Anonymous REPUBLIC, minted 211 BC
... The obverse and reverse of this coin refer to the lineage of the gens Mamilia, who claimed their descent from Mamilia, the daughter of Telegonus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, and a descendant of Mercury. The reverse scene depicts the moment when Ulysses, returning home from the Trojan Wars in the g ...
... The obverse and reverse of this coin refer to the lineage of the gens Mamilia, who claimed their descent from Mamilia, the daughter of Telegonus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, and a descendant of Mercury. The reverse scene depicts the moment when Ulysses, returning home from the Trojan Wars in the g ...
chronology-of-catiline-3
... with the death penalty for the currently incarcerated prisoners as well as those still to be apprehended until Caesar spoke, warning against the implications of the oligarchy taking such drastic measures against the populace. He argued against a rash decision while the senators were still full of pa ...
... with the death penalty for the currently incarcerated prisoners as well as those still to be apprehended until Caesar spoke, warning against the implications of the oligarchy taking such drastic measures against the populace. He argued against a rash decision while the senators were still full of pa ...
Cicero`s Beloved Republic: The Insufficiency Of
... fun of such treatises and later legal scholars returned the compliment by denigrating Cicero's contributions to Roman law. Rather, Cicero's writings, which indirectly pertained to law, dealt with rhetoric, social, political, and general philosophy. Although Cicero's writings spanned his lifetime, in ...
... fun of such treatises and later legal scholars returned the compliment by denigrating Cicero's contributions to Roman law. Rather, Cicero's writings, which indirectly pertained to law, dealt with rhetoric, social, political, and general philosophy. Although Cicero's writings spanned his lifetime, in ...
Cicero: Selected Letters
... city populace, none the less so because he came of one of Rome’s most ancient families; the latter, also a nobleman and Pompey’s colleague in 70, was, next to Pompey himself, the richest man in Rome. This alliance, often called the First Triumvirate though it had no officia status, dominated the sce ...
... city populace, none the less so because he came of one of Rome’s most ancient families; the latter, also a nobleman and Pompey’s colleague in 70, was, next to Pompey himself, the richest man in Rome. This alliance, often called the First Triumvirate though it had no officia status, dominated the sce ...
Augustus and the Principate
... premise that there should never again be a single man with too much political power. The Republic was constructed to prevent a new king from returning. For every magistrate, there were restrictions as to how power was wielded that came with that office, whilst also assuring that offices were not he ...
... premise that there should never again be a single man with too much political power. The Republic was constructed to prevent a new king from returning. For every magistrate, there were restrictions as to how power was wielded that came with that office, whilst also assuring that offices were not he ...
2levene
... competitive politics: he opposed Cicero at the time of the Milo trial, and subsequently fought for Caesar in the civil wars, ending as governor of the province of Africa Nova before being indicted for corruption. Accordingly, many scholars have sought to tease out of Sallust’s work a politically par ...
... competitive politics: he opposed Cicero at the time of the Milo trial, and subsequently fought for Caesar in the civil wars, ending as governor of the province of Africa Nova before being indicted for corruption. Accordingly, many scholars have sought to tease out of Sallust’s work a politically par ...
Pompey the Great
... He was “elected to a consulship actually before he had the legal right to hold any office at all.” Cicero. Refused to take a provincial command after his year as consul. ...
... He was “elected to a consulship actually before he had the legal right to hold any office at all.” Cicero. Refused to take a provincial command after his year as consul. ...
The Succession of Power after the Death of Commodus
... minds, perhaps fearing the consequences of such a choice. P. Helvius Pertinax was the perfect candidate for these people’s needs, and his weak position allowed them to count on the fact that he would permanently need a group of advisors. As Pertinax was probably aware of these conditions, he agreed ...
... minds, perhaps fearing the consequences of such a choice. P. Helvius Pertinax was the perfect candidate for these people’s needs, and his weak position allowed them to count on the fact that he would permanently need a group of advisors. As Pertinax was probably aware of these conditions, he agreed ...
18berry
... issued an edict saying that it had come to their notice that the young were studying under Latin rhetoricians, and since this had not happened in their ancestors’ time they disapproved (Suet. Rhet. 25.2). We know the name of one such rhetorician, L. Plotius Gallus, because the young Cicero wanted to ...
