Gr. 7 CS: 17. Greek democracy and the Roman Republic were
... 11Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff on the southern summit overlooking the Forum in Ancient Rome. It was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. Murderers, traitors, perjurers, and larcenous slaves, were flung from the cliff to their deaths. Those who had a mental or significant physical ...
... 11Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff on the southern summit overlooking the Forum in Ancient Rome. It was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. Murderers, traitors, perjurers, and larcenous slaves, were flung from the cliff to their deaths. Those who had a mental or significant physical ...
Pewter
... The coming famine and plague facing our contemporary civilization is due to climate change on a scale exponentially greater than the results of Krakatoa. The fall of the Roman Empire was a very gradual event, with a variety of causes, but the underlying theme was one of complacency. Things change, a ...
... The coming famine and plague facing our contemporary civilization is due to climate change on a scale exponentially greater than the results of Krakatoa. The fall of the Roman Empire was a very gradual event, with a variety of causes, but the underlying theme was one of complacency. Things change, a ...
The Roman, Middle Ages, Renaissance Study Guide
... Roman Legion 2. Why did the Roman Senate choose two consuls to rule, instead of one rule, and only let them serve for one year? ...
... Roman Legion 2. Why did the Roman Senate choose two consuls to rule, instead of one rule, and only let them serve for one year? ...
Rome`s Empire and the Unification of the Western World
... fray of elections, solicited votes for candidates he backed, took part in debates, and treated his senatorial colleagues as equals. Augustus's stated affection for republican tradition was not entirely insincere. He shared as much power as he thought he safely could with the Senate and the republica ...
... fray of elections, solicited votes for candidates he backed, took part in debates, and treated his senatorial colleagues as equals. Augustus's stated affection for republican tradition was not entirely insincere. He shared as much power as he thought he safely could with the Senate and the republica ...
roman medicine and the legions: a reconsideration
... were placed in valetudinaria along with the more severely wounded. The Romans clearly distinguished in the legions between the treatment of the 'sick' and the 'wounded'. Examples from the inscriptions and from archaeological excavation illustrate the approach. An inscription found in the vicinity of ...
... were placed in valetudinaria along with the more severely wounded. The Romans clearly distinguished in the legions between the treatment of the 'sick' and the 'wounded'. Examples from the inscriptions and from archaeological excavation illustrate the approach. An inscription found in the vicinity of ...
Note Taking Study Guide
... In 509 B.C., after driving out the Etruscans, the Romans set up a new government called a republic. The Romans thought a republic would keep any individual from gaining too much power. The 300 members of the republic’s senate were all patricians—the landholding upper class. Senators, who served for ...
... In 509 B.C., after driving out the Etruscans, the Romans set up a new government called a republic. The Romans thought a republic would keep any individual from gaining too much power. The 300 members of the republic’s senate were all patricians—the landholding upper class. Senators, who served for ...
Julius Caesar`s Diary (An Educational Interpretation) 60 BCE
... in Gaul, the territory I conquered. He also has made it illegal for me to return to Rome. He has pushed me to my limit and I have had no choice other than to cross the Rubicon River. Although it was not my goal, a civil war has erupted and I will fight until Pompey is nothing but a memory to the Rom ...
... in Gaul, the territory I conquered. He also has made it illegal for me to return to Rome. He has pushed me to my limit and I have had no choice other than to cross the Rubicon River. Although it was not my goal, a civil war has erupted and I will fight until Pompey is nothing but a memory to the Rom ...
Life in Roman Bedfordshire
... There was a major rebellion in AD 60/61 which was led by the famous Boudicca of the Iceni tribe in the Norfolk area. Her husband Prasutagus had been a 'client king', who was allowed a degree of independence in return for supporting the Roman invaders. On his death he made Boudicca queen and divided ...
... There was a major rebellion in AD 60/61 which was led by the famous Boudicca of the Iceni tribe in the Norfolk area. Her husband Prasutagus had been a 'client king', who was allowed a degree of independence in return for supporting the Roman invaders. On his death he made Boudicca queen and divided ...
Formation of Roman Law in Monarchy
... system before Christianity and in times of Christianity, does not accept the right of separation from morality religion”12. Military leaders (magister equitum) have been appointed by kings and later by the Senate as well. The National Assembly (comitia curiata) discussed declarations of war, militar ...
... system before Christianity and in times of Christianity, does not accept the right of separation from morality religion”12. Military leaders (magister equitum) have been appointed by kings and later by the Senate as well. The National Assembly (comitia curiata) discussed declarations of war, militar ...
Hannibal and Cannae
... Italy before the Romans were prepared. In a lightning campaign, he crossed the Pyrenees with an army of 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 37 elephants; next, he crossed the river Rhône (at Arausio, modern Orange), ferrying his elephants across the water on large rafts. Thence, by a heroic effort, m ...
... Italy before the Romans were prepared. In a lightning campaign, he crossed the Pyrenees with an army of 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 37 elephants; next, he crossed the river Rhône (at Arausio, modern Orange), ferrying his elephants across the water on large rafts. Thence, by a heroic effort, m ...
