Roman Imperialism - McMaster University, Canada
... modern. In the days of the early republic the Mediterranean world consisted of hundreds of independent city-states, and in the second century Rome numbered more than a hundred allies in her federation and perhaps as many more states in her circle of “friends,” while on the periphery were countless s ...
... modern. In the days of the early republic the Mediterranean world consisted of hundreds of independent city-states, and in the second century Rome numbered more than a hundred allies in her federation and perhaps as many more states in her circle of “friends,” while on the periphery were countless s ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON CERTAMEN 2008 LEVEL THREE
... Toss-Up #9: Let's continue with the political theme of the previous history question. In political campaigns, labor unions are often powerful forces whose endorsements are sought by numerous hopeful candidates. In ancient Rome, most difficult labor was done by slaves, who did not have the backing of ...
... Toss-Up #9: Let's continue with the political theme of the previous history question. In political campaigns, labor unions are often powerful forces whose endorsements are sought by numerous hopeful candidates. In ancient Rome, most difficult labor was done by slaves, who did not have the backing of ...
File - Kihei Charter STEM Academy Middle School
... system the elected leaders were advised by a group of men from the more po werful families. The citizens of the Roman Republic were di vided into two classes. The upper-class of noblemen and their families were called patricians. These men could hold political, military , or religious offices. The p ...
... system the elected leaders were advised by a group of men from the more po werful families. The citizens of the Roman Republic were di vided into two classes. The upper-class of noblemen and their families were called patricians. These men could hold political, military , or religious offices. The p ...
A rough schedule
... Notes Brief survey of complex process of collapse of Republic. By the mid-first century BC, a few individuals (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus) had become enormously wealthy, largely through spoils of conquest of vast overseas territories; armies increasingly loyal to them rather than the Senate (hope of bo ...
... Notes Brief survey of complex process of collapse of Republic. By the mid-first century BC, a few individuals (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus) had become enormously wealthy, largely through spoils of conquest of vast overseas territories; armies increasingly loyal to them rather than the Senate (hope of bo ...
Comparing Strategies of the 2d Punic War
... on influence. Greece itself remained a collection of city-states loosely banded into the contending Aetolian and Achaean Leagues. Historically both the Romans and Carthaginians had fought wars with the Greeks, mainly over Greek colonies in both Italy and Sicily. Carthage however was viewed as a trad ...
... on influence. Greece itself remained a collection of city-states loosely banded into the contending Aetolian and Achaean Leagues. Historically both the Romans and Carthaginians had fought wars with the Greeks, mainly over Greek colonies in both Italy and Sicily. Carthage however was viewed as a trad ...
2 nd C. BCE
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Fractured Friendship at the Battle of Munda 45 BC: Julius Caesar
... refused the oath and suffered banishment. The country-dwelling Italian allies rejoiced but Matellus's ardent supporters in the city expressed their discontent. 37 For the time being Saturninus had out maneuvered the optimates. Even so, as Memmius stood for the consulship in the comitia, Saturninus o ...
... refused the oath and suffered banishment. The country-dwelling Italian allies rejoiced but Matellus's ardent supporters in the city expressed their discontent. 37 For the time being Saturninus had out maneuvered the optimates. Even so, as Memmius stood for the consulship in the comitia, Saturninus o ...
Ancient Rome
... helped it grow. From the beginning, Rome included people of several tribes, or ethnic groups. Over the centuries, this little society developed a government that shared power among a group of families. In the Roman Republic, the people got to choose their own representatives as their rulers. As Rome ...
... helped it grow. From the beginning, Rome included people of several tribes, or ethnic groups. Over the centuries, this little society developed a government that shared power among a group of families. In the Roman Republic, the people got to choose their own representatives as their rulers. As Rome ...
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... tive son. In the settlement which followed Mark Antony took the east and Octavian the west, but Octavian had already set his sights on supreme power, Mark Antony played his hand badly, and Octavian emerged victorious at the Battle of Actium BC . Four years later Octavian reached an arrangement with ...
... tive son. In the settlement which followed Mark Antony took the east and Octavian the west, but Octavian had already set his sights on supreme power, Mark Antony played his hand badly, and Octavian emerged victorious at the Battle of Actium BC . Four years later Octavian reached an arrangement with ...
A General`s Self-Depiction: The Political
... religion), which offered him a golden opportunity to increase his social standing. More importantly, however, Caesar held a “front rank [in] Rome’s senatorial aristocracy,”3 which offered an invaluable learning experience.4 Caesar learned that social popularity was the key to political power and tha ...
... religion), which offered him a golden opportunity to increase his social standing. More importantly, however, Caesar held a “front rank [in] Rome’s senatorial aristocracy,”3 which offered an invaluable learning experience.4 Caesar learned that social popularity was the key to political power and tha ...
JC Guide - LHS Com II / FrontPage
... magistrates, including consuls. Although the Senate was supposed only to advise the magistrates and the assemblies, it actually held most of the power. Over several centuries, Rome greatly expanded its territories in a series of foreign wars, but these conquests created internal tensions. Some polit ...
