agricola, tacitus, and scotland - Council for British Archaeology
... auspices ofthe Flavian dynasty. ...
... auspices ofthe Flavian dynasty. ...
Early Diadems Alexander`s Diadem
... Exactly which ancient culture introduced the diadem remains unclear, but by the late ninth century BC, the Neo-Assyrian kings were wearing a ribbon around the base of their turbans, a practice adopted by the subsequent Persian kings. And while the Neo-Assyrian rulers were certainly powerful, the Per ...
... Exactly which ancient culture introduced the diadem remains unclear, but by the late ninth century BC, the Neo-Assyrian kings were wearing a ribbon around the base of their turbans, a practice adopted by the subsequent Persian kings. And while the Neo-Assyrian rulers were certainly powerful, the Per ...
Carthaginian Mercenaries - Digital Commons @ Wofford
... magistrates which controlled foreign affairs, the treasury, the navy, and other major services. While an apparently democratic citizens assembly did exist, it does not appear to have held much power. Executive power was held in peace time by suffetes, which appear to have been elected, and in wartim ...
... magistrates which controlled foreign affairs, the treasury, the navy, and other major services. While an apparently democratic citizens assembly did exist, it does not appear to have held much power. Executive power was held in peace time by suffetes, which appear to have been elected, and in wartim ...
The Grand Strategy: A Study on Hannibal`s Stratagem During the
... not want what Hannibal offered then he could not break them from Rome. Hannibal did not have the manpower or support to defeat Rome without their support. The events that led up to the Second Punic War portray a long and seemingly inevitable conflict reminiscent of the wars between Athens and Sparta ...
... not want what Hannibal offered then he could not break them from Rome. Hannibal did not have the manpower or support to defeat Rome without their support. The events that led up to the Second Punic War portray a long and seemingly inevitable conflict reminiscent of the wars between Athens and Sparta ...
the republican soldier: historiographical representations and human
... social marginalization and exclusion. The Romans cast out groups of men who have ceased the pursuit of soldiering. Sallust sees the same vision on a larger scale. When war is taken away altogether, the state loses its moral integrity. In all these authors the soldier plays a central role in Rome’s a ...
... social marginalization and exclusion. The Romans cast out groups of men who have ceased the pursuit of soldiering. Sallust sees the same vision on a larger scale. When war is taken away altogether, the state loses its moral integrity. In all these authors the soldier plays a central role in Rome’s a ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... surrounding regions. Although these mosaics were in Arabia and showed few cities west of 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 ...
... surrounding regions. Although these mosaics were in Arabia and showed few cities west of 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 ...
P. VENTIDIUS-FROM NOVUS HOMO TO `MILITARY HERO`
... beasts would have stood him in good stead. And it was here, at the age of about 30, that he encountered Julius Caesar on his way to tal,e up his new provinces the two Gauls-a meeting which was to shape the rest of his life. Caesar, an expert rider who had picked his way over mountain roads in Spain, ...
... beasts would have stood him in good stead. And it was here, at the age of about 30, that he encountered Julius Caesar on his way to tal,e up his new provinces the two Gauls-a meeting which was to shape the rest of his life. Caesar, an expert rider who had picked his way over mountain roads in Spain, ...
Visigothic Retinues: Roving Bandits that Succeeded Rome
... As a result, Zosimus reports that Alaric’s Visigothic confederacy swelled by 30,000 new recruits. The Visigoths invaded Italy once more and this time they besieged the Eternal City itself in 410. “By all accounts, there followed one of the most civilized sacks of a city every witnessed,” states Heat ...
... As a result, Zosimus reports that Alaric’s Visigothic confederacy swelled by 30,000 new recruits. The Visigoths invaded Italy once more and this time they besieged the Eternal City itself in 410. “By all accounts, there followed one of the most civilized sacks of a city every witnessed,” states Heat ...
Changing Public Policy and the Evolution of Roman Civil
... frowned upon. As Toner has observed, betting on “contests of strength,” or indeed on any sporting events, seems to have been “comparatively small-scale in terms of wins and losses.”25 Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, there does not seem to have been any industry surrounding sports betting com ...
... frowned upon. As Toner has observed, betting on “contests of strength,” or indeed on any sporting events, seems to have been “comparatively small-scale in terms of wins and losses.”25 Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, there does not seem to have been any industry surrounding sports betting com ...
Document #2 Caesar, Julius (100–44 BC)
... Caesar moved with lightning rapidity down the east coast of Italy. He took Picenum and Corfinium while Pompey withdrew with his entire force to Brundisium and sailed to Greece. Almost overnight, Caesar became the master of Italy. But he was by no means in an enviable position. Pompey controlled Spai ...
