cleopatra - Bremen High School District 228
... had smeared a pin, with which she fastened her hair, with a poison that if came into contact with even a drop of blood would destroy the body very quietly and painlessly. In this or in some very similar way she perished, and her two handmaidens with her. When Octavian heard of Cleopatra’s deat ...
... had smeared a pin, with which she fastened her hair, with a poison that if came into contact with even a drop of blood would destroy the body very quietly and painlessly. In this or in some very similar way she perished, and her two handmaidens with her. When Octavian heard of Cleopatra’s deat ...
Polybius on the Role of the Senate in the Crisis of 264 B.C.
... der Iivianischen Tradition (Diss. Tiibingen 1905) 17, although Florus' account in and of itself need not inspire great confidence. On the difficulty of discovering the actual details of any senatorial debate, see now W. V. Harris, War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (Oxford 1979) 5-7, 255-56. Thi ...
... der Iivianischen Tradition (Diss. Tiibingen 1905) 17, although Florus' account in and of itself need not inspire great confidence. On the difficulty of discovering the actual details of any senatorial debate, see now W. V. Harris, War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (Oxford 1979) 5-7, 255-56. Thi ...
the dramatic elements in livy`s history
... possible that, in Livy's mind, Books VI-X were the most important of all the extant books'. 17 He focuses upon the 'dramatic structure' of the two main themes, viz. the struggle of the orders and Rome's military struggle to ensure her hegemony over Italy. However, the dramatic structure of these the ...
... possible that, in Livy's mind, Books VI-X were the most important of all the extant books'. 17 He focuses upon the 'dramatic structure' of the two main themes, viz. the struggle of the orders and Rome's military struggle to ensure her hegemony over Italy. However, the dramatic structure of these the ...
Augustus and the Equites: Developing Rome`s Middle Class
... but was not as powerful as the senators.28 Egypt was a powerful province, important in its provision of a steady supply of grain to Rome.29 It was considered to have a tumultuous atmosphere, and Roman historians, including Tacitus and Dio, though Egypt ready to revolt without warning. Knowing this, ...
... but was not as powerful as the senators.28 Egypt was a powerful province, important in its provision of a steady supply of grain to Rome.29 It was considered to have a tumultuous atmosphere, and Roman historians, including Tacitus and Dio, though Egypt ready to revolt without warning. Knowing this, ...
growth in Roman Italy - Princeton University
... three million. This suggests that mortality in this age group may have been between one-and-ahalf and two times as high as it would otherwise have been. If anything, given our ignorance about pertinent disease loads, these estimates are more likely to be too low than too high. 13 Military mass morta ...
... three million. This suggests that mortality in this age group may have been between one-and-ahalf and two times as high as it would otherwise have been. If anything, given our ignorance about pertinent disease loads, these estimates are more likely to be too low than too high. 13 Military mass morta ...
Electoral abuse in the late Roman Republic
... several places. He and his successors must vie against a historiographic tradition that goes back to our original sources. For good reason, Roman history textbooks unanimously begin their chapters on the fall of the Republic in 133 B.C. Velleius Paterculus beats them to the punch by nearly two mille ...
... several places. He and his successors must vie against a historiographic tradition that goes back to our original sources. For good reason, Roman history textbooks unanimously begin their chapters on the fall of the Republic in 133 B.C. Velleius Paterculus beats them to the punch by nearly two mille ...
Fall of Saguntum Meghan Poplacean
... the late third century, each party expanded their influence throughout the Mediterranean, and it was in Iberia that these spheres would eventually overlap, resulting in unavoidable hostilities. However, both Rome and Carthage refrained from engaging openly. Each was awaiting a pretext to strike – a ...
... the late third century, each party expanded their influence throughout the Mediterranean, and it was in Iberia that these spheres would eventually overlap, resulting in unavoidable hostilities. However, both Rome and Carthage refrained from engaging openly. Each was awaiting a pretext to strike – a ...
The Roman Army as a Factor of Romanisation in the North
... From antiquity, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea known today as Dobrudja represented a geopolitical unity. Reflecting this fact, at the beginning of the Late Empire the Romans organized a province, Scythia Minor, whose borders almost correspond with those of Dobrudja. In the pre s ...
... From antiquity, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea known today as Dobrudja represented a geopolitical unity. Reflecting this fact, at the beginning of the Late Empire the Romans organized a province, Scythia Minor, whose borders almost correspond with those of Dobrudja. In the pre s ...
proconsul titus quinctius flaminius and rome`s war with the east
... achieved numerous honours during that war, as he soon after gained enough public and senatorial support to be appointed Governor of Tarentum and in 204 BC was elected Pro-Praetor with Gaius Hostilius Tutulus. His administration of justice was renowned, and this can also be seen in the Macedonian war ...
... achieved numerous honours during that war, as he soon after gained enough public and senatorial support to be appointed Governor of Tarentum and in 204 BC was elected Pro-Praetor with Gaius Hostilius Tutulus. His administration of justice was renowned, and this can also be seen in the Macedonian war ...
