UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
... The emperor Diocletian (A.D 284-305) established an entirely new system of governing the Roman world, which is known today as the “Tetrarchy.” Diocletian’s system saw four men, two Augusti and two Caesars, sharing control of the Roman Empire and basing themselves in different geographical locations. ...
... The emperor Diocletian (A.D 284-305) established an entirely new system of governing the Roman world, which is known today as the “Tetrarchy.” Diocletian’s system saw four men, two Augusti and two Caesars, sharing control of the Roman Empire and basing themselves in different geographical locations. ...
the sertorian wars, the seeds of a nation
... made magisterial appointments among the Hispanic leaders. Sertorius established a GrecoRoman school at Osca, where the sons of nobility were taught Roman administration and Roman military training. The chief problem he faced was uncontrolled valor. Fearless courage was no substitute for sound tacti ...
... made magisterial appointments among the Hispanic leaders. Sertorius established a GrecoRoman school at Osca, where the sons of nobility were taught Roman administration and Roman military training. The chief problem he faced was uncontrolled valor. Fearless courage was no substitute for sound tacti ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... seen from Octavian/Augustus’s point of view. It will be argued that the triumvirate was the cornerstone of this justification and that fixed-term tasks, similar to the constituting of the res publica, become the standard way to justify monarchy (see also chapter 7). Chapter 3 focuses on the war agai ...
... seen from Octavian/Augustus’s point of view. It will be argued that the triumvirate was the cornerstone of this justification and that fixed-term tasks, similar to the constituting of the res publica, become the standard way to justify monarchy (see also chapter 7). Chapter 3 focuses on the war agai ...
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... safety. Gratian survived thosememotable events only four or five years; but he survived his reputation; and, before, ,he feU a victim ~ rebellion, he had lost in a great measure, the respect and confidence of the Roman world. The remarkable alteration'of his eharacter or conduct, may not be imputed ...
... safety. Gratian survived thosememotable events only four or five years; but he survived his reputation; and, before, ,he feU a victim ~ rebellion, he had lost in a great measure, the respect and confidence of the Roman world. The remarkable alteration'of his eharacter or conduct, may not be imputed ...
The Aeneid of Virgil
... B. Roman culture had very few indigenous art forms. 1. There must have been some native poetry, stories, etc., but only a very, very little of this material has survived. 2. The Romans themselves did not place a high value on such forms of “folk art.” C. Instead of developing its own traditions, Rom ...
... B. Roman culture had very few indigenous art forms. 1. There must have been some native poetry, stories, etc., but only a very, very little of this material has survived. 2. The Romans themselves did not place a high value on such forms of “folk art.” C. Instead of developing its own traditions, Rom ...
Space, Ritual, Event: Constantine`s Jubilee of 326 and its
... To provide a pertinent example, a particular tragedy occurred prior the reign of Diocletian (284305): the fire of 283 under emperor Carinus, which destroyed many buildings within the Forum, including the Basilica Julia and the Senate House. As a result, Diocletian and his fellow senior emperor (augu ...
... To provide a pertinent example, a particular tragedy occurred prior the reign of Diocletian (284305): the fire of 283 under emperor Carinus, which destroyed many buildings within the Forum, including the Basilica Julia and the Senate House. As a result, Diocletian and his fellow senior emperor (augu ...
X - York University
... deemed necessary to know. The famous engineer-architect Argippa, who undertook a survey of the entire Roman empire, had to call in specialists from Alexandria to carry out the measurements and calculations. ...
... deemed necessary to know. The famous engineer-architect Argippa, who undertook a survey of the entire Roman empire, had to call in specialists from Alexandria to carry out the measurements and calculations. ...
the poison king
... went over to Lucullus and paid with his life. MARIUS: Great Roman populist leader, enemy of Sulla in Rome’s Civil War; met Mithradates and vied for command of the First Mithradatic War. METRODORUS THE ROME-HATER: Philosopher-statesman, invented memory and rhetorical techniques; Mithradates’ speech w ...
... went over to Lucullus and paid with his life. MARIUS: Great Roman populist leader, enemy of Sulla in Rome’s Civil War; met Mithradates and vied for command of the First Mithradatic War. METRODORUS THE ROME-HATER: Philosopher-statesman, invented memory and rhetorical techniques; Mithradates’ speech w ...
Word - The Open University
... one hand, a group of authors known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. However, arguments have now been made that the SHA is the work of just one author. It remains unclear exactly when this author(s) was writing, or the purposes behind the work. The sources of information used by the author to co ...
... one hand, a group of authors known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. However, arguments have now been made that the SHA is the work of just one author. It remains unclear exactly when this author(s) was writing, or the purposes behind the work. The sources of information used by the author to co ...
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 roman sun: symbolic variation in ancient solar - UvA-DARE
... were dependent upon (and worked backwards from) a pre-existing ideology regarding the nature of religion and ethnicity, and this was entrenched within the much larger overall treatment of the East versus the West. Astral religion and its constituents as a category (including solar worship) were rega ...
... were dependent upon (and worked backwards from) a pre-existing ideology regarding the nature of religion and ethnicity, and this was entrenched within the much larger overall treatment of the East versus the West. Astral religion and its constituents as a category (including solar worship) were rega ...
Virgil`s Choice of Aeneas in the Light of His Purpose in Writing the
... I am the son of the great hearted Anchises, and my mother is Aphroditeo Glib is the tongue of mortals, and words there be therein many and manifold, and of speech the range is wide on this side and that. Whatsoever word thou speakest, such shalt thou also bear. But what need have we twain to bandy w ...