... issued an edict saying that it had come to their notice that the young were studying under Latin rhetoricians, and since this had not happened in their ancestors’ time they disapproved (Suet. Rhet. 25.2). We know the name of one such rhetorician, L. Plotius Gallus, because the young Cicero wanted to ...
2011 Senior External Examination Ancient History Paper Two
... refrained from no word or act provided that it won him popularity. He relaxed his former strict discipline over the troops under his command in winter quarters, and talked about the war in a mixture of criticism and boastfulness to the men of business, a large number of whom were present in Utica. “ ...
... refrained from no word or act provided that it won him popularity. He relaxed his former strict discipline over the troops under his command in winter quarters, and talked about the war in a mixture of criticism and boastfulness to the men of business, a large number of whom were present in Utica. “ ...
practise aeneid tiber - Penola-Slip
... Virgil was born in 79 BCE, just after the 1st civil war with Sulla and Marius. He experienced the next to civil wars that took place between; Caesar and Pompey in 49-45 BCE and Mark Antony and Octavian in 31-30 BCE. When Augustus (Octavian) put an end to all the civil wars, he restored law, order an ...
... Virgil was born in 79 BCE, just after the 1st civil war with Sulla and Marius. He experienced the next to civil wars that took place between; Caesar and Pompey in 49-45 BCE and Mark Antony and Octavian in 31-30 BCE. When Augustus (Octavian) put an end to all the civil wars, he restored law, order an ...
Abstract
... that of the Spartans, Carthaginians, or the Romans. In doing so, his purpose is simply to explain why the Romans have been so successful: he attributes their success largely to their good government. While Polybius does not appear himself in Cicero’s work, his ideas are made manifest by Cicero. In t ...
... that of the Spartans, Carthaginians, or the Romans. In doing so, his purpose is simply to explain why the Romans have been so successful: he attributes their success largely to their good government. While Polybius does not appear himself in Cicero’s work, his ideas are made manifest by Cicero. In t ...
GAIUS MARIUS, LUCIUS APULEIUS SATURNINUS and GAIUS
... 9. Marius, already distressed, it is contended, by the excesses of his political allies, determined that he had little choice: he should use his authority to ensure public order and move against Saturninus, Glaucia, and their supporters – despite how they had served his interests in the past. 10. Wh ...
... 9. Marius, already distressed, it is contended, by the excesses of his political allies, determined that he had little choice: he should use his authority to ensure public order and move against Saturninus, Glaucia, and their supporters – despite how they had served his interests in the past. 10. Wh ...
The Historians - Roman Roads Media
... Wesley Callihan, Old Western Culture: The Romans, Copyright 2014 by Roman Roads Media, LLC Cover Design: Rachel Rosales, Copyediting and Interior Layout: Valerie Anne Bost ...
... Wesley Callihan, Old Western Culture: The Romans, Copyright 2014 by Roman Roads Media, LLC Cover Design: Rachel Rosales, Copyediting and Interior Layout: Valerie Anne Bost ...
Tyrants and Tyranny in the Late Roman Republic
... contrast in the conception of power between Cicero’s oratory and Virgil’s Aeneid, for example, shows that shift in progress. ...
... contrast in the conception of power between Cicero’s oratory and Virgil’s Aeneid, for example, shows that shift in progress. ...
AUGUSTUS, LEGISLATIVE POWER, AND THE POWER OF
... to Republican traditionalism, depicted Augustus as merely a Roman magistrate who proposed laws that were then approved by the people, while the second viewed Augustus as a quasi-divine monarch with sovereign powers over the law. Thus what we are looking for are the different historical views of Augu ...
... to Republican traditionalism, depicted Augustus as merely a Roman magistrate who proposed laws that were then approved by the people, while the second viewed Augustus as a quasi-divine monarch with sovereign powers over the law. Thus what we are looking for are the different historical views of Augu ...
Joined with Power, Greed Without Moderation or
... required to reach the highest office was that of the annually-elected praetors (six before Sulla and eight after), with significant judicial, legal, and even military command responsibilities, in some ways a minor, subordinate version of the consuls; one had to be thirty-nine to hold this office. Fi ...
... required to reach the highest office was that of the annually-elected praetors (six before Sulla and eight after), with significant judicial, legal, and even military command responsibilities, in some ways a minor, subordinate version of the consuls; one had to be thirty-nine to hold this office. Fi ...
