February- The Multifaceted Month!
... per year. It is said that Caesar was aware of the discrepancy, but felt it was of little importance. In the 16th century the Gregorian calendar reform was introduced to improve its accuracy with respect to the time of the vernal equinox and the synodic month (for Easter). Sometimes the reference Old ...
... per year. It is said that Caesar was aware of the discrepancy, but felt it was of little importance. In the 16th century the Gregorian calendar reform was introduced to improve its accuracy with respect to the time of the vernal equinox and the synodic month (for Easter). Sometimes the reference Old ...
Studies of power: The Augustine Principate
... gradually…absorbed the functions of the senate, the officials and even the low” (source 4). It must be remembered that Tacitus was also critical of Augustus and, like Cassius was not a contemporary of Augustus, but rather a later Roman historian. Thus, his views would represent those of later Romans ...
... gradually…absorbed the functions of the senate, the officials and even the low” (source 4). It must be remembered that Tacitus was also critical of Augustus and, like Cassius was not a contemporary of Augustus, but rather a later Roman historian. Thus, his views would represent those of later Romans ...
Tarpeia
... The soldiers said “Take thy reward” and instead crushed her to the ground with his heavy shield Tarpeia was dead Sabines entered the city and marched over her dead body ...
... The soldiers said “Take thy reward” and instead crushed her to the ground with his heavy shield Tarpeia was dead Sabines entered the city and marched over her dead body ...
Cestius Humiliated by the Zealots (AD 66)
... Jerusalem as well. Armies were not only encircling Jerusalem, they were inside Jerusalem taking control of the city away from the Romans and Agrippa’s loyalist forces. All refugees would have needed to leave Jerusalem long before this. Sept 66 – Menahem returned from Masada where his soldiers had br ...
... Jerusalem as well. Armies were not only encircling Jerusalem, they were inside Jerusalem taking control of the city away from the Romans and Agrippa’s loyalist forces. All refugees would have needed to leave Jerusalem long before this. Sept 66 – Menahem returned from Masada where his soldiers had br ...
Zanker - MK2Review
... the idea that the structure of the city of Rome had to be entirely revised as was though by Julius Caesar and others. The character of Rome was somewhat antiquated for its time because of a desire of Augustus’s to keep in accordance with pietas which “required that old cult places be respected” and ...
... the idea that the structure of the city of Rome had to be entirely revised as was though by Julius Caesar and others. The character of Rome was somewhat antiquated for its time because of a desire of Augustus’s to keep in accordance with pietas which “required that old cult places be respected” and ...
The Parthians of Augustan Rome - American Journal of Archaeology
... Of the military defeats suffered by the Romans in the course of the Republic, three battles stand out in terms of catastrophic losses: two against Hannibal during the Second Punic War (Lake Trasimene and Cannae), and one against the Parthians (Carrhae in 53 B.C.), when the armies of Crassus lost the ...
... Of the military defeats suffered by the Romans in the course of the Republic, three battles stand out in terms of catastrophic losses: two against Hannibal during the Second Punic War (Lake Trasimene and Cannae), and one against the Parthians (Carrhae in 53 B.C.), when the armies of Crassus lost the ...
Second Triumvirate
... ("Triumvirs for Confirming the Republic with Consular Power", invariably abbreviated as "III VIR RPC"). It possessed supreme political authority. The only other office which had ever been qualified "for confirming the Republic" was the dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The only limit on the po ...
... ("Triumvirs for Confirming the Republic with Consular Power", invariably abbreviated as "III VIR RPC"). It possessed supreme political authority. The only other office which had ever been qualified "for confirming the Republic" was the dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The only limit on the po ...
EASTERN RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES IN THE IMPERIAL ROMAN
... affect its unity, and in the bigger picture, that of the empire; what role did the emperor play in regards to religious influence in the military; and how did political decisions regarding religious policies affect those in the military? Such themes will be become particularly clear in the chapters ...
... affect its unity, and in the bigger picture, that of the empire; what role did the emperor play in regards to religious influence in the military; and how did political decisions regarding religious policies affect those in the military? Such themes will be become particularly clear in the chapters ...
the man who needed
... requiring only a narrow track. However, there is plenty of evidence of pre-Roman roads in Britain – as well as the expert use of vehicles in war – which supports the belief that paving or surfacing may well have been used on roads. The Icknield Way, in use about 2000 BC, and 200 miles long, runs dea ...