The Third Punic War (149
... • Legionaries had high morale (high fighting spirit) – motivated by harsh punishments and generous rewards (1) decimation – execute every 10th man in the legion if they showed cowardice or mutinied (revolted) (2) crown of gold – given to 1st man to take the wall in an assault ...
... • Legionaries had high morale (high fighting spirit) – motivated by harsh punishments and generous rewards (1) decimation – execute every 10th man in the legion if they showed cowardice or mutinied (revolted) (2) crown of gold – given to 1st man to take the wall in an assault ...
Roman Coins – Mass Media for Image Cultivation
... This denarius, minted in 45 BC by the moneyer Marcus Lollius Palicanus, is an example on how propaganda for a person long deceased and propaganda for a person still alive could be brought in line on coins of the Roman Republic. On the one hand, the depiction of Libertas on the obverse, and the rostr ...
... This denarius, minted in 45 BC by the moneyer Marcus Lollius Palicanus, is an example on how propaganda for a person long deceased and propaganda for a person still alive could be brought in line on coins of the Roman Republic. On the one hand, the depiction of Libertas on the obverse, and the rostr ...
What was the Nobilitas?*
... new men to obtain the consulship, the supreme magistracy, Roman politics in the Repubiic were definitely influenced by this limited number of politicians. In the second part of his work, Gelzer tried to support his theory, arguing that the nobility were able to retain their political power on the ba ...
... new men to obtain the consulship, the supreme magistracy, Roman politics in the Repubiic were definitely influenced by this limited number of politicians. In the second part of his work, Gelzer tried to support his theory, arguing that the nobility were able to retain their political power on the ba ...
Constitutional Settlements Revision • What constitutional basis did
... Death of Marcellus. This means that Augustus has to find another heir. Conspiracy of Caepio and Murena. Little is known about the details of the conspiracy, but we could gauge that it was reasonably serious (as we have few sources on them). It's likely that it occurred before the constitutional sett ...
... Death of Marcellus. This means that Augustus has to find another heir. Conspiracy of Caepio and Murena. Little is known about the details of the conspiracy, but we could gauge that it was reasonably serious (as we have few sources on them). It's likely that it occurred before the constitutional sett ...
Exempla Augusto: Allusions and Warnings in Ab Urbe Condita, I
... understood even at a later date that there was some sort of connection between Augustus and Rome’s great founder. Livy also mentions that Romulus obtained sole power through force and violence (1.7.3), that Rome had been strengthened by the dual attributes of war and peace, and that the power of Rom ...
... understood even at a later date that there was some sort of connection between Augustus and Rome’s great founder. Livy also mentions that Romulus obtained sole power through force and violence (1.7.3), that Rome had been strengthened by the dual attributes of war and peace, and that the power of Rom ...
Punic-Wars power point w/map
... The First Punic War (Video Notes) • Carthage was ruled by the Phoenicians who were a mighty sea power. The Latin word for Phoenicians was “Punic” so that is why they are called the Punic Wars. • The Romans took a Carthaginian ship that had been grounded and reversed engineered it to learn how to bui ...
... The First Punic War (Video Notes) • Carthage was ruled by the Phoenicians who were a mighty sea power. The Latin word for Phoenicians was “Punic” so that is why they are called the Punic Wars. • The Romans took a Carthaginian ship that had been grounded and reversed engineered it to learn how to bui ...
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Summary_of_the_Punic_Wars[1]
... Hannibal left Spain ahead of the Roman army he knew would be arriving, marched over the Pyrenees, eluded a Roman force in southern Gaul (France), crossed the Rhon and then the Alps. At the same time the Roman army commanded by Consul Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio w ...
... Hannibal left Spain ahead of the Roman army he knew would be arriving, marched over the Pyrenees, eluded a Roman force in southern Gaul (France), crossed the Rhon and then the Alps. At the same time the Roman army commanded by Consul Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio w ...
Gladiator
... History and Origins • Like sporting events in many ancient cultures, Roman gladiatorial combat originated as a religious event. • The Romans claimed that their tradition of gladiatorial games was adopted from the Etruscans, but there is little evidence to support this. • The early games ended not i ...
... History and Origins • Like sporting events in many ancient cultures, Roman gladiatorial combat originated as a religious event. • The Romans claimed that their tradition of gladiatorial games was adopted from the Etruscans, but there is little evidence to support this. • The early games ended not i ...
Get Ready to Read (cont.)
... How are modern dictators different from the Roman dictators? Roman dictators were appointed by the Senate in times of great danger. When the danger was over, the dictators gave up their power. Modern dictators often seize power, frequently using military force. They do not often give up their power ...
... How are modern dictators different from the Roman dictators? Roman dictators were appointed by the Senate in times of great danger. When the danger was over, the dictators gave up their power. Modern dictators often seize power, frequently using military force. They do not often give up their power ...
Conquest of Italy
... from the less powerful, he then set up laws and established what things were to be done by each of the two groups. The patricians were to serve as priests and magistrates, lawyers and judges. The plebeians were to till the land, herd livestock, and work for wages as craftsmen, tradesmen, and laboure ...
... from the less powerful, he then set up laws and established what things were to be done by each of the two groups. The patricians were to serve as priests and magistrates, lawyers and judges. The plebeians were to till the land, herd livestock, and work for wages as craftsmen, tradesmen, and laboure ...
