Genius of Legend, Genius in Fact Questions
... hinker and creative genius, the Greek mathematician Archimedes was famous in the ancient world for his inventions. He created devices used in peace and weapons used in war. He also did some important work that advanced mathematics. Many colorful legends arose about him—and many of them can be dismis ...
... hinker and creative genius, the Greek mathematician Archimedes was famous in the ancient world for his inventions. He created devices used in peace and weapons used in war. He also did some important work that advanced mathematics. Many colorful legends arose about him—and many of them can be dismis ...
sexual virtue, sexual vice, and the requirements of the
... pages of Petronius' Satyricon -- which portrays Roman life as an unbridled celebration of excess -- to conclude that the Romans joyfully abandoned themselves to all sorts of appetites. Vulgarity and sexual excess seemed to have been the order of the ...
... pages of Petronius' Satyricon -- which portrays Roman life as an unbridled celebration of excess -- to conclude that the Romans joyfully abandoned themselves to all sorts of appetites. Vulgarity and sexual excess seemed to have been the order of the ...
here - John Stack
... This ensured that any dangers were detected long before the fleet proper stumbled upon them. The evening before he had transshipped from his flagship quinquereme, the Melqart, to the trireme assigned point duty for the coming day’s operations, the Elissar. They were on their way to Panormus on the n ...
... This ensured that any dangers were detected long before the fleet proper stumbled upon them. The evening before he had transshipped from his flagship quinquereme, the Melqart, to the trireme assigned point duty for the coming day’s operations, the Elissar. They were on their way to Panormus on the n ...
The Parthians of Augustan Rome - American Journal of Archaeology
... or the suffering of their fellow citizens, but the opponent is generally absent, and this is true as well for many of the monuments constructed in the early Modern period.1 If women or children are included in the design, they are of the same ethnicity as the dedicators, usually under their protecti ...
... or the suffering of their fellow citizens, but the opponent is generally absent, and this is true as well for many of the monuments constructed in the early Modern period.1 If women or children are included in the design, they are of the same ethnicity as the dedicators, usually under their protecti ...
The Late Republic - Parkway C-2
... For his consulship Caesar fashioned an improbable alliance: his skill in having won the trust f both Crassus and Pompey enabled him to unite these two enemies in his support. Crassus had the connections, Pompey had the soldiers' vote, and Caesar was consul and pontifex maximus. The combination (ofte ...
... For his consulship Caesar fashioned an improbable alliance: his skill in having won the trust f both Crassus and Pompey enabled him to unite these two enemies in his support. Crassus had the connections, Pompey had the soldiers' vote, and Caesar was consul and pontifex maximus. The combination (ofte ...
The Flavian Invasions
... earnest with II Adiutrix being recalled in 87AD and the legionary fortress of Inchtuthil being abandoned. The fact that no coins later than 86AD have been found in camps in the North further suggests withdrawal at this time. Sheppard Frere believes that “by 89AD the Romans held only the Lowlands” (f ...
... earnest with II Adiutrix being recalled in 87AD and the legionary fortress of Inchtuthil being abandoned. The fact that no coins later than 86AD have been found in camps in the North further suggests withdrawal at this time. Sheppard Frere believes that “by 89AD the Romans held only the Lowlands” (f ...
In Death, Immortality - Trinity College Digital Repository
... wars in 218 BC, continuing to the capture of Numantia in 133 BC and ending briefly with the events that passed between that year and the rise of Augustus in 14 AD.8 The three major events of this book, namely the war against Carthage, the war against the Lusitanians, and the wars against the Celtibe ...
... wars in 218 BC, continuing to the capture of Numantia in 133 BC and ending briefly with the events that passed between that year and the rise of Augustus in 14 AD.8 The three major events of this book, namely the war against Carthage, the war against the Lusitanians, and the wars against the Celtibe ...
JULIUS CAESAR TEACHERS` NOTES Permission is granted for the
... declared dictator for life. As well, he was appointed prefect of morals and was honoured with the minting of the first Roman gold coins in his image. Politically he enlarged the senate from 600 to 900 members, and increased the number of magistrates, praetors, aediles and quaestors. But, Caesar gove ...
... declared dictator for life. As well, he was appointed prefect of morals and was honoured with the minting of the first Roman gold coins in his image. Politically he enlarged the senate from 600 to 900 members, and increased the number of magistrates, praetors, aediles and quaestors. But, Caesar gove ...
City and Environment
... many centuries later. In fact, the morphology of earlier cities needs to be studied separately from those of Greeks and Persians, who inherited more than five millennia of urban experience by the time they built their cities. The majority of the early cities were small in size and housed very few pe ...