... I am the son of the great hearted Anchises, and my mother is Aphroditeo Glib is the tongue of mortals, and words there be therein many and manifold, and of speech the range is wide on this side and that. Whatsoever word thou speakest, such shalt thou also bear. But what need have we twain to bandy w ...
chasing the sun - University of Canterbury
... breakaway ‘empires’ in Palmyra, Gaul and Britain. Emperors were primarily from a military background and ruled for only short periods of time before being assassinated and replaced. Whilst it would be an over-generalisation to say that the whole Roman Empire was in a state of crisis, it is clear tha ...
... breakaway ‘empires’ in Palmyra, Gaul and Britain. Emperors were primarily from a military background and ruled for only short periods of time before being assassinated and replaced. Whilst it would be an over-generalisation to say that the whole Roman Empire was in a state of crisis, it is clear tha ...
Theoderic, the Goths, and the Restoration of the Roman
... Magnus Felix Ennodius, from Liguria in northern Italy, and the slightly younger Cassiodorus Senator, from Calabria in southern Italy, two Romans whose sentiments remain important throughout this study. Though from very different backgrounds and following rather dissimilar career patterns, this chapt ...
... Magnus Felix Ennodius, from Liguria in northern Italy, and the slightly younger Cassiodorus Senator, from Calabria in southern Italy, two Romans whose sentiments remain important throughout this study. Though from very different backgrounds and following rather dissimilar career patterns, this chapt ...
Roman Freedwomen: Their Occupations and Identity Lindsay M
... occupations upon their epitaphs. 11 Thus, despite the sparse information preserved in some instances, these epitaphs remain a vital source of evidence for analyzing the ways in which freedpersons and their families elected to commemorate them. While Perry is right to discuss 'libertination'-- the pr ...
... occupations upon their epitaphs. 11 Thus, despite the sparse information preserved in some instances, these epitaphs remain a vital source of evidence for analyzing the ways in which freedpersons and their families elected to commemorate them. While Perry is right to discuss 'libertination'-- the pr ...
(Vol. 4)ã
... left it all as also he did his yearly salary which was given to him. It amounted to 1000 sestertia and was put into the treasury. (His cohort grumbled at this who thought it ought to be distributed among them.) He took security also of all the public money at Laodicea that it might be safely returne ...
... left it all as also he did his yearly salary which was given to him. It amounted to 1000 sestertia and was put into the treasury. (His cohort grumbled at this who thought it ought to be distributed among them.) He took security also of all the public money at Laodicea that it might be safely returne ...
The Propaganda of Vespasian
... The reign of Emperor Vespasian began after his military victory in the civil war of 68-69 A.D., he claimed the imperial throne without the majority of the senatorial elite's support, and needed to legitimize his right to rule in order to secure his position. Political propaganda promoted his militar ...
... The reign of Emperor Vespasian began after his military victory in the civil war of 68-69 A.D., he claimed the imperial throne without the majority of the senatorial elite's support, and needed to legitimize his right to rule in order to secure his position. Political propaganda promoted his militar ...
The Greatest Generals of the Second Punic War
... who served in the war claimed Hamilcar's attention. He decreed that Hannibal should have a Greek based education, possibly in the light of how Xanthippus' reforms aided him on Sicily. While Hannibal studied, his father fought the rebels. This war would later be known as the mercenary war and be rem ...
... who served in the war claimed Hamilcar's attention. He decreed that Hannibal should have a Greek based education, possibly in the light of how Xanthippus' reforms aided him on Sicily. While Hannibal studied, his father fought the rebels. This war would later be known as the mercenary war and be rem ...
anthony tropolle life of cicero
... or Pompey, there is nothing in it to do with murder. It is a question--Cicero is saying to his friend--of the stability of the Republic. When a matter so great is considered, how is a man to trouble himself as to an individual who may die any day, or cease from any accident to be of weight? Cicero w ...
... or Pompey, there is nothing in it to do with murder. It is a question--Cicero is saying to his friend--of the stability of the Republic. When a matter so great is considered, how is a man to trouble himself as to an individual who may die any day, or cease from any accident to be of weight? Cicero w ...
FROM FIELD TO TABLE: VISUAL IMAGES OF FOOD IN THE
... images of food production and consumption in the western Roman empire of the first through fourth centuries AD and correlates the images with the ancient literary sources. Chapter One focuses on rural life, Chapter Two on the city, and Chapter Three on the home. The fact that the Roman elite (in Ita ...
... images of food production and consumption in the western Roman empire of the first through fourth centuries AD and correlates the images with the ancient literary sources. Chapter One focuses on rural life, Chapter Two on the city, and Chapter Three on the home. The fact that the Roman elite (in Ita ...
Gerald_A._Hess_Dissertation_2 - ETDA
... theme that was utterly new in Roman imperial artistic context yet very much part of the personae of monarchs from eastern Royal Societies. The layers of meaning in the tondi even extended to the educational. They were not only public instruction about a strong, virtuous ruler; they were a manifestat ...
... theme that was utterly new in Roman imperial artistic context yet very much part of the personae of monarchs from eastern Royal Societies. The layers of meaning in the tondi even extended to the educational. They were not only public instruction about a strong, virtuous ruler; they were a manifestat ...
Blueprint for Legal Practice: Establishing Cicero`s Ideal Style
... reality. And so, upon the drafting of the 12 Tables by the first and second decimviri, the College of the Pontiffs was established in 450 B.C. in order to interpret and apply the new laws to given cases.15 Initially, the pontiffs were only elected from the patrician class (up until c. 300 B.C.)16 a ...
... reality. And so, upon the drafting of the 12 Tables by the first and second decimviri, the College of the Pontiffs was established in 450 B.C. in order to interpret and apply the new laws to given cases.15 Initially, the pontiffs were only elected from the patrician class (up until c. 300 B.C.)16 a ...