The Fall of the Republic
... In the West, Octavian had to deal with Sextus Pompeius, the surviving son of Pompey Sextus had taken control of Sicily and was engaging in piracy – endangering the transport of Egyptian grain to Europe Lepidus defeated Sextus in Sicily in 36 BCE, and ignored the fact that Octavian had declared that ...
... In the West, Octavian had to deal with Sextus Pompeius, the surviving son of Pompey Sextus had taken control of Sicily and was engaging in piracy – endangering the transport of Egyptian grain to Europe Lepidus defeated Sextus in Sicily in 36 BCE, and ignored the fact that Octavian had declared that ...
Negotiating Julio-Claudian Memory
... and structures complicit with his own agendas.8 Augustus’ building activity may be the first “program” as it developed a distinct language of images to realize his particular vision of Rome.9 Like Augustus, Vespasian erected public buildings in Rome. The act of construction declared Vespasian’s pos ...
... and structures complicit with his own agendas.8 Augustus’ building activity may be the first “program” as it developed a distinct language of images to realize his particular vision of Rome.9 Like Augustus, Vespasian erected public buildings in Rome. The act of construction declared Vespasian’s pos ...
The Metroac Cult: Foreign or Roman? - CU Scholar
... ritual are often living; they change throughout time so that they may continue to serve those they benefit.26 If a certain tradition or ritual does not change as needed to serve those of a specific location and time period, it will expire and new traditions and rituals will be born. This is the case ...
... ritual are often living; they change throughout time so that they may continue to serve those they benefit.26 If a certain tradition or ritual does not change as needed to serve those of a specific location and time period, it will expire and new traditions and rituals will be born. This is the case ...
E-V13 and J-M12, sub-haplogroups of E3b and J2e, as possible
... and also may have been associated with the spread of the Celtic language (Cunliffe, 2004). An excavation of the so-called "Amesbury Archer" grave, near Stonehenge, has provided an example of a Beaker Culture high status burial, probably an elite ruler (as evidenced by the valuable grave goods found ...
... and also may have been associated with the spread of the Celtic language (Cunliffe, 2004). An excavation of the so-called "Amesbury Archer" grave, near Stonehenge, has provided an example of a Beaker Culture high status burial, probably an elite ruler (as evidenced by the valuable grave goods found ...
THE HORSE IN ROMAN SOCIETY - Unisa Institutional Repository
... However, Momigliano questions the assumption of a purely aristocratic cavalry, pointing out that the ancient sources contain no explicit information to support this contention.1 In addition, there are two passages in Dionysius which give clear evidence to the contrary. During the kingship of Marciu ...
... However, Momigliano questions the assumption of a purely aristocratic cavalry, pointing out that the ancient sources contain no explicit information to support this contention.1 In addition, there are two passages in Dionysius which give clear evidence to the contrary. During the kingship of Marciu ...
File - Kihei Charter STEM Academy Middle School
... called Latins who migrated to the area from Central Europe and settled along the banks of the T iber River. In this central part of Italy the city of Rome gre w to become the center of a v ast empire. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Caspian Sea in t ...
... called Latins who migrated to the area from Central Europe and settled along the banks of the T iber River. In this central part of Italy the city of Rome gre w to become the center of a v ast empire. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Caspian Sea in t ...
The Roman Invasion of Britain
... learn anything about it, unless it is one’s work or hobby. So today, there remains a great and ever widening gulf between the popular images and the realities of our national past. This is as true of Roman Britain as any period. History, it has been said, repeats itself, but this is only because hum ...
... learn anything about it, unless it is one’s work or hobby. So today, there remains a great and ever widening gulf between the popular images and the realities of our national past. This is as true of Roman Britain as any period. History, it has been said, repeats itself, but this is only because hum ...
Western Civilization I HIS-101
... Rome had an endless supply of soldiers while Pyrrhus did not “Another such victory and I shall be lost” (“Pyrrhic Victory”) Romans defeated them in the third battle These states were added to the Confederation Provided naval assistance instead of army ...
