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military defeats, casualties of war - The University of North Carolina
... mercenary leader of the Greeks in southern Italy. His army had just defeated a Roman army, killed as many as 15,000 Roman soldiers, captured a Roman camp, and gained the support of a number of Roman allied towns. When the king sent his messenger to Rome in order to complete a pact of peace, the Roma ...
... mercenary leader of the Greeks in southern Italy. His army had just defeated a Roman army, killed as many as 15,000 Roman soldiers, captured a Roman camp, and gained the support of a number of Roman allied towns. When the king sent his messenger to Rome in order to complete a pact of peace, the Roma ...
Augustus and the Julio-Claudian Emperors of Rome
... Augustus and the Julio-Claudian Emperors of Rome ...
... Augustus and the Julio-Claudian Emperors of Rome ...
Four Surveyors of Caesar: Mapping the World!
... survey of Rome and its many outskirts of centuriations radiating from the nucleus of the central square. This being so it was clearly to take many years in the field by the four Greek Surveyors charged by Julius Caesar to chart the entire known world. Through exhilarating research I can tell you how ...
... survey of Rome and its many outskirts of centuriations radiating from the nucleus of the central square. This being so it was clearly to take many years in the field by the four Greek Surveyors charged by Julius Caesar to chart the entire known world. Through exhilarating research I can tell you how ...
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II: Res Gestae XIV.6 and
... rise o f Rome’s power not only provides the historical background but also sets out many o f the key terms o f Roman political ideology: tranquillitas, iustitia, libertas, prosperitas, concordia, pax, securitas.2i These are manifestations o f the treaty between Virtue and Fortune, and they, like the ...
... rise o f Rome’s power not only provides the historical background but also sets out many o f the key terms o f Roman political ideology: tranquillitas, iustitia, libertas, prosperitas, concordia, pax, securitas.2i These are manifestations o f the treaty between Virtue and Fortune, and they, like the ...
FROM POPLICOLA TO AUGUSTUS: SENATORIAL HOUSES IN
... people objected that the location, a beautiful spot on the top of the Velia, literally elevated the consul. The site was surrounded by steep slopes and difficult to access; it was high over the Forum and enjoyed a commanding view of all that passed there. The thought of Poplicola descending from his ...
... people objected that the location, a beautiful spot on the top of the Velia, literally elevated the consul. The site was surrounded by steep slopes and difficult to access; it was high over the Forum and enjoyed a commanding view of all that passed there. The thought of Poplicola descending from his ...
ABSTRACT A Healing God Comes to Rome: Aesculapius and the
... This lack of professional physicians paved the way for one of the most monumental event in Roman history – the importation of Asklepius into Rome. When an outbreak of plague occurred in 293 B.C. at Rome, the Roman Senate consulted the Sibylline Books, and the prophetic writings advised the senate to ...
... This lack of professional physicians paved the way for one of the most monumental event in Roman history – the importation of Asklepius into Rome. When an outbreak of plague occurred in 293 B.C. at Rome, the Roman Senate consulted the Sibylline Books, and the prophetic writings advised the senate to ...
TheColosseumandGladiatorialGames
... In this scene, one can discern the tall greaves and leggings and rectangular shield of the Thraex, as well as the feathers that decorate his helmet. The murmillo, the crest of his helmet equally elaborate, thrusts his sword over the smaller curved shield of his opponent. The other scene depicts a ho ...
... In this scene, one can discern the tall greaves and leggings and rectangular shield of the Thraex, as well as the feathers that decorate his helmet. The murmillo, the crest of his helmet equally elaborate, thrusts his sword over the smaller curved shield of his opponent. The other scene depicts a ho ...
the rise of the roman republic the rise of the roman
... a complete list of all these distinguished patricians for the truly curious among you. Historical Magistrate Usage: For those of you wishing to play with the actual magistrates from the years in which they served, use the Roman Magistrate Chart to locate these men. In such a usage, you will need to ...
... a complete list of all these distinguished patricians for the truly curious among you. Historical Magistrate Usage: For those of you wishing to play with the actual magistrates from the years in which they served, use the Roman Magistrate Chart to locate these men. In such a usage, you will need to ...
The coinage of Quintus Labienus Parthicus - E
... it was a favorable opportunity to invade the Roman provinces in the East, which were relarively unprotected. Early in 40 B.C. a large army jointly led by Labienus and Pacorus, a son of Orodes, crossed the Euphrates River and attacked the Roman pro¬ vince of Syria. That province was garrisoned by onl ...
... it was a favorable opportunity to invade the Roman provinces in the East, which were relarively unprotected. Early in 40 B.C. a large army jointly led by Labienus and Pacorus, a son of Orodes, crossed the Euphrates River and attacked the Roman pro¬ vince of Syria. That province was garrisoned by onl ...
cleopatra - Bremen High School District 228
... came into contact with even a drop of blood would destroy the body very quietly and painlessly. In this or in some very similar way she perished, and her two handmaidens with her. When Octavian heard of Cleopatra’s death, he was astounded, and not only viewed her body but also tried to revive ...
