Theoderic the Great vs. Boethius
... by the government into the provinces: in this way each person would keep the laws of his own people, and despite the diversity of judges there would be one justice for all.14 This was yet another separation between the two peoples creating more tension by complicating the lives of those living in It ...
... by the government into the provinces: in this way each person would keep the laws of his own people, and despite the diversity of judges there would be one justice for all.14 This was yet another separation between the two peoples creating more tension by complicating the lives of those living in It ...
Literature and Its Times Julius Caesar
... The rise of Julius Caesar In 60 B.C., about fifteen years before the events depicted in Julius Caesar took place, Caesar, Gneius Pompeius (Pompey), and Marcus Licinius Crassus were three of the most powerful senators in Rome. They decided to form a pact to support each other politically. This pact, ...
... The rise of Julius Caesar In 60 B.C., about fifteen years before the events depicted in Julius Caesar took place, Caesar, Gneius Pompeius (Pompey), and Marcus Licinius Crassus were three of the most powerful senators in Rome. They decided to form a pact to support each other politically. This pact, ...
Annals 15 and the Annalistic Tradition: Structuring
... promiscas scaenas frequentandi, 15.33) takes a new precedence because it characterizes the emperor. Ginsburg has shown how Tacitus adapted the annalistic structure in the first hexad of the Annals, including the statement that “there is little reason to believe, moreover, that Tacitus found his cho ...
... promiscas scaenas frequentandi, 15.33) takes a new precedence because it characterizes the emperor. Ginsburg has shown how Tacitus adapted the annalistic structure in the first hexad of the Annals, including the statement that “there is little reason to believe, moreover, that Tacitus found his cho ...
Antony and Armenia - SelectedWorks
... state of affairs perhaps arises in part from the period under study, which sees, some argue, a transition from a more ideological Roman empire to a more territorial one.3 Matters are further complicated ...
... state of affairs perhaps arises in part from the period under study, which sees, some argue, a transition from a more ideological Roman empire to a more territorial one.3 Matters are further complicated ...
From Triumphal Gates to Triumphant Rotting: Refractions of Rome in
... differences. In addition to these, there is a wide variety of texts, both Russian and American, that address specific authors, works, or aspects of reception that have been immensely helpful for the different chapters of this project. As might be expected, the amount of reception scholarship varies ...
... differences. In addition to these, there is a wide variety of texts, both Russian and American, that address specific authors, works, or aspects of reception that have been immensely helpful for the different chapters of this project. As might be expected, the amount of reception scholarship varies ...
Quintus Sertorius and the Rebellion in Spain
... doing so he opened up political possibilities that made his goal of continuing the Marian movement possible. Sertorius acted atypically for a Roman governor at the time because he showed unusual amounts of respect, allowing the people certain liberties uncommon for this time.6 His good treatment of ...
... doing so he opened up political possibilities that made his goal of continuing the Marian movement possible. Sertorius acted atypically for a Roman governor at the time because he showed unusual amounts of respect, allowing the people certain liberties uncommon for this time.6 His good treatment of ...
A Fork in the Road: The Catilinarian Conspiracy`s Impact on Cicero`s
... Romans. According to Cicero, friendship was the most valuable thing a man could have and without it, he would have nothing. Plutarch confirms that Cicero‘s relationships with Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar were severely damaged from the events of the Catilinarian Conspiracy. Pompey and Cicero had mixed ...
... Romans. According to Cicero, friendship was the most valuable thing a man could have and without it, he would have nothing. Plutarch confirms that Cicero‘s relationships with Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar were severely damaged from the events of the Catilinarian Conspiracy. Pompey and Cicero had mixed ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON CERTAMEN 2008 LEVEL THREE
... sought by numerous hopeful candidates. In ancient Rome, most difficult labor was done by slaves, who did not have the backing of powerful unions. They only had one method of protest: a revolt. Which Thracian slave led the largest slave revolt in Roman history, a force of at least 70,000? Spartacus B ...
... sought by numerous hopeful candidates. In ancient Rome, most difficult labor was done by slaves, who did not have the backing of powerful unions. They only had one method of protest: a revolt. Which Thracian slave led the largest slave revolt in Roman history, a force of at least 70,000? Spartacus B ...
