Ancient Rome
... against the Romans. In fact, it is believed that at age 9 Hannibal made a promise to his father to destroy the Romans. This might only by an invention, but there may be some truth in the story: after all, the Carthaginians had good reasons to hate their enemies. ...
... against the Romans. In fact, it is believed that at age 9 Hannibal made a promise to his father to destroy the Romans. This might only by an invention, but there may be some truth in the story: after all, the Carthaginians had good reasons to hate their enemies. ...
roman medicine and the legions: a reconsideration
... A good general was one who billeted his wounded in a friendly town or fortress.' The soldier was dependent upon his fellows for aid and this medicine resembled that used by the Roman civilian who practised a sort of 'folk' medicine.4 The contention that there was a voluntary medical corps with the l ...
... A good general was one who billeted his wounded in a friendly town or fortress.' The soldier was dependent upon his fellows for aid and this medicine resembled that used by the Roman civilian who practised a sort of 'folk' medicine.4 The contention that there was a voluntary medical corps with the l ...
The Roman Constitution
... Is it constitutional? Example 2: Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC) 1. Tiberius’ proposal of a land reform is vetoed by his fellow tribune Marcus Octavius. Constitutional? Yes, but quite unusual: tribunes seldom vetoed each other’s proposals. 2. Tiberius gains a majority vote (according to Appian) in 18 of ...
... Is it constitutional? Example 2: Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC) 1. Tiberius’ proposal of a land reform is vetoed by his fellow tribune Marcus Octavius. Constitutional? Yes, but quite unusual: tribunes seldom vetoed each other’s proposals. 2. Tiberius gains a majority vote (according to Appian) in 18 of ...
KINSHIP AND POWER
... phalus in the house hearth as the father of Servius. He was also substituted in some versions of the story by a client of Tarquinius.8 When the child was born the queen Tanaquil adopted him. For Festus Servius Tullius was spurius, meaning an unlawful child, i.e. the child of an unknown father. He qu ...
... phalus in the house hearth as the father of Servius. He was also substituted in some versions of the story by a client of Tarquinius.8 When the child was born the queen Tanaquil adopted him. For Festus Servius Tullius was spurius, meaning an unlawful child, i.e. the child of an unknown father. He qu ...
Hannibal and the Second Punic War- Adam - 2010
... later Scipio Africanus would come to use it to his own advantage” (142). Ironically, Paullus was killed and Varro managed to escape back to Rome. Hannibal continued to defeat the Romans in every military encounter, and occupied Italy for about fifteen years. Because he was unable to receive reinforc ...
... later Scipio Africanus would come to use it to his own advantage” (142). Ironically, Paullus was killed and Varro managed to escape back to Rome. Hannibal continued to defeat the Romans in every military encounter, and occupied Italy for about fifteen years. Because he was unable to receive reinforc ...
PUNIC WARS First Punic War (264-241 BC): The Romans ______
... His father, his ________ and his father-in-law had died fighting Hannibal. By the year 203 BC Roman forces led by Escipion had won over the carthaginians in Spain. Then, Romans instead of fighting Hannibal, stationed in southern Italy, he decided to __________ in northern Africa. Carthage called Han ...
... His father, his ________ and his father-in-law had died fighting Hannibal. By the year 203 BC Roman forces led by Escipion had won over the carthaginians in Spain. Then, Romans instead of fighting Hannibal, stationed in southern Italy, he decided to __________ in northern Africa. Carthage called Han ...
The Problem of Quirinius census
... found this tax set down in Caesar's memoranda. It was, in fact, a method which had been introduced once before, but had been abolished later, and was now revived. In this way, then, he increased the revenues." (Roman History LV 25:56) In 6 CE Caesar Augustus issued a worldwide decree that for a seco ...