... Rome had an endless supply of soldiers while Pyrrhus did not “Another such victory and I shall be lost” (“Pyrrhic Victory”) Romans defeated them in the third battle These states were added to the Confederation Provided naval assistance instead of army ...
The Parthians of Augustan Rome - American Journal of Archaeology
... processions. Poses of mourning were employed only for the subjugated, who were frequently presented as family units, and in general the women and children shown in these scenes belonged to the side of the vanquished rather than the victors.2 The power relationship between Roman and non-Roman, as it ...
... processions. Poses of mourning were employed only for the subjugated, who were frequently presented as family units, and in general the women and children shown in these scenes belonged to the side of the vanquished rather than the victors.2 The power relationship between Roman and non-Roman, as it ...
Issue 8 (2013) © Frances Foster, University of
... as ‘the adventus, the triumph and the funeral’ (Ewald and Noreña 2010: 40), illustrating the public impact of such rituals. These were also moments which the court poet would be expected to record for the benefit of both the court and state. The Western Emperor had not held court or even resided at ...
... as ‘the adventus, the triumph and the funeral’ (Ewald and Noreña 2010: 40), illustrating the public impact of such rituals. These were also moments which the court poet would be expected to record for the benefit of both the court and state. The Western Emperor had not held court or even resided at ...
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II: Res Gestae XIV.6 and
... processions of both the unmilitary senators and the unmilitary emperor are set out in military terms. Those in charge of the senatorial households are likened to “skilled battle commanders” (XIV.6.17: proeliorum periti rectores) lining up first the catervas densas...et fortes, then the light-armed ...
... processions of both the unmilitary senators and the unmilitary emperor are set out in military terms. Those in charge of the senatorial households are likened to “skilled battle commanders” (XIV.6.17: proeliorum periti rectores) lining up first the catervas densas...et fortes, then the light-armed ...
Tilburg University The jurisdiction of the pontiff in the Roman
... consequence. When Historians such as Coli and, recently, Brennan demonstrate that the praetorship was introduced in 367 BC for military reasons, jurisdiction is conspicuously absent in their accounts, 6 while for their part Romanists hardly take notice of this important finding from across the divid ...
... consequence. When Historians such as Coli and, recently, Brennan demonstrate that the praetorship was introduced in 367 BC for military reasons, jurisdiction is conspicuously absent in their accounts, 6 while for their part Romanists hardly take notice of this important finding from across the divid ...
Mithradates: Scourge of Rome
... love, Hypsicratea. A nomad female warrior of the Transcaucasus, her name translates as ‘mountain strength’. She was so brave, wrote Plutarch, that Mithradates made her an honorary male, calling her by the masculine form of her name. Recently, Russian archaeologists discovered an inscription for her ...
... love, Hypsicratea. A nomad female warrior of the Transcaucasus, her name translates as ‘mountain strength’. She was so brave, wrote Plutarch, that Mithradates made her an honorary male, calling her by the masculine form of her name. Recently, Russian archaeologists discovered an inscription for her ...
Roman Staffordshire: the Five Towns and Beyond
... provide much in the way of artefactual material. It should come as no surprise, therefore, to find that we have no reliable dates for any of the examples in Staffordshire. Study of the distribution of known Roman camps in the County, however, reveals that there are three locations where there are cl ...
... provide much in the way of artefactual material. It should come as no surprise, therefore, to find that we have no reliable dates for any of the examples in Staffordshire. Study of the distribution of known Roman camps in the County, however, reveals that there are three locations where there are cl ...
Octavian and Antony: Images of Rome Verses the
... Mark Antony as consul and a leading man of the Caesarian ‘party’ was technically head of the Roman government and its highest official. However, he also knew that he had powerful opponents both within and outside Rome, and he might have been considered for assassination as well if Brutus had not bee ...
... Mark Antony as consul and a leading man of the Caesarian ‘party’ was technically head of the Roman government and its highest official. However, he also knew that he had powerful opponents both within and outside Rome, and he might have been considered for assassination as well if Brutus had not bee ...
