
Spartacus Mythistoricus: Winning Spartacus into the
... Batiatus, Spartacus and two of his comrades, Crixus and Oenomaus, revolted against Batiatus, defeated the soldiers of the city, took the soldiers' arms, and set up camp on nearby Mount Vesuvius after a march that lasted until late autumn.5 Initially, the army led by Spartacus was a band of 78 of his ...
... Batiatus, Spartacus and two of his comrades, Crixus and Oenomaus, revolted against Batiatus, defeated the soldiers of the city, took the soldiers' arms, and set up camp on nearby Mount Vesuvius after a march that lasted until late autumn.5 Initially, the army led by Spartacus was a band of 78 of his ...
The Portrayal and Role of Anger in the Res Gestae of Ammianus
... upon. In fact this sets the groundwork for further studies that could deal with the emotions that I was forced through natural constraints to leave out, such as fear and grief. In regards to anger, this thesis is exhaustive, but hopefully not overly burdensome, and I have attempted to provide all th ...
... upon. In fact this sets the groundwork for further studies that could deal with the emotions that I was forced through natural constraints to leave out, such as fear and grief. In regards to anger, this thesis is exhaustive, but hopefully not overly burdensome, and I have attempted to provide all th ...
- CUNY Academic Works
... and acting to resolve a variety of emergent problems both civil and military. This narrative has furnished insights into how the dictatorship was used and the role that it played in the Romans’ conception of their state. The emerging picture of the archaic Roman dictatorship is of an office that was ...
... and acting to resolve a variety of emergent problems both civil and military. This narrative has furnished insights into how the dictatorship was used and the role that it played in the Romans’ conception of their state. The emerging picture of the archaic Roman dictatorship is of an office that was ...
James Ussher "The Annals of the World."
... younger still. These countries rich in gold, Sheba, Ps 72:15 Ophir 1Ki 9:28 and Havilah Ge 2:11 were named after these men. These brothers could not be capable of such an expedition of leading colonies because of their youth until some years after Reu was born to Peleg. 48. Man's lifespan was now a ...
... younger still. These countries rich in gold, Sheba, Ps 72:15 Ophir 1Ki 9:28 and Havilah Ge 2:11 were named after these men. These brothers could not be capable of such an expedition of leading colonies because of their youth until some years after Reu was born to Peleg. 48. Man's lifespan was now a ...
State Impact in Imperial northern Italy by Carolynn
... end of the first century BC, (2) a period during the first and second centuries AD where the state took a hands-off approach to governing the region, and (3) a period during the third, fourth, and fifth centuries that saw a return of direct, frequent, and invasive state intervention.1 These three ph ...
... end of the first century BC, (2) a period during the first and second centuries AD where the state took a hands-off approach to governing the region, and (3) a period during the third, fourth, and fifth centuries that saw a return of direct, frequent, and invasive state intervention.1 These three ph ...
The Caecilii Metelli - BYU ScholarsArchive
... to ask specific questions, 7 it is especially well-suited to a study of the Caecilii Metelli and their social and political connections. While one must avoid relying on unsubstantiated theories or ideas that are not supported by the evidence, this caution should not prevent reasonable constructions ...
... to ask specific questions, 7 it is especially well-suited to a study of the Caecilii Metelli and their social and political connections. While one must avoid relying on unsubstantiated theories or ideas that are not supported by the evidence, this caution should not prevent reasonable constructions ...
Zosimus, Greek Historian of the Fall of the Roman Empire
... Graecorum (Paris: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1885) IV, 11-56. \Hereinafter referred to as~.) ...
... Graecorum (Paris: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1885) IV, 11-56. \Hereinafter referred to as~.) ...
the poison king
... John Strisino, Mehmet Tezcan, and Philip Wexler. I thank Jeffrey Bauman for helping to create the time line and dramatis personae, and Luca Grillo for help with translations. I’m grateful for Lauren Lepow’s fine editorial guidance, Dimitri Karetnikov’s eye for illustrations, Frank Mahood’s pleasing ...
... John Strisino, Mehmet Tezcan, and Philip Wexler. I thank Jeffrey Bauman for helping to create the time line and dramatis personae, and Luca Grillo for help with translations. I’m grateful for Lauren Lepow’s fine editorial guidance, Dimitri Karetnikov’s eye for illustrations, Frank Mahood’s pleasing ...
Sallust
... would have improved the lot of the common people. This is plausible so long as Cataline would be needing the common people Catiline to whom he made promises in order to stay in power after he won, in which case he would have to make them better off. For example, this is what happened in the case of ...
... would have improved the lot of the common people. This is plausible so long as Cataline would be needing the common people Catiline to whom he made promises in order to stay in power after he won, in which case he would have to make them better off. For example, this is what happened in the case of ...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 3
... [Footnote 1: Valentinian was less attentive to the religion of his son; since he intrusted the education of Gratian to Ausonius, a professed Pagan. (Mem. de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom. xv. p. 125 − 138. The poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age.] [Footnote 2: Ausonius was suc ...
... [Footnote 1: Valentinian was less attentive to the religion of his son; since he intrusted the education of Gratian to Ausonius, a professed Pagan. (Mem. de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom. xv. p. 125 − 138. The poetical fame of Ausonius condemns the taste of his age.] [Footnote 2: Ausonius was suc ...
ROMANS ON PARADE: REPRESENTATIONS OF ROMANNESS IN
... the triumph should not be to use the ceremony to pass judgment on the Romans and their values, but to better understand them. Not only is Payne’s purpose in examining the triumph flawed, but his methodology seems ineffectual as well. His book is a retelling of the triumphal accounts in the ancient s ...
