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... with gold and ivory, were the symbolic expression of the power and wealth of Athens. In this respect it must be also remarked that it was not these activities as such that were exceptional, but their scale. Concerning the statehood of the polis it is more important to note how it was organized and a ...
... with gold and ivory, were the symbolic expression of the power and wealth of Athens. In this respect it must be also remarked that it was not these activities as such that were exceptional, but their scale. Concerning the statehood of the polis it is more important to note how it was organized and a ...
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... 13. Claudius was credited with rebuilding what structure which had been completed in 55 BC but subsequently burned down? The building was the largest and first of its kind, skirting the laws of the time by including a small shrine to Venus at the back thus making it, technically, a temple. It's best ...
... 13. Claudius was credited with rebuilding what structure which had been completed in 55 BC but subsequently burned down? The building was the largest and first of its kind, skirting the laws of the time by including a small shrine to Venus at the back thus making it, technically, a temple. It's best ...
The Caecilii Metelli: A textbook example of success
... Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 251 BC, was one of the most prominent family members. He came to great fame when, in the Punic Wars, he succeeded in incapacitating the most dangerous weapon of the Carthaginians, led by Hasdrubal: Lucius caused a stampede among the war elephants, which then tram ...
... Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 251 BC, was one of the most prominent family members. He came to great fame when, in the Punic Wars, he succeeded in incapacitating the most dangerous weapon of the Carthaginians, led by Hasdrubal: Lucius caused a stampede among the war elephants, which then tram ...
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 1
... his matter. From the immense range of his history, it was sometimes necessary to compress into a single sentence, a whole vague and diffuse page of a Byzantine chronicler. Perhaps something of importance may have thus escaped, and his expressions may not quite contain the whole substance of the pass ...
... his matter. From the immense range of his history, it was sometimes necessary to compress into a single sentence, a whole vague and diffuse page of a Byzantine chronicler. Perhaps something of importance may have thus escaped, and his expressions may not quite contain the whole substance of the pass ...
Reflections on Titus and Josephus
... officer. His frequent exhortations to his soldiers-free compositions of Josephus as they may be-appear natural against this background (e.g. 3.472-84),17 Titus is not a tyrannical commander who endears himself to the gregarius miles by neglecting his fellow officers.Is On the contrary, he consults r ...
... officer. His frequent exhortations to his soldiers-free compositions of Josephus as they may be-appear natural against this background (e.g. 3.472-84),17 Titus is not a tyrannical commander who endears himself to the gregarius miles by neglecting his fellow officers.Is On the contrary, he consults r ...
Horace`s Ideal Italy: Sabines and Sabellians in Odes 1-3
... and Italia. The former had long been a moral foil for Rome. The latter consisted of the regions of Italy that rebelled against Rome during the Social War and fought on the side of Marius in the civil wars that followed. Horace joins these two groups with the term Sabellians and places them together ...
... and Italia. The former had long been a moral foil for Rome. The latter consisted of the regions of Italy that rebelled against Rome during the Social War and fought on the side of Marius in the civil wars that followed. Horace joins these two groups with the term Sabellians and places them together ...
Max Pfingsten – The Aeneid
... cave. After this tryst, Dido assumes that they are married. Aeneas and his people will settle in Carthage and take honored places. Aeneas, however, is aware that he cannot stay in Carthage. Aeneas wants to stay, but the gods make it clear that his destiny lies in Italy, not Africa. As Aeneas sails a ...
... cave. After this tryst, Dido assumes that they are married. Aeneas and his people will settle in Carthage and take honored places. Aeneas, however, is aware that he cannot stay in Carthage. Aeneas wants to stay, but the gods make it clear that his destiny lies in Italy, not Africa. As Aeneas sails a ...
Transcending Tragedy - BYU ScholarsArchive
... peace. As the people are brought to a realization of the scorn with which they were treated by Coriolanus they are quickly incited to reject the man who defends their liberty. Brayton Polka illuminates this paradox even further in his article about contradiction in the Roman world. In it he takes a ...