Sourcebook p. 253-264
... 7. Augustus was originally given the surname Thurinus, because his dad had a great victory near Thurii. Mark Antony made fun of him for this. Later, Augustus took the name Gaius Caesar. Even later, some Senators suggested he be named Romulus, but one said that he should be called Augustus because it ...
... 7. Augustus was originally given the surname Thurinus, because his dad had a great victory near Thurii. Mark Antony made fun of him for this. Later, Augustus took the name Gaius Caesar. Even later, some Senators suggested he be named Romulus, but one said that he should be called Augustus because it ...
Three Men in a Vote: Proscription and the Power of the Text
... along the roads, confiscating the property of all the dead, he brought in another device. He proscribed as outlaws those who were blessed with property as outlaws—not just men, but women, too. … When they’d unloaded all the men and women as far as they could, they brought all the proscribed before t ...
... along the roads, confiscating the property of all the dead, he brought in another device. He proscribed as outlaws those who were blessed with property as outlaws—not just men, but women, too. … When they’d unloaded all the men and women as far as they could, they brought all the proscribed before t ...
Julius Caesar Article Review
... praising Cinna and Marius. Caesar afterward married Pompeia, a distant relative of Pompey. Caesar served his quaestorship in the province of Farther Spain (modern Andalusia and Portugal). Caesar was elected one of the curule aediles (a Roman office where the person had power over a specific area, go ...
... praising Cinna and Marius. Caesar afterward married Pompeia, a distant relative of Pompey. Caesar served his quaestorship in the province of Farther Spain (modern Andalusia and Portugal). Caesar was elected one of the curule aediles (a Roman office where the person had power over a specific area, go ...
Readings on Evenwel v. Abbott: • Garrett Epps, One Person, One
... other nonvoters from the apportionment base] involves choices about the nature of representation with which we have been shown no constitutionally founded reason to interfere.” 384 U.S. at 92. Richardson does not overrule the portion of Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 568 (1964), that held that appo ...
... other nonvoters from the apportionment base] involves choices about the nature of representation with which we have been shown no constitutionally founded reason to interfere.” 384 U.S. at 92. Richardson does not overrule the portion of Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 568 (1964), that held that appo ...
Stages of Occupation
... headed by Paolo Carafa support a different hypothesis--that it leapt to that level during the second century B. C. after having sustained a largely agricultural community within the walls. Either way, within the walls the placement of the streets, the character of the forum and the surrounding 117 b ...
... headed by Paolo Carafa support a different hypothesis--that it leapt to that level during the second century B. C. after having sustained a largely agricultural community within the walls. Either way, within the walls the placement of the streets, the character of the forum and the surrounding 117 b ...
Stages of Occupation ppt
... headed by Paolo Carafa support a different hypothesis--that it leapt to that level during the second century B. C. after having sustained a largely agricultural community within the walls. Either way, within the walls the placement of the streets, the character of the forum and the surrounding 117 b ...
... headed by Paolo Carafa support a different hypothesis--that it leapt to that level during the second century B. C. after having sustained a largely agricultural community within the walls. Either way, within the walls the placement of the streets, the character of the forum and the surrounding 117 b ...
Plutarch
... - Sulla still displayed natural ability and made a name for himself - Marius found it impossible to end the war quickly as he had promised as the geography of the area was more suited to the guerrilla warfare style of the opponents. - Jugurtha was forced to take refugewith father in law Bocchus Kin ...
... - Sulla still displayed natural ability and made a name for himself - Marius found it impossible to end the war quickly as he had promised as the geography of the area was more suited to the guerrilla warfare style of the opponents. - Jugurtha was forced to take refugewith father in law Bocchus Kin ...
Test 5 - Ancient Rome
... d. violated the constitution hammered out by patricians and plebeians. 22. Because the Law of the Twelve Tables were displayed, judges could not a. show partiality to non-Romans. b. discriminate against Etruscans. c. make decisions based on secret laws. d. preserve the status of plebeians. 23. Why d ...
... d. violated the constitution hammered out by patricians and plebeians. 22. Because the Law of the Twelve Tables were displayed, judges could not a. show partiality to non-Romans. b. discriminate against Etruscans. c. make decisions based on secret laws. d. preserve the status of plebeians. 23. Why d ...