... found this tax set down in Caesar's memoranda. It was, in fact, a method which had been introduced once before, but had been abolished later, and was now revived. In this way, then, he increased the revenues." (Roman History LV 25:56) In 6 CE Caesar Augustus issued a worldwide decree that for a seco ...
Roman Art_AugustusofPrimarporta
... Augustus (27 – B.C. – 14 A.D.) , we find a new trend in Roman portraiture that reaches its climax in the images of Augustus himself, as, for example, in the splendid statue from Primaporta. ...
... Augustus (27 – B.C. – 14 A.D.) , we find a new trend in Roman portraiture that reaches its climax in the images of Augustus himself, as, for example, in the splendid statue from Primaporta. ...
The Death of Julius Caesar
... Caesar, create a short skit/ re-enactment about some part of the Ides of March. – Caesar meeting with Calpurnia – Caesar’s meeting with the Senate – Brutus’ internal struggles – Brutus, Cassius, Decimus and others discussing the plan – Octavian and Mark Antony’s Revenge ...
... Caesar, create a short skit/ re-enactment about some part of the Ides of March. – Caesar meeting with Calpurnia – Caesar’s meeting with the Senate – Brutus’ internal struggles – Brutus, Cassius, Decimus and others discussing the plan – Octavian and Mark Antony’s Revenge ...
scenario book
... to intercept him. He camped about 130 miles southeast of Rome near the town of Beneventum (at that time named Maleventum; obviously as things got “better” the name changed) and waited for Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus approached Beneventum with an army consisting of 20,000 foot, 3,000 cavalry and some 15 elephan ...
... to intercept him. He camped about 130 miles southeast of Rome near the town of Beneventum (at that time named Maleventum; obviously as things got “better” the name changed) and waited for Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus approached Beneventum with an army consisting of 20,000 foot, 3,000 cavalry and some 15 elephan ...
87 BCE - CAMWS
... not mention widespread butchery, but notes that the slayings, which were still plenty deplorable, were aimed only at the heights of the nobility. Indeed, it is doubtful whether Cinna could have retained control of the city if he had allowed widespread carnage, and even more doubtful that he would ha ...
... not mention widespread butchery, but notes that the slayings, which were still plenty deplorable, were aimed only at the heights of the nobility. Indeed, it is doubtful whether Cinna could have retained control of the city if he had allowed widespread carnage, and even more doubtful that he would ha ...
Conquest and romanization of the upper valley of Guadalquivir river
... romanization in the upper Gudalquivir valley. For some scholars, this represented a continuity of the Iberian pattern until at least the Republican period, to the point that the period between the end of the Second Punic War and the reign of Augustus has been labelled as the “late Iberian horizon” ( ...
... romanization in the upper Gudalquivir valley. For some scholars, this represented a continuity of the Iberian pattern until at least the Republican period, to the point that the period between the end of the Second Punic War and the reign of Augustus has been labelled as the “late Iberian horizon” ( ...
Caesar Augustus
... Roman people that the Senate named him dictator for life. For five hundred years, the Roman government relied on two consuls serving one-year terms and taking advice from the Senate. But as dictator, Julius Caesar ruled without considering Roman tradition or having to consult the Senate. Finally, in ...
... Roman people that the Senate named him dictator for life. For five hundred years, the Roman government relied on two consuls serving one-year terms and taking advice from the Senate. But as dictator, Julius Caesar ruled without considering Roman tradition or having to consult the Senate. Finally, in ...
Carsten Hjort Lange, Triumphs in the Age of Civil War
... states his subject is the Late Republic, but he goes on to set up and outline issues of triumph and civil war down to the time of Constantine. It is superbly written, clearly and persuasively argued, and well-supported by thoughtful consideration of ancient and modern sources; among the latter, I sh ...
... states his subject is the Late Republic, but he goes on to set up and outline issues of triumph and civil war down to the time of Constantine. It is superbly written, clearly and persuasively argued, and well-supported by thoughtful consideration of ancient and modern sources; among the latter, I sh ...
