Rome`s Role in Imperial Propaganda and Policy
... maintenance of Rome’s cults and traditions. The formula was simple: by how much the better an emperor made Rome, that much the greater he would be perceived. Therefore, Rome was inextricably intertwined with the legitimacy, success (or failure), and longevity of an emperor’s reign. This all changed ...
... maintenance of Rome’s cults and traditions. The formula was simple: by how much the better an emperor made Rome, that much the greater he would be perceived. Therefore, Rome was inextricably intertwined with the legitimacy, success (or failure), and longevity of an emperor’s reign. This all changed ...
anthony tropolle life of cicero
... so remarkable, has covered the poor orator with obloquy. There is no period in Cicero's life so touching, I think, as that during which he was hesitating whether, in the service of the Republic, it did or did not behoove him to join Pompey before the battle of Pharsalia. At this time he wrote to his ...
... so remarkable, has covered the poor orator with obloquy. There is no period in Cicero's life so touching, I think, as that during which he was hesitating whether, in the service of the Republic, it did or did not behoove him to join Pompey before the battle of Pharsalia. At this time he wrote to his ...
reinterpretations of the struggle of the orders
... What did Roman authors in various genres think they were doing when they wrote about the past? How did the Romans try to understand their history, and how did they give meaning to stories of their past? It is clear that some embellishment of the narrative tradition of early Rome took place between o ...
... What did Roman authors in various genres think they were doing when they wrote about the past? How did the Romans try to understand their history, and how did they give meaning to stories of their past? It is clear that some embellishment of the narrative tradition of early Rome took place between o ...
PDF - La Trobe University
... winning combination allowed him to craft a position for himself that changed his world and the world around him, and established an enduring legacy which lasted for millennia. In the years after his death, Caesar’s great-nephew (and later adopted son) Octavian ensured that his uncle’s name would liv ...
... winning combination allowed him to craft a position for himself that changed his world and the world around him, and established an enduring legacy which lasted for millennia. In the years after his death, Caesar’s great-nephew (and later adopted son) Octavian ensured that his uncle’s name would liv ...
Space, Ritual, Event: Constantine`s Jubilee of 326 and its
... Constantine's defeat of his political rival and fellow emperor Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, on October 28, 312, and accession to sole emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire is now considered a watershed moment in Roman and in Western history. Looking at Constantine's triu ...
... Constantine's defeat of his political rival and fellow emperor Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, on October 28, 312, and accession to sole emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire is now considered a watershed moment in Roman and in Western history. Looking at Constantine's triu ...
The Public Image of the Later Severans: Caracalla to
... The public image of the Severans will be analysed by primarily examining those objects or materials which contained messages about the emperor and which were readily available all across the empire. These include the kinds of materials that people came into contract with regularly, or would have see ...
... The public image of the Severans will be analysed by primarily examining those objects or materials which contained messages about the emperor and which were readily available all across the empire. These include the kinds of materials that people came into contract with regularly, or would have see ...
Word - The Open University
... incomplete and authorship is uncertain, but it purports to be the work of more than one hand, a group of authors known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. However, arguments have now been made that the SHA is the work of just one author. It remains unclear exactly when this author(s) was writing, ...
... incomplete and authorship is uncertain, but it purports to be the work of more than one hand, a group of authors known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. However, arguments have now been made that the SHA is the work of just one author. It remains unclear exactly when this author(s) was writing, ...
life love legacy hadrian empire and conflict
... which shed new light on Hadrian and his reign. Some of these have been at sites that have been known about for some time. There have also been spectacular new discoveries such as the magnificent fragments of colossal marble statue of the emperor unearthed in the ancient city of Sagalassos in south-we ...
... which shed new light on Hadrian and his reign. Some of these have been at sites that have been known about for some time. There have also been spectacular new discoveries such as the magnificent fragments of colossal marble statue of the emperor unearthed in the ancient city of Sagalassos in south-we ...
Searching for Blood in the Streets: Mapping
... to both scholars in the field and those with a layperson’s interest. In particular, acquainting myself with the Digital Augustan Rome project, which provides an interface for exploring structures on the 2-D map of Rome, inspired my own desire to map not only structures, but political behavior in the ...
... to both scholars in the field and those with a layperson’s interest. In particular, acquainting myself with the Digital Augustan Rome project, which provides an interface for exploring structures on the 2-D map of Rome, inspired my own desire to map not only structures, but political behavior in the ...
Discontents at Rome: 63 BC By EH Campbell
... such a nature that it is possible to discourse on the same subject matter in many different ways—to represent the great as lowly or invest the little with grandeur, to recount the things of old in a new manner or set forth events of recent date in an old fashion—it follows that one must not shun sub ...