... many centuries later. In fact, the morphology of earlier cities needs to be studied separately from those of Greeks and Persians, who inherited more than five millennia of urban experience by the time they built their cities. The majority of the early cities were small in size and housed very few pe ...
Founding fathers: An ethnic and gender study of the Iliadic Aeneid
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... the Jordan they invariably included Eleutheropolis. Since these mosaics were created in the 6th and 7th c. CE I had to assume that either something about the city meant that it was well remembered or that it had indeed been an important city until that later period. Whichever it was I was strongly m ...
... the Jordan they invariably included Eleutheropolis. Since these mosaics were created in the 6th and 7th c. CE I had to assume that either something about the city meant that it was well remembered or that it had indeed been an important city until that later period. Whichever it was I was strongly m ...
JULIUS CÆSAR
... There was no one to oppose Caesar as he marched through Italy. On the contrary, city after city surrendered to him. There was very little fighting. In most places the people seemed glad to have him as their ruler, and gave him a warm welcome and feasted his soldiers. He had only words of kindness f ...
... There was no one to oppose Caesar as he marched through Italy. On the contrary, city after city surrendered to him. There was very little fighting. In most places the people seemed glad to have him as their ruler, and gave him a warm welcome and feasted his soldiers. He had only words of kindness f ...
University of Alberta Bithynia - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
... this point the historical narrative shifts to a more intense examination of the state of affairs in the province, made possible by the extant correspondence of Pliny the Younger. The tenth book of Pliny 's letters contains the most detailed information on this province, which presented complex probl ...
... this point the historical narrative shifts to a more intense examination of the state of affairs in the province, made possible by the extant correspondence of Pliny the Younger. The tenth book of Pliny 's letters contains the most detailed information on this province, which presented complex probl ...
Caesar
... On his return to Rome, Caesar was elected military tribune. Although there are 24 military tribunes, it’s quite an important office. Many people see this as the first step of a political career for a young aristocrat like my master. After that he was elected quaestor for 69 B.C. – that’s a more impo ...
... On his return to Rome, Caesar was elected military tribune. Although there are 24 military tribunes, it’s quite an important office. Many people see this as the first step of a political career for a young aristocrat like my master. After that he was elected quaestor for 69 B.C. – that’s a more impo ...
Commodus
... Roman history, which brought men to throne by merit rather than birth. • Despite his promises to the military to continue his fathers attempts of expanding the Roman empire into the territories conquered from the Quadi and Marcomanni, Commodus soon after surrendered everything that his father achiev ...
... Roman history, which brought men to throne by merit rather than birth. • Despite his promises to the military to continue his fathers attempts of expanding the Roman empire into the territories conquered from the Quadi and Marcomanni, Commodus soon after surrendered everything that his father achiev ...
Tyrants and Tyranny in the Late Roman Republic
... words, Augustus’ ostensible answer to the paradox of the Republic’s fall was that it had not fallen. This answer was not satisfactory to many historians, however. A century later, Tacitus gave another hypothesis: When [Augustus] had seduced the army with gifts, the people with grain, and everyone el ...
... words, Augustus’ ostensible answer to the paradox of the Republic’s fall was that it had not fallen. This answer was not satisfactory to many historians, however. A century later, Tacitus gave another hypothesis: When [Augustus] had seduced the army with gifts, the people with grain, and everyone el ...
Roman agriculture
Agriculture in ancient Rome was not only a necessity, but was idealized among the social elite as a way of life. Cicero considered farming the best of all Roman occupations. In his treatise On Duties, he declared that ""of all the occupations by which gain is secured, none is better than agriculture, none more profitable, none more delightful, none more becoming to a free man."" When one of his clients was derided in court for preferring a rural lifestyle, Cicero defended country life as ""the teacher of economy, of industry, and of justice"" (parsimonia, diligentia, iustitia). Cato, Columella, Varro and Palladius wrote handbooks on farming practice.The staple crop was spelt, and bread was the mainstay of every Roman table. In his treatise De agricultura (""On Farming"", 2nd century BC), Cato wrote that the best farm was a vineyard, followed by an irrigated garden, willow plantation, olive orchard, meadow, grain land, forest trees, vineyard trained on trees, and lastly acorn woodlands.Though Rome relied on resources from its many provinces acquired through conquest and warfare, wealthy Romans developed the land in Italy to produce a variety of crops. ""The people living in the city of Rome constituted a huge market for the purchase of food produced on Italian farms.""Land ownership was a dominant factor in distinguishing the aristocracy from the common person, and the more land a Roman owned, the more important he would be in the city. Soldiers were often rewarded with land from the commander they served. Though farms depended on slave labor, free men and citizens were hired at farms to oversee the slaves and ensure that the farms ran smoothly.