role that it played in the Romans’ conception of their state. The emerging picture of the archaic Roman dictatorship is of an office that was ...
Vestal Virgins of Rome: Images Of Power
... turbulence of the transition from Republic to Principate. In part due to the violent and perilous transition, the Vestal Virgins of Rome began to represent a sense of what it meant to be Roman. The manifestation of the symbolization of Rome gave the Vestals great power. As the social and political p ...
... turbulence of the transition from Republic to Principate. In part due to the violent and perilous transition, the Vestal Virgins of Rome began to represent a sense of what it meant to be Roman. The manifestation of the symbolization of Rome gave the Vestals great power. As the social and political p ...
i Caligula Unmasked
... relate the event.30 Furthermore, in AD 39 Caligula appointed officials to various provinces, such as Galba and Petronius, who were capable of doing their tasks well, proof that he could make important decisions if the need arose.31 At the persuading of Herod Agrippa, Caligula also decided to change ...
... relate the event.30 Furthermore, in AD 39 Caligula appointed officials to various provinces, such as Galba and Petronius, who were capable of doing their tasks well, proof that he could make important decisions if the need arose.31 At the persuading of Herod Agrippa, Caligula also decided to change ...
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... My study suggests some answers. Public conflicts involving a person’s piety tended to occur when some new or unforeseen element was introduced into Roman religious life, since in these situations tradition did not provide guidelines on what the community had to do to fulfill its obligation to the g ...
... My study suggests some answers. Public conflicts involving a person’s piety tended to occur when some new or unforeseen element was introduced into Roman religious life, since in these situations tradition did not provide guidelines on what the community had to do to fulfill its obligation to the g ...
From Germanicus to Corbulo: The Evolution of Generalship under
... change from new office-holders every year to a single figure holding imperium for decades – meant for their everyday lives. Though the effects of this change are most frequently made evident through Tacitus’ portrayal of politics in the city of Rome itself, his illustration of the change of the mili ...
... change from new office-holders every year to a single figure holding imperium for decades – meant for their everyday lives. Though the effects of this change are most frequently made evident through Tacitus’ portrayal of politics in the city of Rome itself, his illustration of the change of the mili ...
The World of Elagabalus - Scholar Works at UT Tyler
... using Leithart’s correction, moments. These moments occurred after the formation of the Early Church and, therefore, this work does not discuss figures such as John the Baptist’s or Paul’s as transitional moments. While the zeitgeist favored Christianization, each moment was a pulse of movement fro ...
... using Leithart’s correction, moments. These moments occurred after the formation of the Early Church and, therefore, this work does not discuss figures such as John the Baptist’s or Paul’s as transitional moments. While the zeitgeist favored Christianization, each moment was a pulse of movement fro ...
anthony tropolle life of cicero
... Caesar.[21] Then, when he has passed in a few short chapters over all the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain i ...
... Caesar.[21] Then, when he has passed in a few short chapters over all the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain i ...
Άλλα Ονόματα Τόπος και Χρόνος Γέννησης Τόπος και Χρόνος
... task of Lucullus was to collect the indemnity which Sulla had imposed on the Asiatics in punishment for taking the side of Mithridates VI. On his return to Rome, Lucullus became aedile for 79 B.C. The very next year (78), he became praetor. This was a signal honour because normally two years had to ...
... task of Lucullus was to collect the indemnity which Sulla had imposed on the Asiatics in punishment for taking the side of Mithridates VI. On his return to Rome, Lucullus became aedile for 79 B.C. The very next year (78), he became praetor. This was a signal honour because normally two years had to ...