Cicero`s (S)Trumpet: Roman Women and the Second Philippic By
... Besides misrepresenting some of Antony‘s military and political actions, Cicero‘s Second Philippic includes the common and expected Roman Oratorical attacks on his youthful lasciviousness and dissipation.7 Outlining and exaggerating male debauchery was a standard tactic in public Oratory. As Jasper ...
... Besides misrepresenting some of Antony‘s military and political actions, Cicero‘s Second Philippic includes the common and expected Roman Oratorical attacks on his youthful lasciviousness and dissipation.7 Outlining and exaggerating male debauchery was a standard tactic in public Oratory. As Jasper ...
The Ruin of the Roman Empire
... near Constantinople. The throne’s base was square, with four delicate columns at the corners and one more supporting the seat at the center. The obelisk was carved of basalt on a square base and stood behind the throne. Both objects were inscribed in Greek. The manuscript illustration we have of the ...
... near Constantinople. The throne’s base was square, with four delicate columns at the corners and one more supporting the seat at the center. The obelisk was carved of basalt on a square base and stood behind the throne. Both objects were inscribed in Greek. The manuscript illustration we have of the ...
University of Alberta Bithynia - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
... Bithynia in the pre-Seleucid era, during the Achaernenid (Persian) period, is limited to a few episodes involving Xenophon, Alexander the Great, and the first Bithynian dynasts. ...
... Bithynia in the pre-Seleucid era, during the Achaernenid (Persian) period, is limited to a few episodes involving Xenophon, Alexander the Great, and the first Bithynian dynasts. ...
RRP Rachel Rushing - 2010
... repeating this on numerous occasions, Cato incited fear and a lust for war in the Roman citizens, and shortly after his death, the Romans engaged in the Third Punic War. Scipio Africanus, who had defeated the great Hannibal, was not nearly so worried about the comeback of Carthage, and he seemed to ...
... repeating this on numerous occasions, Cato incited fear and a lust for war in the Roman citizens, and shortly after his death, the Romans engaged in the Third Punic War. Scipio Africanus, who had defeated the great Hannibal, was not nearly so worried about the comeback of Carthage, and he seemed to ...
carthago delenda est: aitia and prophasis
... Macedonian kingdom abolished, and many were cowed by terror. There is no need to discuss the significance of the year 168 in Rome's conduct of her foreign affairs, if W. Hoffmann's observations on this topic in his paper on Roman policy in the 2nd century B.C. and the destruction of Carthage or the ...
... Macedonian kingdom abolished, and many were cowed by terror. There is no need to discuss the significance of the year 168 in Rome's conduct of her foreign affairs, if W. Hoffmann's observations on this topic in his paper on Roman policy in the 2nd century B.C. and the destruction of Carthage or the ...
Ancient Rome Resource Pack
... included are links to two webquests on Ancient Rome. The pack will concentrate on the mythical founding of Rome, the expulsion of the Kings, the rise of the Roman Republic and the values it held, its territorial expansion and a detailed examination of the Punic Wars. Also offered are links to materi ...
... included are links to two webquests on Ancient Rome. The pack will concentrate on the mythical founding of Rome, the expulsion of the Kings, the rise of the Roman Republic and the values it held, its territorial expansion and a detailed examination of the Punic Wars. Also offered are links to materi ...
Aeneas or Numa? Rethinking the Meaning of the Ara Pacis
... media, continued well into the Roman Imperial period. He was represented in this guise, for example, in one of the sculptural assemblages in the hemicycles of the Forum of Augustus; this statue has not survived, but a wall painting from Pompeii and several sculptural copies or adaptations allow us t ...
... media, continued well into the Roman Imperial period. He was represented in this guise, for example, in one of the sculptural assemblages in the hemicycles of the Forum of Augustus; this statue has not survived, but a wall painting from Pompeii and several sculptural copies or adaptations allow us t ...
Cicero after Exile pdf - Western Political Science Association
... But, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished. A few years later (59 BCE), Julius Caesar, the general Pompey, and Marcus Crassus combined their political forces together into an unlikely alliance which has gone down in history as the First Triumvirate. These three men, between them, were largely ab ...