... peace. As the people are brought to a realization of the scorn with which they were treated by Coriolanus they are quickly incited to reject the man who defends their liberty. Brayton Polka illuminates this paradox even further in his article about contradiction in the Roman world. In it he takes a ...
Hannibal Crossing the Alps
... For the longest time, the Greeks and the Carthaginians had a running dispute. As with most of the wars in early history, their dispute was over the acquisition of land. In fact, this dispute had been continuing for many years. After Rome stepped in and became the ruler of Greece, “it was virtually i ...
... For the longest time, the Greeks and the Carthaginians had a running dispute. As with most of the wars in early history, their dispute was over the acquisition of land. In fact, this dispute had been continuing for many years. After Rome stepped in and became the ruler of Greece, “it was virtually i ...
ALEXANDER YAKOBSON, Cicero, the Constitution and the Roman
... suggested mechanism for imposing constitutional restraints. Nor is it obvious that Cicero, however much he objected to what he regarded as ‘pernicious’ popular enactments, regarded the crisis of the late Republic as fundamentally constitutional in the sense suggested by S.—i.e. one that resulted fro ...
... suggested mechanism for imposing constitutional restraints. Nor is it obvious that Cicero, however much he objected to what he regarded as ‘pernicious’ popular enactments, regarded the crisis of the late Republic as fundamentally constitutional in the sense suggested by S.—i.e. one that resulted fro ...
Boethius, Bk I - Pitzer College
... Christianity in Boethius’s day was different: It wasn't nearly as powerful as it would eventually become It was beset by divisions. Not just between the two Churches, but between groups with very different religious ideologies. First of all, there were fights over the appropriate books of the Bible. ...
... Christianity in Boethius’s day was different: It wasn't nearly as powerful as it would eventually become It was beset by divisions. Not just between the two Churches, but between groups with very different religious ideologies. First of all, there were fights over the appropriate books of the Bible. ...
Dissertation - Emory University
... but literary and archaeological sources confirm that they were erected on the exterior walls of tombs. Group reliefs decline in popularity by the Tiberian period, when smaller funerary altars or cinerary urns with figural decoration become fashionable. These monuments closely follow contemporary typ ...
... but literary and archaeological sources confirm that they were erected on the exterior walls of tombs. Group reliefs decline in popularity by the Tiberian period, when smaller funerary altars or cinerary urns with figural decoration become fashionable. These monuments closely follow contemporary typ ...
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... Prior to this conventional career, an equally conventional education may be surmised. Many of his acquaintances during his army career would have come from similar backgrounds: comfortable equestrian families who could afford to provide their sons with an education appropriate to their status. Thou ...
... Prior to this conventional career, an equally conventional education may be surmised. Many of his acquaintances during his army career would have come from similar backgrounds: comfortable equestrian families who could afford to provide their sons with an education appropriate to their status. Thou ...
cicero and the roman civic spirit in the middle aces and early
... pursued literary aims in his ' otium '. If he attained to highest activity in solitude, this could only mean that he devoted his ' otium ' to consideration of the vast plans which guided him in building up the Roman Empire. ' In otio de negotio cogitabat.' Cicero himself, in his long enforced ' otiu ...
... pursued literary aims in his ' otium '. If he attained to highest activity in solitude, this could only mean that he devoted his ' otium ' to consideration of the vast plans which guided him in building up the Roman Empire. ' In otio de negotio cogitabat.' Cicero himself, in his long enforced ' otiu ...
Engineering Power: The Roman Triumph as Material Expression of
... contributed to the circulation of the material, imagery and message of the triumph and victory back out into the provinces and areas of conquest. This new visual language of power used what had been a peculiarly Roman visual language to advertise their power and authority to the people they conquere ...
... contributed to the circulation of the material, imagery and message of the triumph and victory back out into the provinces and areas of conquest. This new visual language of power used what had been a peculiarly Roman visual language to advertise their power and authority to the people they conquere ...
