PUNIC WARS First Punic War (264-241 BC): The Romans ______
... First Punic War and took control of Sicily. Some years later Romans took control of Sardinia and Corsica. That infuriated Cathage. Then, Carthage decided to fight Spain. Under the leadership of a powerful general called Hamilcar Barca Carthage took control of south and southeast Spain, which were ve ...
... First Punic War and took control of Sicily. Some years later Romans took control of Sardinia and Corsica. That infuriated Cathage. Then, Carthage decided to fight Spain. Under the leadership of a powerful general called Hamilcar Barca Carthage took control of south and southeast Spain, which were ve ...
Ancient Rome - Oxford University Press
... Heritage Site and one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations. This is because its ruins, when found, were more or less as the city had been in 79 ce. The excavations have provided a wealth of evidence for historians about ancient Roman lifestyles. ...
... Heritage Site and one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations. This is because its ruins, when found, were more or less as the city had been in 79 ce. The excavations have provided a wealth of evidence for historians about ancient Roman lifestyles. ...
Episode 2
... answered blankly, ‘Are you calling me?’ He whom they once worshipped, they now led to execution. “ Narrator: Sejanus was strangled. His body was dumped into the river Tiber. In an age of emperors, violence was the only recourse for the aggrieved, and brutality always lurked near the surface. Keith ...
... answered blankly, ‘Are you calling me?’ He whom they once worshipped, they now led to execution. “ Narrator: Sejanus was strangled. His body was dumped into the river Tiber. In an age of emperors, violence was the only recourse for the aggrieved, and brutality always lurked near the surface. Keith ...
PeoPle anD PlaCes - Studia Europaea Gnesnensia
... 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 ...
Roman Afterlives, on Brunelleschi, Boorstin
... What is called the first true Renaissance building, and the first in Brunelleschi's own style, is the Foundling Hospital (1419-24) in Florence (right), built by his own guild of silk merchants and goldsmiths. The facade of the loggia shows how far he has come from the Gothic, how much he has depende ...
... What is called the first true Renaissance building, and the first in Brunelleschi's own style, is the Foundling Hospital (1419-24) in Florence (right), built by his own guild of silk merchants and goldsmiths. The facade of the loggia shows how far he has come from the Gothic, how much he has depende ...
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Anna Tatarkiewicz
... treatment of the Vestal Virgins all belonged to his restoration plan of morality and traditional Roman religiousness. Most of all, the greatest attention was given to lifting the position of pontifex college, who was responsible for conducting legal cases against priestesses. The activity of priestl ...
... treatment of the Vestal Virgins all belonged to his restoration plan of morality and traditional Roman religiousness. Most of all, the greatest attention was given to lifting the position of pontifex college, who was responsible for conducting legal cases against priestesses. The activity of priestl ...
The Roman Republic
... * they would forever change the way the poor and underprivileged lived in cities ...
... * they would forever change the way the poor and underprivileged lived in cities ...
ancient-history-essay
... troops, consuls and generals, and suffered many bitter defeats. One would gather that such a figure in Roman history would not merit recognition or respect, however this was not the case. Instead, the main sources from several Roman Historians paint Hannibal as a great leader among men, one whose pe ...
... troops, consuls and generals, and suffered many bitter defeats. One would gather that such a figure in Roman history would not merit recognition or respect, however this was not the case. Instead, the main sources from several Roman Historians paint Hannibal as a great leader among men, one whose pe ...
Type and Technique of the Illustrative Story in Seneca`s Moral Essays
... vioiouS passions, for their sole cause is our failing to ob.. tain what we desire and falling into that which we would fain ...
... vioiouS passions, for their sole cause is our failing to ob.. tain what we desire and falling into that which we would fain ...
SCUTUM - The Big Book of War
... Scutum ("skOO-tüm", pl. scuta) is the Latin word for "shield", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semicylindrical body shield carried by ancient Roman legionaries. The shield's curved shape covered the wielder's front and sides, affording excelle ...
... Scutum ("skOO-tüm", pl. scuta) is the Latin word for "shield", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semicylindrical body shield carried by ancient Roman legionaries. The shield's curved shape covered the wielder's front and sides, affording excelle ...
Pompey`s Eastern Command
... destroyed the last forces of resistance. Appian tells us “Never did any man before Pompey set forth with so great authority conferred upon him by the Romans”. • After pursuing him across 3 provinces, but never engaging in open combat, Mithridates committed suicide,/ murder organized by his son in la ...
... destroyed the last forces of resistance. Appian tells us “Never did any man before Pompey set forth with so great authority conferred upon him by the Romans”. • After pursuing him across 3 provinces, but never engaging in open combat, Mithridates committed suicide,/ murder organized by his son in la ...