... magistrates, including consuls. Although the Senate was supposed only to advise the magistrates and the assemblies, it actually held most of the power. Over several centuries, Rome greatly expanded its territories in a series of foreign wars, but these conquests created internal tensions. Some polit ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero
... Cicero the Consul Cicero was elected into the consulship in 63 BCE. This is the same year in which he dealt with the conspiracy of Cataline. Lucius Sergius Catalina, a political who was habitually unsuccessful at attaining the consulship, gathered an army to overthrow the Roman state. Thanks to Cic ...
... Cicero the Consul Cicero was elected into the consulship in 63 BCE. This is the same year in which he dealt with the conspiracy of Cataline. Lucius Sergius Catalina, a political who was habitually unsuccessful at attaining the consulship, gathered an army to overthrow the Roman state. Thanks to Cic ...
An Economic History of Rome
... who had parted company from them not long before the first invasion. In the eighth century the Sabellic folk came down into the Tuscan and Latin plains and mingled freely with the cremating folk. At Rome, in fact, on the Alban hills, and even on the coast of Antium inhumation is found to be more cus ...
... who had parted company from them not long before the first invasion. In the eighth century the Sabellic folk came down into the Tuscan and Latin plains and mingled freely with the cremating folk. At Rome, in fact, on the Alban hills, and even on the coast of Antium inhumation is found to be more cus ...
Roman Isis and the Pendulum of Tolerance in the Empire
... through the first fifty years of imperial rule (27 BCE – 37 CE) and conclude with a brief overview of her gradual political acceptance from the third Roman emperor onward. Isis and the Orient Let us take a moment to place Isis within the socio-cultural context of Greece and Rome. Though there are no ...
... through the first fifty years of imperial rule (27 BCE – 37 CE) and conclude with a brief overview of her gradual political acceptance from the third Roman emperor onward. Isis and the Orient Let us take a moment to place Isis within the socio-cultural context of Greece and Rome. Though there are no ...
Politics and policy: Rome and Liguria, 200-172 B.C.
... addresses the importance of the seemingly endemic Roman campaigns in Liguria, which were fought almost yearly from 197 to 171: This enemy [the Ligurians] was born, as it were, to keep alive the military discipline of the Romans during the intervals between their great wars; nor did any province do m ...
... addresses the importance of the seemingly endemic Roman campaigns in Liguria, which were fought almost yearly from 197 to 171: This enemy [the Ligurians] was born, as it were, to keep alive the military discipline of the Romans during the intervals between their great wars; nor did any province do m ...
Punic War Gale documents
... force of its infantry; he learned the lesson of Hannibal's victory at Cannae. His newly formed cavalry and a highly mobile and more maneuverable infantry secured the success of his sweeps to envelop the enemy. On the level of statesmanship, Scipio's gift for moderation and his ability to stabilize a ...
... force of its infantry; he learned the lesson of Hannibal's victory at Cannae. His newly formed cavalry and a highly mobile and more maneuverable infantry secured the success of his sweeps to envelop the enemy. On the level of statesmanship, Scipio's gift for moderation and his ability to stabilize a ...
julius caesar`s system understanding of the gallic crisis
... 58 B.C. – April-May. Unable to proceed along the desired route, the Helvetii, resorting to the help of Dumnorix and Casticus, arrange a passage through the Sequani territory directed southwest towards Toulouse. That is too near to a Roman city and this gives Caesar the pretext to take measures and c ...
... 58 B.C. – April-May. Unable to proceed along the desired route, the Helvetii, resorting to the help of Dumnorix and Casticus, arrange a passage through the Sequani territory directed southwest towards Toulouse. That is too near to a Roman city and this gives Caesar the pretext to take measures and c ...
Commodus
... • At the year 166A.D, he was made Caesar (junior emperor). • He appeared to posses a weak character and was easily influenced by others. ...
... • At the year 166A.D, he was made Caesar (junior emperor). • He appeared to posses a weak character and was easily influenced by others. ...
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 ...
Ancient Rome - Core Knowledge® Foundation
... Introduce this unit on Ancient Rome by pulling down the wall map of the world. Have a student point out Europe on the map. Then have the student point out Asia and Africa. Ask the class how they would know where they were in Europe, if they were traveling there. How would they know if they were in S ...
... Introduce this unit on Ancient Rome by pulling down the wall map of the world. Have a student point out Europe on the map. Then have the student point out Asia and Africa. Ask the class how they would know where they were in Europe, if they were traveling there. How would they know if they were in S ...
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II: Res Gestae XIV.6 and
... processions of both the unmilitary senators and the unmilitary emperor are set out in military terms. Those in charge of the senatorial households are likened to “skilled battle commanders” (XIV.6.17: proeliorum periti rectores) lining up first the catervas densas...et fortes, then the light-armed ...
... processions of both the unmilitary senators and the unmilitary emperor are set out in military terms. Those in charge of the senatorial households are likened to “skilled battle commanders” (XIV.6.17: proeliorum periti rectores) lining up first the catervas densas...et fortes, then the light-armed ...
Issue 8 (2013) © Frances Foster, University of
... Roman conservative and stable self-image, through a strong sense of continuous literary heritage. However, Servius wrote a commentary on Virgil within an educational context, whilst Claudian wrote panegyric, in the context of the court. Both writers worked at a time when Rome was represented as a pl ...
... Roman conservative and stable self-image, through a strong sense of continuous literary heritage. However, Servius wrote a commentary on Virgil within an educational context, whilst Claudian wrote panegyric, in the context of the court. Both writers worked at a time when Rome was represented as a pl ...