An aristocratic site in Bassing between independent Gaul and
... arrowheads, uniform ornaments, sandal nails, horse tack of the Roman cavalry and even the metal mouthpiece of a war trumpet. Located in the territory of the Mediomatrici, between the oppida of Divodurum (Metz) Saverne, the site of Bassing thus belonged to an aristocrat whose power was linked not onl ...
... arrowheads, uniform ornaments, sandal nails, horse tack of the Roman cavalry and even the metal mouthpiece of a war trumpet. Located in the territory of the Mediomatrici, between the oppida of Divodurum (Metz) Saverne, the site of Bassing thus belonged to an aristocrat whose power was linked not onl ...
genesis of the roman descent of lithuanians theory and the
... the Polish author Maciej z Miechowa and the papal legate Zacharias Ferreri. Still, Lithuanian chronicles are of special importance here. The role played by the University of Krakow, the “molding place“ of the Lithuanian intellectual elite, deserves special attention in this respect. This university ...
... the Polish author Maciej z Miechowa and the papal legate Zacharias Ferreri. Still, Lithuanian chronicles are of special importance here. The role played by the University of Krakow, the “molding place“ of the Lithuanian intellectual elite, deserves special attention in this respect. This university ...
The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus Lecture 32
... The popular image of Cleopatra as a seductive oriental in 20th century Europe and America has its roots in the hostile attacks on Mark Antony circulated by Cicero and other Romans, who objected to his marriage to a non-Roman queen! This photo comes from the 1917 silent movie about Cleopatra starrin ...
... The popular image of Cleopatra as a seductive oriental in 20th century Europe and America has its roots in the hostile attacks on Mark Antony circulated by Cicero and other Romans, who objected to his marriage to a non-Roman queen! This photo comes from the 1917 silent movie about Cleopatra starrin ...
Marcus Aurelius
... Along with his hectic life Marcus had a normal personal life. He married Faustina the emperors daughter in 145. They had had many children together a lot of their children died. One of their best known children are his daughter Lucilla, and their son Commodus. ...
... Along with his hectic life Marcus had a normal personal life. He married Faustina the emperors daughter in 145. They had had many children together a lot of their children died. One of their best known children are his daughter Lucilla, and their son Commodus. ...
The First Warlords
... The sword was never carried into the assembly and there was no civil slaughter until Tiberius Gracchus, tribune and law bringer, was the first to fall a victim to internal commotion; and with him many others, who were crowded together at the Capitol around the temple, were also slain. Sedition did ...
... The sword was never carried into the assembly and there was no civil slaughter until Tiberius Gracchus, tribune and law bringer, was the first to fall a victim to internal commotion; and with him many others, who were crowded together at the Capitol around the temple, were also slain. Sedition did ...
as PDF - Unit Guide
... How valuable (or otherwise) is Livy's account of the Kaeso Quinctius riots in 463 (Livy 3.11-14) as evidence for the history of Rome in the early republican period? This brief essay is set for completion at the beginning of Week 3 of the semester, to help students get an idea of the standard for the ...
... How valuable (or otherwise) is Livy's account of the Kaeso Quinctius riots in 463 (Livy 3.11-14) as evidence for the history of Rome in the early republican period? This brief essay is set for completion at the beginning of Week 3 of the semester, to help students get an idea of the standard for the ...
Pompey`s Eastern Command
... fought the Albanians and Iberians. Sherwin-White argues that these victories were highly significant for Pompey’s personal glory; he had previously achieved glory in wars begun by others. The Caucasian campaign allowed Pompey to advance beyond the scope of Lucullus’ achievements and into territory ...
... fought the Albanians and Iberians. Sherwin-White argues that these victories were highly significant for Pompey’s personal glory; he had previously achieved glory in wars begun by others. The Caucasian campaign allowed Pompey to advance beyond the scope of Lucullus’ achievements and into territory ...