... such a nature that it is possible to discourse on the same subject matter in many different ways—to represent the great as lowly or invest the little with grandeur, to recount the things of old in a new manner or set forth events of recent date in an old fashion—it follows that one must not shun sub ...
chasing the sun - University of Canterbury
... would draw the sun into the sky, and draw it down at night, its effects felt by all mortals. It is no wonder that worship of the sun was so common in the ancient world, when its rays could support life, but also destroy it. This duality in both nature and effect has led modern scholars to take a kee ...
... would draw the sun into the sky, and draw it down at night, its effects felt by all mortals. It is no wonder that worship of the sun was so common in the ancient world, when its rays could support life, but also destroy it. This duality in both nature and effect has led modern scholars to take a kee ...
Introduction
... he met many men who were to feature prominently in Roman public life. Though not involving himself directly in the politics of the day, he became an important member of the literary circle that surrounded Augustus and was patronised by Maecenas. He first made his name with the Eclogues, a collection ...
... he met many men who were to feature prominently in Roman public life. Though not involving himself directly in the politics of the day, he became an important member of the literary circle that surrounded Augustus and was patronised by Maecenas. He first made his name with the Eclogues, a collection ...
Introduction
... he met many men who were to feature prominently in Roman public life. Though not involving himself directly in the politics of the day, he became an important member of the literary circle that surrounded Augustus and was patronised by Maecenas. He first made his name with the Eclogues, a collection ...
... he met many men who were to feature prominently in Roman public life. Though not involving himself directly in the politics of the day, he became an important member of the literary circle that surrounded Augustus and was patronised by Maecenas. He first made his name with the Eclogues, a collection ...
Mason Tjuanta - 2010
... He increased the efficiency of the harbors at Rhegium and Sicily to increase the imports from Egypt. Caligula would construct temples in honor of himself. The Egyptian obelisk now known as the Vatican obelisk was transported overseas and placed in Rome. Caligula maintained and built more roads to ma ...
... He increased the efficiency of the harbors at Rhegium and Sicily to increase the imports from Egypt. Caligula would construct temples in honor of himself. The Egyptian obelisk now known as the Vatican obelisk was transported overseas and placed in Rome. Caligula maintained and built more roads to ma ...
X - York University
... Roman engineering was amazing for its time. But it required relatively little mathematics. Roman engineers learned only what they deemed necessary to know. The famous engineer-architect Argippa, who undertook a survey of the entire Roman empire, had to call in specialists from Alexandria to carry ou ...
... Roman engineering was amazing for its time. But it required relatively little mathematics. Roman engineers learned only what they deemed necessary to know. The famous engineer-architect Argippa, who undertook a survey of the entire Roman empire, had to call in specialists from Alexandria to carry ou ...
The Greatest Generals of the Second Punic War
... No war has cost Italy more than the Second Punic War. The Carthaginian general, Hannibal Barcas, led his army from the Iberian peninsula, across the alps into Roman lands. There he wreaked havoc upon the Romans and their allies. His attacks pushed the Roman resources to their limits. But Rome did no ...
... No war has cost Italy more than the Second Punic War. The Carthaginian general, Hannibal Barcas, led his army from the Iberian peninsula, across the alps into Roman lands. There he wreaked havoc upon the Romans and their allies. His attacks pushed the Roman resources to their limits. But Rome did no ...
Gerald_A._Hess_Dissertation_2 - ETDA
... It is with Hadrian‘s fellowship with this Greek youth that a more nuanced understanding of the tondi resides. The tondi were a means to communicate Hadrian‘s and Antinous‘ heroic exploits in the hunt——a theme that was utterly new in Roman imperial artistic context yet very much part of the personae ...
... It is with Hadrian‘s fellowship with this Greek youth that a more nuanced understanding of the tondi resides. The tondi were a means to communicate Hadrian‘s and Antinous‘ heroic exploits in the hunt——a theme that was utterly new in Roman imperial artistic context yet very much part of the personae ...
Antony and Armenia - SelectedWorks
... Summary: Antony is commonly credited with incorporating Armenia as a Roman province. Those who make this claim, however, must face not only a lack of direct evidence for such an annexation but the ab ...
... Summary: Antony is commonly credited with incorporating Armenia as a Roman province. Those who make this claim, however, must face not only a lack of direct evidence for such an annexation but the ab ...
not one, but three (roman) alexanders: the
... (Arr. 4.9-10; Curt. 8.5.5-22; Justin 12.7.1; Plut. Al. 54.3-6).17 Depending on their social station, vassals either had to prostrate themselves before the king (Hdt. 1.134), or bow and blow him a kiss, as demonstrated by the Persepolis Treasury reliefs. Greeks considered the practice blasphemous sin ...
... (Arr. 4.9-10; Curt. 8.5.5-22; Justin 12.7.1; Plut. Al. 54.3-6).17 Depending on their social station, vassals either had to prostrate themselves before the king (Hdt. 1.134), or bow and blow him a kiss, as demonstrated by the Persepolis Treasury reliefs. Greeks considered the practice blasphemous sin ...
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.