augustus Q - Orion Books
... a broken Republic, giving the Romans peace, stability and prosperity as a benevolent monarch. In an era when kings and empires still dominated Europe and much of the world, such an understanding came readily. This would change during the twentieth century as the world convulsed and old certainties v ...
... a broken Republic, giving the Romans peace, stability and prosperity as a benevolent monarch. In an era when kings and empires still dominated Europe and much of the world, such an understanding came readily. This would change during the twentieth century as the world convulsed and old certainties v ...
Imperial fora
... monuments were to be both found and admired. Beginning in the first century B.C.E., a new series of public spaces, also dubbed as fora (fora being the plural form of the Latin noun forum) began to be created. These fora (called Imperial fora since they were built by Roman emperors during the Roman i ...
... monuments were to be both found and admired. Beginning in the first century B.C.E., a new series of public spaces, also dubbed as fora (fora being the plural form of the Latin noun forum) began to be created. These fora (called Imperial fora since they were built by Roman emperors during the Roman i ...
DOCA Ch 4 Rome Republic Empire
... Is it because he is not a magistrate at all? For tribunes have no lictors, nor do they transact business seated on the curule chair, nor do they enter their office at the beginning of the year as all the other magistrates do, nor do they cease from their functions when a dictator is chosen; but alth ...
... Is it because he is not a magistrate at all? For tribunes have no lictors, nor do they transact business seated on the curule chair, nor do they enter their office at the beginning of the year as all the other magistrates do, nor do they cease from their functions when a dictator is chosen; but alth ...
part iv coastal, estuarine, and environmental problems
... became in effect a dictator. Members of the senate, filled with foreboding, killed Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 BC. Civil war followed, until Octavian finally defeated the Egyptians under Mark Anthony at Actium on 31 BC. Following the civil war, Octavian, Julius Caesar's heir, consolidat ...
... became in effect a dictator. Members of the senate, filled with foreboding, killed Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 BC. Civil war followed, until Octavian finally defeated the Egyptians under Mark Anthony at Actium on 31 BC. Following the civil war, Octavian, Julius Caesar's heir, consolidat ...
L. Verginius Rufus, 14
... The good fortune of Rufus’ life was crowned by the public applause of an eloquent orator and friend. He received a state funeral and the speech was delivered by the consul Cornelius Tacitus, a promising author who had recently published Life of Agricola, and may well have benefited from Verginius' ...
... The good fortune of Rufus’ life was crowned by the public applause of an eloquent orator and friend. He received a state funeral and the speech was delivered by the consul Cornelius Tacitus, a promising author who had recently published Life of Agricola, and may well have benefited from Verginius' ...
The Politics of Space in Early Modern Rome
... around an imposing architectural compound. As Connors demonstrates, such spaces often reflect competition between families or orders who hoped to enhance their image and found themselves threatened or thwarted by rivals in the same neighborhood. Although "status bloodbaths"'14 conducted over urban s ...
... around an imposing architectural compound. As Connors demonstrates, such spaces often reflect competition between families or orders who hoped to enhance their image and found themselves threatened or thwarted by rivals in the same neighborhood. Although "status bloodbaths"'14 conducted over urban s ...
Polybius on the Roman Republic: Foretelling a Fall
... of the events he witnessed as possible. Despite the difficulties related to the plausibility of ancient writing, Polybius’s accounts remain widely regarded as the most comprehensive and most eloquent account of the Roman Republic and eventually served as a source for those historians who followed hi ...
... of the events he witnessed as possible. Despite the difficulties related to the plausibility of ancient writing, Polybius’s accounts remain widely regarded as the most comprehensive and most eloquent account of the Roman Republic and eventually served as a source for those historians who followed hi ...
roman history - Barrington 220
... b. Augustus enlarged Judea, kingdom of Herod I, a koing who built the Third Temple at Jerusalem and was a wife and son killer. A decade after Herod I’s death, Augustus made Judea and Samaria a ...
... b. Augustus enlarged Judea, kingdom of Herod I, a koing who built the Third Temple at Jerusalem and was a wife and son killer. A decade after Herod I’s death, Augustus made Judea and Samaria a ...
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... 3. The spectacle and religious affiliations of the Circus Maximus: from the regal period to the empire As mentioned above, the origins of the Circus has much to do with the political agency between cultic ritual and deity worship and sports and spectacles (Kyle, 2012, pp. 243–288). I have placed thi ...
... 3. The spectacle and religious affiliations of the Circus Maximus: from the regal period to the empire As mentioned above, the origins of the Circus has much to do with the political agency between cultic ritual and deity worship and sports and spectacles (Kyle, 2012, pp. 243–288). I have placed thi ...
The Lex Sempronia Agraria: A Soldier`s Stipendum
... during the last days of the Republic and wrote in the reign of emperor Augustus, authored nine books, within his ab Urbe condita, chronicling the period from 145 BCE to 123 BCE. This encompasses the period immediately before the Gracchan tribunate through the ten years that followed it.3 These books ...
... during the last days of the Republic and wrote in the reign of emperor Augustus, authored nine books, within his ab Urbe condita, chronicling the period from 145 BCE to 123 BCE. This encompasses the period immediately before the Gracchan tribunate through the ten years that followed it.3 These books ...
Forum of Augustus - Stemmi e berretti
... location was designated the "Campo Vaccino" or "cattle field," located between the Capitoline Hill and the Colosseum. The return of Pope Urban V from Avignon in 1367 led to an increased interest in ancient monuments, partly for their moral lesson and partly as a quarry for new buildings being undert ...
... location was designated the "Campo Vaccino" or "cattle field," located between the Capitoline Hill and the Colosseum. The return of Pope Urban V from Avignon in 1367 led to an increased interest in ancient monuments, partly for their moral lesson and partly as a quarry for new buildings being undert ...
