The praetor as a promoter of bonum commune
... reference being carried over from what is done to the place where it is done. That place we can fix as follows: wherever the praetor has determined to exercise jurisdiction, having due regard to the majesty of his own imperium and to the customs of our ancestors, that place is correctly called ius”1 ...
... reference being carried over from what is done to the place where it is done. That place we can fix as follows: wherever the praetor has determined to exercise jurisdiction, having due regard to the majesty of his own imperium and to the customs of our ancestors, that place is correctly called ius”1 ...
Text Commentary Project Vergil, Aeneid: II.771-795
... Even Creusa’s final words to her husband project into the future, developing Aeneas’ heroic characteristics by insisting that he preserve their love for Ascanius, a symbol of the future and of Rome itself. Throughout the epic Aeneas develops “the stoic virtues of patience, resignation, submissivenes ...
... Even Creusa’s final words to her husband project into the future, developing Aeneas’ heroic characteristics by insisting that he preserve their love for Ascanius, a symbol of the future and of Rome itself. Throughout the epic Aeneas develops “the stoic virtues of patience, resignation, submissivenes ...
Pro Roscio Amerino INTRODUCTION
... Sulpicius was opposed by both consuls for 88, Sulla and Q. Pompeius Rufus, in his plan to distribute the Italians throughout the thirty-five Roman tribes. Sulpicius, backed by armed followers, allied himself with the old general C. Marius, whose support he gained by promising the military command ag ...
... Sulpicius was opposed by both consuls for 88, Sulla and Q. Pompeius Rufus, in his plan to distribute the Italians throughout the thirty-five Roman tribes. Sulpicius, backed by armed followers, allied himself with the old general C. Marius, whose support he gained by promising the military command ag ...
Zosimus – Historia Nova - Documenta Catholica Omnia
... administration of affairs was thus committed to him alone, without the consideration, that it was like throwing the hopes and interests of all the people on the hazard of a die, and placing that vast empire at the risk of the inclination and authority of a single ruler. For were it the inclination o ...
... administration of affairs was thus committed to him alone, without the consideration, that it was like throwing the hopes and interests of all the people on the hazard of a die, and placing that vast empire at the risk of the inclination and authority of a single ruler. For were it the inclination o ...
PDF-1 - RUcore - Rutgers University
... senatorial order.” In the end, of course, the Republic fell because as a system of government, it could not be separated from the individuals who wielded the most power within it. 13 Yet the crisis as often discussed, was not a threat to the existence of the Republic itself, but the threat to the en ...
... senatorial order.” In the end, of course, the Republic fell because as a system of government, it could not be separated from the individuals who wielded the most power within it. 13 Yet the crisis as often discussed, was not a threat to the existence of the Republic itself, but the threat to the en ...
A Study of Greek and Roman Stylistic Elements in the Portraiture of
... portraiture, which range from almost unrecognizably veristic to semi-archaised,2 to nearclassical, though Livia’s portraiture never fully reaches the utmost idealized state.3 The distinctions pressed by these variants of portrait types are representative of both changes in the life of Livia—the dea ...
... portraiture, which range from almost unrecognizably veristic to semi-archaised,2 to nearclassical, though Livia’s portraiture never fully reaches the utmost idealized state.3 The distinctions pressed by these variants of portrait types are representative of both changes in the life of Livia—the dea ...
Roman Imperialism - McMaster University, Canada
... unprotected villages precarious, many of them were abandoned, and only such survived as lent themselves to ready fortification. The inhabitants of the many vici thus drifted into a few strong cities, and nothing remained of the numerous villages but the vanishing names of their shrines. Out of these ...
... unprotected villages precarious, many of them were abandoned, and only such survived as lent themselves to ready fortification. The inhabitants of the many vici thus drifted into a few strong cities, and nothing remained of the numerous villages but the vanishing names of their shrines. Out of these ...
Boethius, Bk I - Pitzer College
... He had been office only a year when a member of the Senate was accused of crimes against the Empire due to his attempts to negotiate a reconciliation between the two Churches. Theodoric believed the charge, but Boethius did not and said, “If he is guilty then the whole Senate is guilty!” Theodoric s ...
... He had been office only a year when a member of the Senate was accused of crimes against the Empire due to his attempts to negotiate a reconciliation between the two Churches. Theodoric believed the charge, but Boethius did not and said, “If he is guilty then the whole Senate is guilty!” Theodoric s ...
Study Notes on Cicero and Natural Law
... Cicero lived from 106 BC to 43 BC. He reached maturity and the height of his ability at just the time the mighty Roman Republic imploded. The Roman Republic was a marvel of efficient and just (for its time), government. In addition to several lesser institutions, the Senate made laws, and two consul ...
