The French and Antique Monuments in Algeria
... to the Roman infrastructure. The only alternative would have been a radically greater investment from France in money, troops and materiel, and this would probably have been politically impossible and financially difficult. What is more, their attitude to the country was highly coloured by their kno ...
... to the Roman infrastructure. The only alternative would have been a radically greater investment from France in money, troops and materiel, and this would probably have been politically impossible and financially difficult. What is more, their attitude to the country was highly coloured by their kno ...
CHAPTER 7, SECTION 3
... Things We Already Know • Prior to 367 B.C.E. and The Law of the Twelve Tables, plebeians could not be senators or consuls. • Patricians gave in to these demands because plebeians refused to fight in Rome’s wars. • Patricians were becoming increasingly rich, taking over plebeian land and bringing in ...
... Things We Already Know • Prior to 367 B.C.E. and The Law of the Twelve Tables, plebeians could not be senators or consuls. • Patricians gave in to these demands because plebeians refused to fight in Rome’s wars. • Patricians were becoming increasingly rich, taking over plebeian land and bringing in ...
Δείτε εδώ την τελική παρουσίαση του προγράμματος
... Rome's power also expanded. After his conquests Caesar was killed, and willed Rome to Octavian. However, Marc Antony also wanted power of Rome and they became Rivals. Eventually Antony committed suicide leaving Octavian, who would later rename himself Augustus, in power. Rome went through a state of ...
... Rome's power also expanded. After his conquests Caesar was killed, and willed Rome to Octavian. However, Marc Antony also wanted power of Rome and they became Rivals. Eventually Antony committed suicide leaving Octavian, who would later rename himself Augustus, in power. Rome went through a state of ...
Adoption in ancient times
... the first Emperor of Rome. Like Octavian, there were a lot of other boys adopted almost always for political reasons. A lot of Roman emperors like Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius (161–180), Hadrian (117–138), and Trajan (98–117), were adopted. Why did so many Roman emperors ...
... the first Emperor of Rome. Like Octavian, there were a lot of other boys adopted almost always for political reasons. A lot of Roman emperors like Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius (161–180), Hadrian (117–138), and Trajan (98–117), were adopted. Why did so many Roman emperors ...
Baldwin Lottos Portrait of Lucrezia Valier
... Woman as Male Marionette It’s quite possible Lucrezia Valier bought into the patriarchal republican politics of sixteenthcentury Venice. But we’ll never know as this painting can’t depict the inner thoughts of the sitter any more than Livy knew the feelings or words of the original Lucretia who kill ...
... Woman as Male Marionette It’s quite possible Lucrezia Valier bought into the patriarchal republican politics of sixteenthcentury Venice. But we’ll never know as this painting can’t depict the inner thoughts of the sitter any more than Livy knew the feelings or words of the original Lucretia who kill ...
Post Conference tour programme
... walls are gone, but the area is filled with narrow streets, souks, mosques, and historic structures. The Tunis Medina became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Cruise ships docked at La Goulette often include a tour of Tunis as a shore excursion option. These tours include a walk around the Medin ...
... walls are gone, but the area is filled with narrow streets, souks, mosques, and historic structures. The Tunis Medina became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Cruise ships docked at La Goulette often include a tour of Tunis as a shore excursion option. These tours include a walk around the Medin ...
Mary Beard reviews `Caligula` by Aloys Winterling, translated by
... dissatisfied, the emperor’s parting shot adopted a tone more of pity than anger: ‘These men,’ he said as they went, ‘do not appear to me to be wicked so much as unfortunate and foolish in not believing that I have been endowed with the nature of god.’ It would be hard to miss, in Philo’s indignant t ...
... dissatisfied, the emperor’s parting shot adopted a tone more of pity than anger: ‘These men,’ he said as they went, ‘do not appear to me to be wicked so much as unfortunate and foolish in not believing that I have been endowed with the nature of god.’ It would be hard to miss, in Philo’s indignant t ...
Not by a Nose: The Triumph of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, 31 BC
... Roman aristocrat, Caesar had a wide choice of sexual partners, and he was ...
... Roman aristocrat, Caesar had a wide choice of sexual partners, and he was ...