Was Caesar a man of the people or a power
... the college of the pontifices, a high religious position. His mother , Aurelia, had used her family influence to win him the position. He gained alot of popularity because of this and because he sided with those seeking power outside the circle of nobles, who at that time dominated the Roman senate. ...
... the college of the pontifices, a high religious position. His mother , Aurelia, had used her family influence to win him the position. He gained alot of popularity because of this and because he sided with those seeking power outside the circle of nobles, who at that time dominated the Roman senate. ...
The Forum Romanum: A Kaleidoscopic Analysis
... adopted a certain god-like aura when they were seen orating next to statues of heroes and gods in front of their sanctuaries. While this association occurred naturally by mere physical positioning, Roman leaders often fabricated this heavenly relationship to elevate themselves. Therefore, if the lea ...
... adopted a certain god-like aura when they were seen orating next to statues of heroes and gods in front of their sanctuaries. While this association occurred naturally by mere physical positioning, Roman leaders often fabricated this heavenly relationship to elevate themselves. Therefore, if the lea ...
AUGUSTUS, LEGISLATIVE POWER, AND THE POWER OF
... The division between republican traditionalism and monarchical single rule was nowhere more evident than in the field of legislation. The traditional republican custom was that after magistrates had proposed laws, these were passed by one of the different popular assemblies. Even though reformers of ...
... The division between republican traditionalism and monarchical single rule was nowhere more evident than in the field of legislation. The traditional republican custom was that after magistrates had proposed laws, these were passed by one of the different popular assemblies. Even though reformers of ...
Beating the War Chest - Utrecht University Repository
... cannibalism, at least the Carthaginian commander is more likely to ring a bell with laymen than his great opponent, whose name conjures up the image of a marsupial immigrant, if anything.2 Incidentally, had Scipio campaigned with a kangaroo at his side, his prospects of remembrance would have been b ...
... cannibalism, at least the Carthaginian commander is more likely to ring a bell with laymen than his great opponent, whose name conjures up the image of a marsupial immigrant, if anything.2 Incidentally, had Scipio campaigned with a kangaroo at his side, his prospects of remembrance would have been b ...
Religious Toleration and Political Power in the Roman
... Roman religion is such an elusive topic that one modern work of reference does not offer a definition of it, but simply a description: "Defining 'Roman religion' is harder than it might seem. The emphasis of scholars has generally been on the public festivals and institutions, on the ground that the ...
... Roman religion is such an elusive topic that one modern work of reference does not offer a definition of it, but simply a description: "Defining 'Roman religion' is harder than it might seem. The emphasis of scholars has generally been on the public festivals and institutions, on the ground that the ...
Daughter of a King
... Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII, did not have an easy time as ruler of Egypt. His efforts to strengthen his country's ties to Rome were well intentioned, but they angered the fiercely independent people of Alexandria, his capital city. In 58 b.c., the Alexandrians succeeded in driving him out, but t ...
... Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII, did not have an easy time as ruler of Egypt. His efforts to strengthen his country's ties to Rome were well intentioned, but they angered the fiercely independent people of Alexandria, his capital city. In 58 b.c., the Alexandrians succeeded in driving him out, but t ...
The Origin of Cornelius Gallus Author(s): Ronald Syme Source: The
... foundation, perhaps before the Roman conquest. So at least Jullian plausibly conjectures.' It is to be regretted that the neighbourhood can show as yet none of that archaeological evidence which makes the town of Glanum (Saint-Remy de Provence) so unequivocal a document of the early Hellenization an ...
... foundation, perhaps before the Roman conquest. So at least Jullian plausibly conjectures.' It is to be regretted that the neighbourhood can show as yet none of that archaeological evidence which makes the town of Glanum (Saint-Remy de Provence) so unequivocal a document of the early Hellenization an ...
Cincinnatus
... ● Cincinnatus gave up dictatorship 16 days after his nomination (even though he had 6 months) ...
... ● Cincinnatus gave up dictatorship 16 days after his nomination (even though he had 6 months) ...
The Pax Romana, which begun under Augustus, was a
... war. The Pax Romana was not immediate, despite the end of the civil wars, as fighting continued in Hispania and in the Alps. Nevertheless, Augustus closed the Gates of Janus (the set of gates to the Temple of Janus, which was closed in times of peace and opened in times of war) three times, first in ...
... war. The Pax Romana was not immediate, despite the end of the civil wars, as fighting continued in Hispania and in the Alps. Nevertheless, Augustus closed the Gates of Janus (the set of gates to the Temple of Janus, which was closed in times of peace and opened in times of war) three times, first in ...
Studies of power: The Augustine Principate
... the Senate in 27BC that many of these powers were granted. Cassius wrote, “And so the power both of the people and of the Senate passed entirely into the possession of Augustus” (source 2). He also states that “In order that they … hold power through constitutional measures… they have taken for them ...
... the Senate in 27BC that many of these powers were granted. Cassius wrote, “And so the power both of the people and of the Senate passed entirely into the possession of Augustus” (source 2). He also states that “In order that they … hold power through constitutional measures… they have taken for them ...
Marjeta Šašel Kos The Roman Conquest of Illyricum
... Agron, as other Illyrian kings before him, based his authority on the more or less reliable collaboration of several dynasts; two are known by name, Demetrius of Pharos and Scerdilaidas. When describing the background of the First Illyrian War, Polybius emphasized that Agron’s sea and land forces ha ...
... Agron, as other Illyrian kings before him, based his authority on the more or less reliable collaboration of several dynasts; two are known by name, Demetrius of Pharos and Scerdilaidas. When describing the background of the First Illyrian War, Polybius emphasized that Agron’s sea and land forces ha ...