Banditry and Land Travel in the Roman Empire
... inhabitants who were allegedly skilled in magical arts. While lodging at the home of one Milo, Lucius learned from the slave girl that Milo's wife was an accomplished witch who was able to transform herself into an owl by means of smearing herself with a magical ointment. To quench his insatiable cu ...
... inhabitants who were allegedly skilled in magical arts. While lodging at the home of one Milo, Lucius learned from the slave girl that Milo's wife was an accomplished witch who was able to transform herself into an owl by means of smearing herself with a magical ointment. To quench his insatiable cu ...
Tyrian Purple - Semantic Scholar
... Rome was a latecomer to the social exercise of displaying Tyrian purple as a status symbol. While the Phoenicians were spreading their product and industrial infrastructure around the Mediterranean basin in the early half of the first millennium BCE, Rome was an insignificant town on the Tiber. Slow ...
... Rome was a latecomer to the social exercise of displaying Tyrian purple as a status symbol. While the Phoenicians were spreading their product and industrial infrastructure around the Mediterranean basin in the early half of the first millennium BCE, Rome was an insignificant town on the Tiber. Slow ...
Hannibal - Feric
... Greek trading cities such as Croton and Rhegium. The Romans became concerned that the Carthaginians might expand into southern Italy while the Carthaginians were afraid that the Romans might move into their trading areas in Sicily. Both Rome and Carthage made a series of commercial and political tre ...
... Greek trading cities such as Croton and Rhegium. The Romans became concerned that the Carthaginians might expand into southern Italy while the Carthaginians were afraid that the Romans might move into their trading areas in Sicily. Both Rome and Carthage made a series of commercial and political tre ...
Imperial Representations of Clementia: from Augustus to Marcus
... of clementia, some discussion of that is necessary in order to place the representations in their proper context. Most of this will occur in Chapter One, which is devoted to exploring the development of clementia as a virtue in Hellenistic times as well as how it came to be taken up by the Romans. T ...
... of clementia, some discussion of that is necessary in order to place the representations in their proper context. Most of this will occur in Chapter One, which is devoted to exploring the development of clementia as a virtue in Hellenistic times as well as how it came to be taken up by the Romans. T ...
Reflections on Titus and Josephus
... The history of Judaean-Roman relations based on such a critical method, however, still remains to be written. Be the result as it may, the fact cannot be ignored that even the Talmud and the Midrashim contain hints about positive aspects of Roman government for some parts of the population. But as f ...
... The history of Judaean-Roman relations based on such a critical method, however, still remains to be written. Be the result as it may, the fact cannot be ignored that even the Talmud and the Midrashim contain hints about positive aspects of Roman government for some parts of the population. But as f ...
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... 13. Claudius was credited with rebuilding what structure which had been completed in 55 BC but subsequently burned down? The building was the largest and first of its kind, skirting the laws of the time by including a small shrine to Venus at the back thus making it, technically, a temple. It's best ...
... 13. Claudius was credited with rebuilding what structure which had been completed in 55 BC but subsequently burned down? The building was the largest and first of its kind, skirting the laws of the time by including a small shrine to Venus at the back thus making it, technically, a temple. It's best ...
popular political participation in the late roman
... factors such as failure to conduct a census and so enrol new citizens following the Social War, mobilisation of voters and distance from Rome affected the likelihood of participation. ...
... factors such as failure to conduct a census and so enrol new citizens following the Social War, mobilisation of voters and distance from Rome affected the likelihood of participation. ...
LIVY, VEII, AND ROME: AB URBE CONDITA, BOOK V by KARL
... and yelling at the Roman troops (5.15.4). Apparently, it was an Etruscan custom that soothsayers would yell prophecies to Roman troops and allow themselves to be captured; the same thing is reported in relation to the capture of Fidenae a few decades before (4.22.4-6; 5.1921). More doubt is cast on ...
... and yelling at the Roman troops (5.15.4). Apparently, it was an Etruscan custom that soothsayers would yell prophecies to Roman troops and allow themselves to be captured; the same thing is reported in relation to the capture of Fidenae a few decades before (4.22.4-6; 5.1921). More doubt is cast on ...
A rough schedule
... Tacitus, Annals 1.1 Other primary sources Livy, Preface Livy, book 1.4-16, especially 4, 6.4-7.3, and 15.6-16 (Romulus) Livy, book 1, 49-50 (Tarquin the Proud) Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.72-2.56 (esp 2.56 for death of Romulus) [available online at Lacus Curtius] Key questions an ...
... Tacitus, Annals 1.1 Other primary sources Livy, Preface Livy, book 1.4-16, especially 4, 6.4-7.3, and 15.6-16 (Romulus) Livy, book 1, 49-50 (Tarquin the Proud) Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.72-2.56 (esp 2.56 for death of Romulus) [available online at Lacus Curtius] Key questions an ...
The Ara Pacis Augustae: Visual Rhetoric in Augustus
... religious leader and ‘‘father of his country’’ who ‘‘found [Rome] . . . built of brick and left it in marble’’ (Suetonius, Aug. 28). Although Augustus, then known as Octavian, was introduced to public life at age twelve when he delivered a funeral oration for his grandmother, and he continued to pra ...