... came into contact with even a drop of blood would destroy the body very quietly and painlessly. In this or in some very similar way she perished, and her two handmaidens with her. When Octavian heard of Cleopatra’s death, he was astounded, and not only viewed her body but also tried to revive ...
Culture and Collective Memory in Ancient Republicanism
... constitutional comparandum, because Plato’s citizens were like statues, rather than living, breathing human beings (6.47.7-10). Thus, despite appreciating the gulf that separates ancient and modern, we should ever remain attuned to the ways in which ancient theorists grasped the permanent features o ...
... constitutional comparandum, because Plato’s citizens were like statues, rather than living, breathing human beings (6.47.7-10). Thus, despite appreciating the gulf that separates ancient and modern, we should ever remain attuned to the ways in which ancient theorists grasped the permanent features o ...
Law and Finance “at the Origin” Ulrike Malmendier*
... trates the limitations of the existing law and finance theories. In the case discussed here, legal restrictions (or the lack of legal development) per se appear to matter little as long as the law as practiced is flexible and adapts to economic needs. In fact, one of the most important periods of l ...
... trates the limitations of the existing law and finance theories. In the case discussed here, legal restrictions (or the lack of legal development) per se appear to matter little as long as the law as practiced is flexible and adapts to economic needs. In fact, one of the most important periods of l ...
The Second Punic War June 2015
... To what extent did the Roman Senate and its individual members support Scipio in his plan to take the war to Africa? Discussion might include: given his excellent track record (early career; victories in Spain etc), might have expected total support but not the case: in 206 his victory at Gades conf ...
... To what extent did the Roman Senate and its individual members support Scipio in his plan to take the war to Africa? Discussion might include: given his excellent track record (early career; victories in Spain etc), might have expected total support but not the case: in 206 his victory at Gades conf ...
Law Reform in the Ancient World: Did the Emperor Augustus
... s program of moral reform have quite rightly focused on the most obvious question:namely,did Augustus s enactments influence sexual or marital behavior in real and noticeable ways?The political and constitutional background,however,has remained largely unexamined.Was Augustus concerned exclusively ...
... s program of moral reform have quite rightly focused on the most obvious question:namely,did Augustus s enactments influence sexual or marital behavior in real and noticeable ways?The political and constitutional background,however,has remained largely unexamined.Was Augustus concerned exclusively ...
Clandestine Curses: Hidden Dangers to
... was trying to bind the image of the charioteer with his imminent death. The bound figure in a coffin at the bottom of the tablet certainly seems to convey this message. This bound figure, presumably of Cardelus, was purposefully run through with the nail that pierced the tablet itself; symbolically ...
... was trying to bind the image of the charioteer with his imminent death. The bound figure in a coffin at the bottom of the tablet certainly seems to convey this message. This bound figure, presumably of Cardelus, was purposefully run through with the nail that pierced the tablet itself; symbolically ...
Representation of Ancient Warfare in Modern Video
... out of all the ancient fighting forces for which we have literary sources, and I would suggest that more secondary literature is devoted to this topic than any other army in ancient history. This is an important consideration, as I will be comparing and contrasting the representation of warfare in t ...
... out of all the ancient fighting forces for which we have literary sources, and I would suggest that more secondary literature is devoted to this topic than any other army in ancient history. This is an important consideration, as I will be comparing and contrasting the representation of warfare in t ...
Courses
... Examines the portrayal of women in ancient Greek literature and the realities of women’s lives as reconstructed from the historical, legal, and archaeological records. CLAS 3913 Love and Sexuality in Greece and Rome 3 ch (3C) [W] A study of Greek and Roman attitudes towards love and sexuality. Liter ...
... Examines the portrayal of women in ancient Greek literature and the realities of women’s lives as reconstructed from the historical, legal, and archaeological records. CLAS 3913 Love and Sexuality in Greece and Rome 3 ch (3C) [W] A study of Greek and Roman attitudes towards love and sexuality. Liter ...
Food and dining in the Roman Empire
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Food and dining in the Roman Empire reflect both the variety of foodstuffs available through the expanded trade networks of the Roman Empire and the traditions of conviviality from ancient Rome's earliest times, inherited in part from the Greeks and Etruscans. In contrast to the Greek symposium, which was primarily a drinking party, the equivalent social institution of the Roman convivium was focused on food. Banqueting played a major role in Rome's communal religion. Maintaining the food supply to the city of Rome had become a major political issue in the late Republic, and continued to be one of the main ways the emperor expressed his relationship to the Roman people.