Suetonius The Twelve Caesars - Academic Research Collections
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... Translation © 2010 A. S. Kline, All Rights Reserved This work MAY be FREELY reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any NON-COMMERCIAL purpose. ...
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... exaggeration, but as an emperor he most definitely was an “outsider” regarding the succession of the emperors, as he had no ties with the Antonine dynasty which had ruled Rome for about a hundred years before him.6 As a result, he was obliged to put a great deal of effort into imperial propaganda to ...
... exaggeration, but as an emperor he most definitely was an “outsider” regarding the succession of the emperors, as he had no ties with the Antonine dynasty which had ruled Rome for about a hundred years before him.6 As a result, he was obliged to put a great deal of effort into imperial propaganda to ...
spectacles of death in ancient rome
... From our origins as humans we have dealt with the activity, the responsibility, and the aftermath of death. Paleolithic man advanced as a species in part by developing tools and techniques to improve his killing abilities, to expand his capacity to destroy and control nature and other men; but we st ...
... From our origins as humans we have dealt with the activity, the responsibility, and the aftermath of death. Paleolithic man advanced as a species in part by developing tools and techniques to improve his killing abilities, to expand his capacity to destroy and control nature and other men; but we st ...
Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
... From our origins as humans we have dealt with the activity, the responsibility, and the aftermath of death. Paleolithic man advanced as a species in part by developing tools and techniques to improve his killing abilities, to expand his capacity to destroy and control nature and other men; but we st ...
... From our origins as humans we have dealt with the activity, the responsibility, and the aftermath of death. Paleolithic man advanced as a species in part by developing tools and techniques to improve his killing abilities, to expand his capacity to destroy and control nature and other men; but we st ...
the roman villas of wales - oURspace Home
... in regards to the importance of Britain’s Celtic background; it also includes references to specific villa sites within Wales. A. L. F. Rivet himself had high praise for the work, noting that Percival’s work was supported by well-chosen examples and that the volume was particularly strong in regards ...
... in regards to the importance of Britain’s Celtic background; it also includes references to specific villa sites within Wales. A. L. F. Rivet himself had high praise for the work, noting that Percival’s work was supported by well-chosen examples and that the volume was particularly strong in regards ...
The Rise of Rome
... arena that held spectators who came to see chariot races, footraces, and fights to the death between gladiators. ...
... arena that held spectators who came to see chariot races, footraces, and fights to the death between gladiators. ...
1 A MOST FATEFUL ENCOUNTER HOW SCIPIO AFRICANUS
... Polybius was especially well suited to the analysis and writing of military history due to his own military background. He served under the Romans in their campaign against the Galatian Gauls of Asia Minor in 189 BC, and he would later become a hipparchus, a cavalry officer, of the Achaean League du ...
... Polybius was especially well suited to the analysis and writing of military history due to his own military background. He served under the Romans in their campaign against the Galatian Gauls of Asia Minor in 189 BC, and he would later become a hipparchus, a cavalry officer, of the Achaean League du ...
Text Commentary Project Vergil, Aeneid: II.771-795
... Even Creusa’s final words to her husband project into the future, developing Aeneas’ heroic characteristics by insisting that he preserve their love for Ascanius, a symbol of the future and of Rome itself. Throughout the epic Aeneas develops “the stoic virtues of patience, resignation, submissivenes ...
... Even Creusa’s final words to her husband project into the future, developing Aeneas’ heroic characteristics by insisting that he preserve their love for Ascanius, a symbol of the future and of Rome itself. Throughout the epic Aeneas develops “the stoic virtues of patience, resignation, submissivenes ...
RETHINKING SULLA: THE CASE OF THE ROMAN SENATE*
... deuinctam beneficio consulis). Despite Cicero’s special pleading about second place, this is clear evidence for the bond of gratitude which tied the year’s senior consular to the consul who chose him. ...
... deuinctam beneficio consulis). Despite Cicero’s special pleading about second place, this is clear evidence for the bond of gratitude which tied the year’s senior consular to the consul who chose him. ...