... religious leader and ‘‘father of his country’’ who ‘‘found [Rome] . . . built of brick and left it in marble’’ (Suetonius, Aug. 28). Although Augustus, then known as Octavian, was introduced to public life at age twelve when he delivered a funeral oration for his grandmother, and he continued to pra ...
A COMPANION TO THE ROMAN ARMY Edited by
... 2002 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities for Classical Studies. She is currently conducting research into Roman military discipline. Louis Rawlings is a lecturer in ancient history at Cardiff University. His research interests include Italian, Greek, Punic, and Gallic warfare, especially the mil ...
... 2002 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities for Classical Studies. She is currently conducting research into Roman military discipline. Louis Rawlings is a lecturer in ancient history at Cardiff University. His research interests include Italian, Greek, Punic, and Gallic warfare, especially the mil ...
Max Pfingsten – The Aeneid
... As Aeneas finishes his tale, Dido is moved by Aeneas' story. Dido is impressed by Aeneas' bravery and piety. Dido is stricken by Aeneas' beauty. In short, Dido is head-over-heels in love with Aeneas. Aeneas seems to return the feeling, and the two spend a rainy day making love in a cave. After this ...
... As Aeneas finishes his tale, Dido is moved by Aeneas' story. Dido is impressed by Aeneas' bravery and piety. Dido is stricken by Aeneas' beauty. In short, Dido is head-over-heels in love with Aeneas. Aeneas seems to return the feeling, and the two spend a rainy day making love in a cave. After this ...
The Political Borderlines of Herod the Great
... political behavior—interests that were by no means one-dimensional. Antipater linked himself to the most powerful Romans of the day, beginning in 63 BCE with Pompey and continuing throughout the rest of his career, to 43 BCE. It is important for us to notice how Antipater took care to make friends i ...
... political behavior—interests that were by no means one-dimensional. Antipater linked himself to the most powerful Romans of the day, beginning in 63 BCE with Pompey and continuing throughout the rest of his career, to 43 BCE. It is important for us to notice how Antipater took care to make friends i ...
Text Commentary Project Vergil, Aeneid: II.771-795
... Introduction The work of the Augustan poet Publius Vergilius Maro left a profound mark on Roman literature. He was born on October 15, 70 BC, near Mantua, Italy, the son of a wealthy farmer whose land was confiscated by Octavian for his veteran soldiers after the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. In the ...
... Introduction The work of the Augustan poet Publius Vergilius Maro left a profound mark on Roman literature. He was born on October 15, 70 BC, near Mantua, Italy, the son of a wealthy farmer whose land was confiscated by Octavian for his veteran soldiers after the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. In the ...
- San Diego State University
... state. A considerable number of elephants, taken in the defeat of the Carthaginian army, were driven through the circus by a few slaves, armed only with blunt javelins. The useful spectacle served to impress the Roman soldier with a just contempt for those unwieldy animals; and he no longer dreaded ...
... state. A considerable number of elephants, taken in the defeat of the Carthaginian army, were driven through the circus by a few slaves, armed only with blunt javelins. The useful spectacle served to impress the Roman soldier with a just contempt for those unwieldy animals; and he no longer dreaded ...
Herod and Augustus: A Look at Patron
... inclined), each one supporting and helping the other’s career where possible. The client was also a companion to the patron as he grew older and protected his family and reputation after the patron’s death.15 The client typically remembered the patron in his will.16 Domestic Roman patron–client rela ...
... inclined), each one supporting and helping the other’s career where possible. The client was also a companion to the patron as he grew older and protected his family and reputation after the patron’s death.15 The client typically remembered the patron in his will.16 Domestic Roman patron–client rela ...
106744620 - BORA - UiB
... works, probably released in that order, both in the same year. He would not turn to history yet, however, as he were to explore yet another genre first, namely the dialogue. The Dialogus de Oratoribus quite evidently evokes Cicero’s De Oratore, and has even been dubbed neo-Ciceronian by some modern ...
... works, probably released in that order, both in the same year. He would not turn to history yet, however, as he were to explore yet another genre first, namely the dialogue. The Dialogus de Oratoribus quite evidently evokes Cicero’s De Oratore, and has even been dubbed neo-Ciceronian by some modern ...
Annals 15 and the Annalistic Tradition: Structuring
... ni expiatum, 15.47). Tacitus cannot let even a simple list of prodigies be noted without a reference to Nero, who is, after all, the main character of this section of his history. The rest of 15.47 includes other oddities that correspond well to the annalistic tradition, including “births of two-hea ...
... ni expiatum, 15.47). Tacitus cannot let even a simple list of prodigies be noted without a reference to Nero, who is, after all, the main character of this section of his history. The rest of 15.47 includes other oddities that correspond well to the annalistic tradition, including “births of two-hea ...
Disorder in Rome`s Asia Minor - Sound Ideas
... trivial issues.13 Trajan‘s interest in the province manifested itself in special mandata, commands, that he issued to Pliny before his departure that he would have to observe while in office. These mandata were issued to address concerns specific to Bithynia et Pontus at this time. According to Sher ...
... trivial issues.13 Trajan‘s interest in the province manifested itself in special mandata, commands, that he issued to Pliny before his departure that he would have to observe while in office. These mandata were issued to address concerns specific to Bithynia et Pontus at this time. According to Sher ...
Food and dining in the Roman Empire
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.