Roman Cities and Roman Power: The Roman Empire and Hadrian
... Hadrian gave temples everywhere. These passages reappear in my text. 8 In Oliver, about a fourth of the ca. 160 imperial addresses to magistrates or citizens of particular cities, from the reign of Augustus to A.D. 265, originate with Hadrian during his twenty-one-year reign. This is proportionally ...
... Hadrian gave temples everywhere. These passages reappear in my text. 8 In Oliver, about a fourth of the ca. 160 imperial addresses to magistrates or citizens of particular cities, from the reign of Augustus to A.D. 265, originate with Hadrian during his twenty-one-year reign. This is proportionally ...
The Ambitions of Mithridates VI: Hellenistic Kingship and Modern
... The first enlargement of Pontos, the takeover of Armenia Minor and Kolchis, was of little or no interest to Rome, just as Mithridates’ assistance to Greek cities and his fighting of nomadic tribes in the north and northwestern parts of the Black Sea was unlikely to have caused much disturbance in Ro ...
... The first enlargement of Pontos, the takeover of Armenia Minor and Kolchis, was of little or no interest to Rome, just as Mithridates’ assistance to Greek cities and his fighting of nomadic tribes in the north and northwestern parts of the Black Sea was unlikely to have caused much disturbance in Ro ...
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... Bridge, Constantine became the dominant figure in the empire. The senate warmly welcomed him to Rome and the two remaining emperors, Licinius and Maximinus II Daia could do little else but agree to his demand that he henceforth should be the senior Augustus. ...
... Bridge, Constantine became the dominant figure in the empire. The senate warmly welcomed him to Rome and the two remaining emperors, Licinius and Maximinus II Daia could do little else but agree to his demand that he henceforth should be the senior Augustus. ...
Magic Roman History 5
... AD. He had shown them how the province had grown rich through trade, farming, industry and the building of large towns. The Romans in Britain had also become Christians. But, all was not well. By 350 AD fierce tribes were attacking the Western Roman Empire, mainly from Germania. They robbed, burned ...
... AD. He had shown them how the province had grown rich through trade, farming, industry and the building of large towns. The Romans in Britain had also become Christians. But, all was not well. By 350 AD fierce tribes were attacking the Western Roman Empire, mainly from Germania. They robbed, burned ...
fragments of book xxxiii
... guilty on his return home on charges of minuta maiestas, he left Rome and went into exile. 3. In Syria King Alexander, whose weakness of character rendered him incompetent to govern a kingdom, had turned over the administration of Antioch to Hierax and Diodotus. 6 4. Demetrius, now that the royal po ...
... guilty on his return home on charges of minuta maiestas, he left Rome and went into exile. 3. In Syria King Alexander, whose weakness of character rendered him incompetent to govern a kingdom, had turned over the administration of Antioch to Hierax and Diodotus. 6 4. Demetrius, now that the royal po ...
Military activities on Rome`s frontier: The evidence of aerial
... researchers began to focus on more systematically conducted research into the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire (stretching between the Black Sea and the Red Sea), striving to study it as a certain mutually interconnected (structured) system spanning up to three thousand kilometres. While in the ...
... researchers began to focus on more systematically conducted research into the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire (stretching between the Black Sea and the Red Sea), striving to study it as a certain mutually interconnected (structured) system spanning up to three thousand kilometres. While in the ...
LIVY, VEII, AND ROME: AB URBE CONDITA, BOOK V by KARL
... ambassadors; they wanted to incite all Etruria against us and they still scheme today; they even violated our ambassadors who were seeking reimbursement. Through Appius Claudius’ speech, Livy is claiming outright that even during the siege it was considered an epic task4 by those taking part in the ...
... ambassadors; they wanted to incite all Etruria against us and they still scheme today; they even violated our ambassadors who were seeking reimbursement. Through Appius Claudius’ speech, Livy is claiming outright that even during the siege it was considered an epic task4 by those taking part in the ...