... the triumph should not be to use the ceremony to pass judgment on the Romans and their values, but to better understand them. Not only is Payne’s purpose in examining the triumph flawed, but his methodology seems ineffectual as well. His book is a retelling of the triumphal accounts in the ancient s ...
The Aeneid of Virgil
... myths of Greek, Roman, and later Western civilization. D. The Aeneid gives the fullest surviving account of the Trojan horse and the Sack of Troy, crucial episodes in the Trojan War myth. E. The Aeneid is much more than the story of Aeneas’ journey from Troy to Italy; it is an examination of leaders ...
... myths of Greek, Roman, and later Western civilization. D. The Aeneid gives the fullest surviving account of the Trojan horse and the Sack of Troy, crucial episodes in the Trojan War myth. E. The Aeneid is much more than the story of Aeneas’ journey from Troy to Italy; it is an examination of leaders ...
Rome`s Role in Imperial Propaganda and Policy
... Throughout the first two centuries of Rome’s imperial history, without exception, emperors resided in Rome and spent the majority of their time in the Eternal City. They engaged in a long standing system of patronage, wherein the emperor was the patron of all Romans and was lauded for his liberalita ...
... Throughout the first two centuries of Rome’s imperial history, without exception, emperors resided in Rome and spent the majority of their time in the Eternal City. They engaged in a long standing system of patronage, wherein the emperor was the patron of all Romans and was lauded for his liberalita ...
a report for an internship carried out at the rwanda
... away from a siege to a council; and the same page places us in the middle of a campaign against the barbarians, and in the depths of the Monophysite controversy. In Gibbon it is not always easy to bear in mind the exact dates but the course of events is ever clear and distinct; like a skilful genera ...
... away from a siege to a council; and the same page places us in the middle of a campaign against the barbarians, and in the depths of the Monophysite controversy. In Gibbon it is not always easy to bear in mind the exact dates but the course of events is ever clear and distinct; like a skilful genera ...
HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
... of the laborious execution of his immense plan, render "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" an unapproachable subject to the future historian: ^* in the eloquent language of his recent French editor, M. Guizot: - [Footnote * A considerable portion of this preface has already appeared before u ...
... of the laborious execution of his immense plan, render "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" an unapproachable subject to the future historian: ^* in the eloquent language of his recent French editor, M. Guizot: - [Footnote * A considerable portion of this preface has already appeared before u ...
the sertorian wars, the seeds of a nation
... The Iberians were very superstitious people, but Rome honored more gods than the Iberians. Sertorius used both beliefs to his advantage. He claimed that the white fawn talked to him even in his sleep. Whenever there were warnings of danger or victories by his generals, Sertorius had them bring out t ...
... The Iberians were very superstitious people, but Rome honored more gods than the Iberians. Sertorius used both beliefs to his advantage. He claimed that the white fawn talked to him even in his sleep. Whenever there were warnings of danger or victories by his generals, Sertorius had them bring out t ...
the roman sun: symbolic variation in ancient solar - UvA-DARE
... earlier gods as opposed to those who had been more recently established. While this line of thinking is no longer followed by historians,3 it was important to Wissowa in his efforts to distance Rome from solar worship. Sol Indiges, according to Wissowa, was actually the Greek Helios who had been ado ...
... earlier gods as opposed to those who had been more recently established. While this line of thinking is no longer followed by historians,3 it was important to Wissowa in his efforts to distance Rome from solar worship. Sol Indiges, according to Wissowa, was actually the Greek Helios who had been ado ...
RG38_Uhlir_theses_2016
... herself as the author of Coriolanus’ nature when Volumnia contends that “Thy valiantness was mine, thou sucked’st from me” (Coriolanus 3.3.129). In this image, with blood as milk, Coriolanus feeds on the ...
... herself as the author of Coriolanus’ nature when Volumnia contends that “Thy valiantness was mine, thou sucked’st from me” (Coriolanus 3.3.129). In this image, with blood as milk, Coriolanus feeds on the ...
History of Roman Literature from its Earliest
... to obtain a revenue from the rent of land rather than from its cultivation. The patricians, who, in the city, were so distinct from the plebeian orders, were thus confounded with them in the country, in the common avocations of husbandry. After having presided over the civil affairs of the republic, ...
... to obtain a revenue from the rent of land rather than from its cultivation. The patricians, who, in the city, were so distinct from the plebeian orders, were thus confounded with them in the country, in the common avocations of husbandry. After having presided over the civil affairs of the republic, ...
Book 1
... walls. The battle resulted in favour of the Latins, but it was the last mortal act of Aeneas. His tomb - whatever it is lawful and right to call him - is situated on the bank of the Numicius. He is addressed as "Jupiter Indiges." [1.3]His son, Ascanius, was not old enough to assume the government; ...
... walls. The battle resulted in favour of the Latins, but it was the last mortal act of Aeneas. His tomb - whatever it is lawful and right to call him - is situated on the bank of the Numicius. He is addressed as "Jupiter Indiges." [1.3]His son, Ascanius, was not old enough to assume the government; ...
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... research. This book focuses on one of those ‘insane despots’. The emperor Commodus was the first purple-born Roman emperor, and according to our literary sources an evil tyrant - Hollywood style. Dramatic stories about his life are easy to find. This ‘political biography’, however, aims to extend be ...
... research. This book focuses on one of those ‘insane despots’. The emperor Commodus was the first purple-born Roman emperor, and according to our literary sources an evil tyrant - Hollywood style. Dramatic stories about his life are easy to find. This ‘political biography’, however, aims to extend be ...
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.