... Caesar moved with lightning rapidity down the east coast of Italy. He took Picenum and Corfinium while Pompey withdrew with his entire force to Brundisium and sailed to Greece. Almost overnight, Caesar became the master of Italy. But he was by no means in an enviable position. Pompey controlled Spai ...
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... those circumstances which the Helvetian embassadors had mentioned, and that he felt the more indignant at them, in proportion as they had happened undeservedly to the Roman people: for if they had been conscious of having done any wrong, it would not have been difficult to be on their guard, but for ...
... those circumstances which the Helvetian embassadors had mentioned, and that he felt the more indignant at them, in proportion as they had happened undeservedly to the Roman people: for if they had been conscious of having done any wrong, it would not have been difficult to be on their guard, but for ...
chronology-of-catiline-3
... parts of Italy. (Sallust Cat. 27.1) October 20, 63 B.C.: An anonymous letter, presumably drafted by Catiline or one of his conspirators, made its way to Crassus and many members of the Senate. This letter contained a warning to the recipients to leave the city, threatening death and destruction to t ...
... parts of Italy. (Sallust Cat. 27.1) October 20, 63 B.C.: An anonymous letter, presumably drafted by Catiline or one of his conspirators, made its way to Crassus and many members of the Senate. This letter contained a warning to the recipients to leave the city, threatening death and destruction to t ...
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 ...
Roman Macedonia (168 BC - AD 284)
... year 148: it was, in other words, associated with the crushing of the insurrection of Andriscus. This system, which replaced the earlier method of dating based on the regnal year of each monarch seems – as far as can be determined from the available data – to have been used only in Macedonia (cf. th ...
... year 148: it was, in other words, associated with the crushing of the insurrection of Andriscus. This system, which replaced the earlier method of dating based on the regnal year of each monarch seems – as far as can be determined from the available data – to have been used only in Macedonia (cf. th ...
AHIS3110 - University of Newcastle
... (17) Octavius put out to sea on ships which were at hand, though it was still quite perilously wintry, and crossing the Ionian Sea, arrived at the nearest promontory of Calabria, where the news regarding the revolution at Rome had not yet been clearly announced to the inhabitants. He came ashore her ...
... (17) Octavius put out to sea on ships which were at hand, though it was still quite perilously wintry, and crossing the Ionian Sea, arrived at the nearest promontory of Calabria, where the news regarding the revolution at Rome had not yet been clearly announced to the inhabitants. He came ashore her ...
The Second Triumviratepowerpoint (dhill v1).
... prudence, deliberation, and industry. He had performed exploits in war which, though calamitous for the republic, were nevertheless mighty deeds. Having for many years aimed at being a king, he had with great labor, and much personal danger, accomplished what he intended. He had conciliated the igno ...
... prudence, deliberation, and industry. He had performed exploits in war which, though calamitous for the republic, were nevertheless mighty deeds. Having for many years aimed at being a king, he had with great labor, and much personal danger, accomplished what he intended. He had conciliated the igno ...
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... Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations. Urban ...
... Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations. Urban ...
- Cape Tech Library
... they agree to carry out their plan that day. The foreboding storms of the night, along with her own nightmares, have disturbed Caesar's wife Calpurnia. Interpreting them as warnings that something terrible is about to happen to Caesar, she begs him to stay home that day. The conspirators convince hi ...
... they agree to carry out their plan that day. The foreboding storms of the night, along with her own nightmares, have disturbed Caesar's wife Calpurnia. Interpreting them as warnings that something terrible is about to happen to Caesar, she begs him to stay home that day. The conspirators convince hi ...
Fides Romana - Otago University Research Archive
... between the commanders and the Senate. He claims that these individual decisions were later ratified in Rome. However, our sources only mention ratification occasionally. Eckstein’s argument counters Mommsen’s original idea that the Senate was in complete control. However, Eckstein does not include ...
... between the commanders and the Senate. He claims that these individual decisions were later ratified in Rome. However, our sources only mention ratification occasionally. Eckstein’s argument counters Mommsen’s original idea that the Senate was in complete control. However, Eckstein does not include ...
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ROME AN
... fleet to be destroyed; this Wikipedia map shows the location and naval deployment of this battle. 30 BCE: After plans to regroup their forces in Alexandria failed, since most of Antony's remaining soldiers deserted to join Octavian, Antony committed suicide with his own sword. The circumstances surr ...
... fleet to be destroyed; this Wikipedia map shows the location and naval deployment of this battle. 30 BCE: After plans to regroup their forces in Alexandria failed, since most of Antony's remaining soldiers deserted to join Octavian, Antony committed suicide with his own sword. The circumstances surr ...