Diocletian - Mr. Prince`s Class
... empire was too large a job for one man. Diocletian appointed his trusted friend, Maximian, to share power with him. Diocletian divided his power into east and west sectors. Diocletian kept control of the east and Maximian controlled the west. Eight years later, Diocletian realized that more focus wa ...
... empire was too large a job for one man. Diocletian appointed his trusted friend, Maximian, to share power with him. Diocletian divided his power into east and west sectors. Diocletian kept control of the east and Maximian controlled the west. Eight years later, Diocletian realized that more focus wa ...
CLAS 207/307 Roman Social History TRIMESTER 1 2011
... Rome. What return might those providing games, including the imperial family, gain that would seem sufficient compensation for their monetary investment? ...
... Rome. What return might those providing games, including the imperial family, gain that would seem sufficient compensation for their monetary investment? ...
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... Because Rea’s case studies comprise urban areas with a rich history, rather than confined configurations, her treatment of the relationship between topography and collective memory reveals methodological problems that have been insufficiently addressed in modern scholarship. These problems concern ...
... Because Rea’s case studies comprise urban areas with a rich history, rather than confined configurations, her treatment of the relationship between topography and collective memory reveals methodological problems that have been insufficiently addressed in modern scholarship. These problems concern ...
hui216_08_v7
... • Someone expresses a concern that if the army goes to Africa to fight, there will be no one left to protect Rome • If the senators don't agree with Scipio, will he take it to the people? Scipio responds that he will do whatever he has to for Italy: lots of arguing takes place and eventually many ...
... • Someone expresses a concern that if the army goes to Africa to fight, there will be no one left to protect Rome • If the senators don't agree with Scipio, will he take it to the people? Scipio responds that he will do whatever he has to for Italy: lots of arguing takes place and eventually many ...
THE FLAVIAN INVASIONS – a re-evaluation
... victory against the Caledonians at an unknown place called Mons Graupius, before being recalled to Rome by the Emperor Domitian at the end of an unusually long 7-year term of office. Tacitus then tells us, rather cryptically, in his "Histories", that "all Britain was taken and then immediately throw ...
... victory against the Caledonians at an unknown place called Mons Graupius, before being recalled to Rome by the Emperor Domitian at the end of an unusually long 7-year term of office. Tacitus then tells us, rather cryptically, in his "Histories", that "all Britain was taken and then immediately throw ...
Zanker - MK2Review
... the idea that the structure of the city of Rome had to be entirely revised as was though by Julius Caesar and others. The character of Rome was somewhat antiquated for its time because of a desire of Augustus’s to keep in accordance with pietas which “required that old cult places be respected” and ...
... the idea that the structure of the city of Rome had to be entirely revised as was though by Julius Caesar and others. The character of Rome was somewhat antiquated for its time because of a desire of Augustus’s to keep in accordance with pietas which “required that old cult places be respected” and ...
Spartacus in the Slave Revolt
... 1. Interpreting Ideas Why was Spartacus considered a hero? 2. Evaluating Ideas Why did Spartacus terrify the Romans? 3. Analyzing Ideas How do you think the history of Rome would have been different if Spartacus had succeeded in crossing the Alps? ...
... 1. Interpreting Ideas Why was Spartacus considered a hero? 2. Evaluating Ideas Why did Spartacus terrify the Romans? 3. Analyzing Ideas How do you think the history of Rome would have been different if Spartacus had succeeded in crossing the Alps? ...
The Novus Homo and Virtus: Oratory, Masculinity, and the
... of virtus, particularly fear in the face of death. Through time, with the help of Cicero, virtus came to encompass other elements found in a more civilized and urbane man, including the peaceful art of Oratory. This, fear in the face of death, becomes replaced by fear in the face of shame. The virtu ...
... of virtus, particularly fear in the face of death. Through time, with the help of Cicero, virtus came to encompass other elements found in a more civilized and urbane man, including the peaceful art of Oratory. This, fear in the face of death, becomes replaced by fear in the face of shame. The virtu ...
Trajan`s Markets
... Julius Caesar (100–44 B.C.), the remarkable and brilliant military dictator who had expanded the Roman Empire, stabilized the Republic and instituted social reforms, was the first to expand the Roman Forum. As a public space, it could no longer accommodate Rome’s large population. The Forum’s expans ...
... Julius Caesar (100–44 B.C.), the remarkable and brilliant military dictator who had expanded the Roman Empire, stabilized the Republic and instituted social reforms, was the first to expand the Roman Forum. As a public space, it could no longer accommodate Rome’s large population. The Forum’s expans ...