... requiring only a narrow track. However, there is plenty of evidence of pre-Roman roads in Britain – as well as the expert use of vehicles in war – which supports the belief that paving or surfacing may well have been used on roads. The Icknield Way, in use about 2000 BC, and 200 miles long, runs dea ...
Document
... However under Publius Sittius Cirta was a special colony with some autonomy from Rome, but under emperor Augustus the city obtained full roman status as colonia with the name Iulia Iuvenalis Honoris et Virtutis Cirta in 27 BC. Since then Cirta started to grow enormously as an economic center of Roma ...
... However under Publius Sittius Cirta was a special colony with some autonomy from Rome, but under emperor Augustus the city obtained full roman status as colonia with the name Iulia Iuvenalis Honoris et Virtutis Cirta in 27 BC. Since then Cirta started to grow enormously as an economic center of Roma ...
Mors et Inferos - Wakefield School
... deceased to the cemetery- the funeral procession. This procession usually occurred right before dawn. The body would then be interred. The grave was generally meant for just the body, and only a few objects were actually placed within it- the gifts which were given to ...
... deceased to the cemetery- the funeral procession. This procession usually occurred right before dawn. The body would then be interred. The grave was generally meant for just the body, and only a few objects were actually placed within it- the gifts which were given to ...
The Republic - La Trobe University
... The Roman Equestrian Order • The lower of two aristocra>c classes of ancient Rome • The equites (equestrians) were outranked by patricii (patricians) • Equestrians could own land and were just as weal ...
... The Roman Equestrian Order • The lower of two aristocra>c classes of ancient Rome • The equites (equestrians) were outranked by patricii (patricians) • Equestrians could own land and were just as weal ...
Niccolò Machiavelli on Power
... one else; for mankind, being more prone to evil than to good, his successor might employ for evil purposes the power which he had used only for good ends” (Discourses, p.121). However, it took still several generations and the courage of a Brutus (Lucius Junius) to expel a king before the Roman repu ...
... one else; for mankind, being more prone to evil than to good, his successor might employ for evil purposes the power which he had used only for good ends” (Discourses, p.121). However, it took still several generations and the courage of a Brutus (Lucius Junius) to expel a king before the Roman repu ...
JuliusCaesar - ELA40SLiteraryFocus
... A great Roman general who has recently returned to Rome after a military victory in Spain. Julius Caesar is not the main character of the play that bears his name; Brutus has over four times as many lines, and the play does not show us Caesar's point of view. Nonetheless, virtually every other chara ...
... A great Roman general who has recently returned to Rome after a military victory in Spain. Julius Caesar is not the main character of the play that bears his name; Brutus has over four times as many lines, and the play does not show us Caesar's point of view. Nonetheless, virtually every other chara ...
Macedonia and Greece (275
... Alexander their fortunes varied according to circumstances, but they sought, as I have mentioned, to preserve democracy in the institutions of the League. The League consisted of twelve cities…They are: Patrae, Dyme, Pharae, Tritaea, Leontium, Aegium, Aegira, Pellene, Bura, Cerynea. In the period af ...
... Alexander their fortunes varied according to circumstances, but they sought, as I have mentioned, to preserve democracy in the institutions of the League. The League consisted of twelve cities…They are: Patrae, Dyme, Pharae, Tritaea, Leontium, Aegium, Aegira, Pellene, Bura, Cerynea. In the period af ...
The Julio-Claudian dynasty
... HS) each to ensure their support. It was this support that would ensure his survival. ...
... HS) each to ensure their support. It was this support that would ensure his survival. ...
Pompey the Great
... last forces of resistance. Appian tells us “Never did any man before Pompey set forth with so great authority conferred upon him by the Romans”. Mithtridates committed suicide and the war was at an end. •Pompey then conquered Armenia, Syria and Judaea. ...
... last forces of resistance. Appian tells us “Never did any man before Pompey set forth with so great authority conferred upon him by the Romans”. Mithtridates committed suicide and the war was at an end. •Pompey then conquered Armenia, Syria and Judaea. ...
the origins of the protection of literary authorship in ancient rome
... into a world empire and—alongside Athens and Alexandria—became the literary center of the Western world. The first poets were artists who largely improvised their pieces, presenting their public with what they claimed the Muses had bestowed upon them. This tradition remained a strong one long after ...
... into a world empire and—alongside Athens and Alexandria—became the literary center of the Western world. The first poets were artists who largely improvised their pieces, presenting their public with what they claimed the Muses had bestowed upon them. This tradition remained a strong one long after ...