40-4 BC Herod the Great (King of the Jews)
... The Herodian Dynasty Herod Archelaus (4 BC to AD 6) He was the son of Herod the Great and ruled over Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. He was the eldest son of Herod and had the worst reputation of them all. He offended the Jews by marrying Glaphyra, the widow of his half-brother Alexander. He was so crue ...
... The Herodian Dynasty Herod Archelaus (4 BC to AD 6) He was the son of Herod the Great and ruled over Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. He was the eldest son of Herod and had the worst reputation of them all. He offended the Jews by marrying Glaphyra, the widow of his half-brother Alexander. He was so crue ...
Rome - Hempfield Area School District
... This usually happened to deformed babies, or when the father did not think that the family could support another child. Babies were exposed in specific places and it was assumed that an abandoned baby would be picked up and then taken as a slave. Around 25 % of babies in the first century C.E. d ...
... This usually happened to deformed babies, or when the father did not think that the family could support another child. Babies were exposed in specific places and it was assumed that an abandoned baby would be picked up and then taken as a slave. Around 25 % of babies in the first century C.E. d ...
Confessions City of God - Warren County Public Schools
... Italic-speaking peoples enter Italy by 1000 B.C.E. Etruscans dominated northern Italy Ruled by kings Military ruling class Traded with the Greeks ...
... Italic-speaking peoples enter Italy by 1000 B.C.E. Etruscans dominated northern Italy Ruled by kings Military ruling class Traded with the Greeks ...
February- The Multifaceted Month!
... and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on February 24, 1582 (Note: The papal bull Inter gravissimas was signed in the year 1581 for unknown reasons, but printed on 1 March in 1582. But other contemporaneous papal bulls have years that do not agree with March years, let alone pa ...
... and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on February 24, 1582 (Note: The papal bull Inter gravissimas was signed in the year 1581 for unknown reasons, but printed on 1 March in 1582. But other contemporaneous papal bulls have years that do not agree with March years, let alone pa ...
the mos maiorum - RomanEmpire.net
... “For who is there so worthless and lazy that he would not wish to know how and under what kind of government the Romans have brought under their sole rule almost the whole of the inhabited world in less than fifty-three years; for nothing like this has ever happened before. Or who can be so devoted ...
... “For who is there so worthless and lazy that he would not wish to know how and under what kind of government the Romans have brought under their sole rule almost the whole of the inhabited world in less than fifty-three years; for nothing like this has ever happened before. Or who can be so devoted ...
Roman Portraits
... of statue and location, and thus a specific audience. Hermogenes himself (and the available statue formats) served as a prototype for the statue, which then exerted agency on the viewer in the forum. Emphasis is not on the portrait as a work of art or a product of a famous sculptor, but on the socia ...
... of statue and location, and thus a specific audience. Hermogenes himself (and the available statue formats) served as a prototype for the statue, which then exerted agency on the viewer in the forum. Emphasis is not on the portrait as a work of art or a product of a famous sculptor, but on the socia ...
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... to play all seven cards every time if possible. You will want to get your one and only named leader (Brennus) on the map as soon as possible. Brennus can be exceptionally threatening in combination with cards such as They Swept Down Like a Torrent. An opposing army that assumed it was safely out of ...
... to play all seven cards every time if possible. You will want to get your one and only named leader (Brennus) on the map as soon as possible. Brennus can be exceptionally threatening in combination with cards such as They Swept Down Like a Torrent. An opposing army that assumed it was safely out of ...
The early Roman Calendar
... how did they name them? During the time of the republic and into the early years of the empire, the years were named after the two men who were consuls at that time (consuls were still elected in the early empire as the emperors tried to pretend Rome was still a republic). No two men were ever consu ...
... how did they name them? During the time of the republic and into the early years of the empire, the years were named after the two men who were consuls at that time (consuls were still elected in the early empire as the emperors tried to pretend Rome was still a republic). No two men were ever consu ...
Sebastiano Serlio on Ancient Roman Theatres
... importance of Serlio's five books but little has been written on the direct correlation in his third book to modern day locations of the theatres he describes or about the measurements he took. Each of these theatres will be examined in order to approximate a present day locale and compare present d ...
... importance of Serlio's five books but little has been written on the direct correlation in his third book to modern day locations of the theatres he describes or about the measurements he took. Each of these theatres will be examined in order to approximate a present day locale and compare present d ...
Weather-lore, beliefs and sayings
... The beginning of the new year and the time to make New Year resolutions. January was established as the first month of the year by the Roman Calendar. It was named after the god Janus (Latin word for door). Janus had two faces, which allowed him to look both backwards into the old year and forwards ...
... The beginning of the new year and the time to make New Year resolutions. January was established as the first month of the year by the Roman Calendar. It was named after the god Janus (Latin word for door). Janus had two faces, which allowed him to look both backwards into the old year and forwards ...