Born to Be Emperor
... heoretically, the principle of meritocracy obtained; but in reality, as in most aristocratic societies, the Roman nobility sought to limit the number of social climbers and to concentrate power in the hands of the established gentes. Without the widespread willingness of supporters and soldiers to t ...
... heoretically, the principle of meritocracy obtained; but in reality, as in most aristocratic societies, the Roman nobility sought to limit the number of social climbers and to concentrate power in the hands of the established gentes. Without the widespread willingness of supporters and soldiers to t ...
Famous Men of Rome
... decided, therefore, to make Rome a place of refuge, to which people who had got into trouble in other countries might come for safety. And so when those who had committed crime in other places, and had to flee to escape punishment, found out that Romulus would give them a refuge, they came in large ...
... decided, therefore, to make Rome a place of refuge, to which people who had got into trouble in other countries might come for safety. And so when those who had committed crime in other places, and had to flee to escape punishment, found out that Romulus would give them a refuge, they came in large ...
popular political participation in the late roman
... method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote.”21 This definition of the democratic method could be applied to Rome in the late Republic with interesting results: ...
... method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote.”21 This definition of the democratic method could be applied to Rome in the late Republic with interesting results: ...
The Senatus Consultum Ultimum and its Relation to
... mentioned, which is generally considered as the beginning of the Late Republic, is the tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus.4 Though Tiberius Gracchus' political career predates the first instance of the SCU by roughly a decade, it is a substantial event, not just with regards to the actions of his broth ...
... mentioned, which is generally considered as the beginning of the Late Republic, is the tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus.4 Though Tiberius Gracchus' political career predates the first instance of the SCU by roughly a decade, it is a substantial event, not just with regards to the actions of his broth ...
scenario book
... After an unsuccessful four year campaign in Sicily, Pyrrhus returned, again, to aid Tarentum. Pyrrhus’s reputation—which, even a hundred years later, was quite impressive—brought thousands of Samnites, Bruttians, Lucanians, Sabines, and other Italians back into his by-now depleted mercenary force. L ...
... After an unsuccessful four year campaign in Sicily, Pyrrhus returned, again, to aid Tarentum. Pyrrhus’s reputation—which, even a hundred years later, was quite impressive—brought thousands of Samnites, Bruttians, Lucanians, Sabines, and other Italians back into his by-now depleted mercenary force. L ...
Visigoths and Romans: Integration and Ethnicity
... habits. Wolfram writes, “Gothic Arianism preserved a sense of separateness between Romans and Goths….”25 This discussion of separateness is extremely relevant to my argument in this paper, but it is also different from Russell’s opinion. There are several main positions on barbarians, then. The firs ...
... habits. Wolfram writes, “Gothic Arianism preserved a sense of separateness between Romans and Goths….”25 This discussion of separateness is extremely relevant to my argument in this paper, but it is also different from Russell’s opinion. There are several main positions on barbarians, then. The firs ...
The Roman State (cont.)
... and A New Role for the Army (cont.) • A change in the army worsened matters. • In the first century B.C. a general named Marius recruited soldiers from among the landless poor and promised them land if they swore allegiance to him. • Traditionally, the small landowning farmers had made up the ar ...
... and A New Role for the Army (cont.) • A change in the army worsened matters. • In the first century B.C. a general named Marius recruited soldiers from among the landless poor and promised them land if they swore allegiance to him. • Traditionally, the small landowning farmers had made up the ar ...
Who Was Publius—The Real Guy?
... Romans esteemed as “the father of their liberty,” the people feared that Publius might become a tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constructed a palatial home on a fortified hill overlooking the forum. Seeing him descend fro ...
... Romans esteemed as “the father of their liberty,” the people feared that Publius might become a tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constructed a palatial home on a fortified hill overlooking the forum. Seeing him descend fro ...
The defense system in Libya during the I-VI centuries
... ·administration, and·Abdu Al-Wahab,· the ·controller of the Antiquities of the Tripoli area, for being kind enough to furnish me with materials that were very essential to complete this work • ._Without the cooperation of the abovementioned people this work would not have been possible. Finally, I w ...
... ·administration, and·Abdu Al-Wahab,· the ·controller of the Antiquities of the Tripoli area, for being kind enough to furnish me with materials that were very essential to complete this work • ._Without the cooperation of the abovementioned people this work would not have been possible. Finally, I w ...