... But, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished. A few years later (59 BCE), Julius Caesar, the general Pompey, and Marcus Crassus combined their political forces together into an unlikely alliance which has gone down in history as the First Triumvirate. These three men, between them, were largely ab ...
Fides Romana - Otago University Research Archive
... Polybius’ words as truth. Gruen asserts that Rome did not have a grand plan when they entered Greece, but instead conquered due to circumstance. As we shall see, the idea of circumstantial conquest can be attributed to the Iberian conquest as well. Richardson’s Hispaniae: Spain and the development o ...
... Polybius’ words as truth. Gruen asserts that Rome did not have a grand plan when they entered Greece, but instead conquered due to circumstance. As we shall see, the idea of circumstantial conquest can be attributed to the Iberian conquest as well. Richardson’s Hispaniae: Spain and the development o ...
the origins of the protection of literary authorship in ancient rome
... their society in phases when, for whatever reason, they could not directly engage in political action or debate. During this period, a literary career was often the extension of, or the last chapter in, a political career. On a more general level, it was at this time of general social unrest and wea ...
... their society in phases when, for whatever reason, they could not directly engage in political action or debate. During this period, a literary career was often the extension of, or the last chapter in, a political career. On a more general level, it was at this time of general social unrest and wea ...
The Caecilii Metelli: A textbook example of success
... Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 251 BC, was one of the most prominent family members. He came to great fame when, in the Punic Wars, he succeeded in incapacitating the most dangerous weapon of the Carthaginians, led by Hasdrubal: Lucius caused a stampede among the war elephants, which then tram ...
... Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 251 BC, was one of the most prominent family members. He came to great fame when, in the Punic Wars, he succeeded in incapacitating the most dangerous weapon of the Carthaginians, led by Hasdrubal: Lucius caused a stampede among the war elephants, which then tram ...
Heroes of the Colosseum
... Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire, while Rome was the rapidly ascending power on the Italian peninsula but lacked the naval power of Carthage. By the end of the third war, after more than a hundred years and the loss of many hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides, Rome had ...
... Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire, while Rome was the rapidly ascending power on the Italian peninsula but lacked the naval power of Carthage. By the end of the third war, after more than a hundred years and the loss of many hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides, Rome had ...
History of the Roman Constitution
The History of the Roman Constitution is a study of Ancient Rome that traces the progression of Roman political development from the founding of the city of Rome in 753 BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. The constitution of the Roman Kingdom vested the sovereign power in the King of Rome. The king did have two rudimentary checks on his authority, which took the form of a board of elders (the Roman Senate) and a popular assembly (the Curiate Assembly). The arrangement was similar to the constitutional arrangements found in contemporary Greek city-states (such as Athens or Sparta). These Greek constitutional principles probably came to Rome through the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy. The Roman Kingdom was overthrown in 510 BC, according to legend, and in its place the Roman Republic was founded.The constitutional history of the Roman Republic can be divided into five phases. The first phase began with the revolution which overthrew the Roman Kingdom in 510 BC, and the final phase ended with the revolution which overthrew the Roman Republic, and thus created the Roman Empire, in 27 BC. Throughout the history of the republic, the constitutional evolution was driven by the struggle between the aristocracy (the ""Patricians"") and the ordinary citizens (the ""Plebeians""). Approximately two centuries after the founding of the republic, the Plebeians attained, in theory at least, equality with the Patricians. In practice, however, the plight of the average Plebeian remained unchanged. This set the stage for the civil wars of the 1st century BC, and Rome's transformation into a formal empire.The general who won the last civil war of the Roman Republic, Gaius Octavian, became the master of the state. In the years after 30 BC, Octavian set out to reform the Roman constitution, and to found the Principate. The ultimate consequence of these reforms was the abolition of the republic, and the founding of the Roman Empire. Octavian was given the honorific Augustus (""venerable"") by the Roman Senate, and became known to history by this name, and as the first Roman Emperor. Octavian's reforms did not, at the time, seem drastic, since they did nothing more than reorganize the constitution. The reorganization was revolutionary, however, because the ultimate result was that Octavian ended up with control over the entire constitution, which itself set the stage for outright monarchy. When Diocletian became Roman Emperor in 284, the Principate was abolished, and a new system, the Dominate, was established. This system survived until the ultimate fall of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in 1453.