... Cicero lived from 106 BC to 43 BC. He reached maturity and the height of his ability at just the time the mighty Roman Republic imploded. The Roman Republic was a marvel of efficient and just (for its time), government. In addition to several lesser institutions, the Senate made laws, and two consul ...
104493 - Radboud Repository
... had transformed it into the first princeps’ ‘reception room’, with references to the Julian family being almost omnipresent20. The tetrarchs went yet one step beyond that, changing the focus by constructing a new rostra and numerous columns, thus linking the Forum Romanum to the emperors’ showpieces ...
... had transformed it into the first princeps’ ‘reception room’, with references to the Julian family being almost omnipresent20. The tetrarchs went yet one step beyond that, changing the focus by constructing a new rostra and numerous columns, thus linking the Forum Romanum to the emperors’ showpieces ...
The ritual of sacrifice and entertainment representations of the
... because the period of time between its successive celebrations equals the longest lifespan of a man. Romans after all refer to «century» as «saeculum».4 The notion had been addressed long before by Censorinus, grammarian and author of the Birthday Book – De die Natali Liber, who lived in the 3rd cen ...
... because the period of time between its successive celebrations equals the longest lifespan of a man. Romans after all refer to «century» as «saeculum».4 The notion had been addressed long before by Censorinus, grammarian and author of the Birthday Book – De die Natali Liber, who lived in the 3rd cen ...
CICERO`S HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THE BEST REGIME David
... turned back from that habit to a slight extent” (Rep. 2.25). Thus he “set up all aspects of religion with the greatest sanctity” (Rep. 2.26). That sequence–arms first, then religion–seems to be part of what Scipio encompasses in his claim that the Roman Republic came “into its best form along a cert ...
... turned back from that habit to a slight extent” (Rep. 2.25). Thus he “set up all aspects of religion with the greatest sanctity” (Rep. 2.26). That sequence–arms first, then religion–seems to be part of what Scipio encompasses in his claim that the Roman Republic came “into its best form along a cert ...
05-06 S Trajan`s Forum EDIT*
... over the course of the festival. Trajan was a man with few personal pretensions who treated senators as equals, which earned himself the title of Optimus Princeps; or in other words, Best of Emperors. ...
... over the course of the festival. Trajan was a man with few personal pretensions who treated senators as equals, which earned himself the title of Optimus Princeps; or in other words, Best of Emperors. ...
From Alexander to..
... physical and mechanical principles to improve armaments. Weapons fired by torsion bars powered by horsehair and ox tendon (the Greeks called this material neuron ) springs could fire arrows, stones, and pots of burning pitch along a parabolic arc. Some of these machines were quite large and heavy an ...
... physical and mechanical principles to improve armaments. Weapons fired by torsion bars powered by horsehair and ox tendon (the Greeks called this material neuron ) springs could fire arrows, stones, and pots of burning pitch along a parabolic arc. Some of these machines were quite large and heavy an ...
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 ...
Comparing Strategies of the 2d Punic War
... reinforcement from his strategic base. Hannibal's lone failure on the tactical battlefield occurred at Zama after he had already been forced to leave Italy and no longer threatened Rome. In the final analysis Rome’s national level strategy was superior to that of Carthage. What were the strategic fa ...
... reinforcement from his strategic base. Hannibal's lone failure on the tactical battlefield occurred at Zama after he had already been forced to leave Italy and no longer threatened Rome. In the final analysis Rome’s national level strategy was superior to that of Carthage. What were the strategic fa ...
EASTERN RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES IN THE IMPERIAL ROMAN
... need to return to an emphasis on Roman religion may suggest that there was an increase in the number of Christians in the military, or at least a rise in those converting while serving as soldiers. This renewed emphasis on swearing an oath before Roman gods, however, would have been seen as idolatry ...
... need to return to an emphasis on Roman religion may suggest that there was an increase in the number of Christians in the military, or at least a rise in those converting while serving as soldiers. This renewed emphasis on swearing an oath before Roman gods, however, would have been seen as idolatry ...
мнемон - Центр антиковедения СПбГУ
... many provinces, it would have meant that Pompey practically got all Roman provinces. He would have become a kind of Reichsfeldherr. The second option did not make much sense either: an imperium equal to that of other proconsuls as recorded by Velleius Paterculus. How would it have been possible to s ...
... many provinces, it would have meant that Pompey practically got all Roman provinces. He would have become a kind of Reichsfeldherr. The second option did not make much sense either: an imperium equal to that of other proconsuls as recorded by Velleius Paterculus. How would it have been possible to s ...
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.