Was Caesar a man of the people or a power
... 59 BC - As the year drew to a close, Caesar secured his future by having Vatinius, his ally and tribune of the people, push through a law which would make him governor of three untamed provinces (Cisalpine Gaul, Illyricum, and Tranasalpine Gaul (modern-day France and Belgium) after his term as consu ...
... 59 BC - As the year drew to a close, Caesar secured his future by having Vatinius, his ally and tribune of the people, push through a law which would make him governor of three untamed provinces (Cisalpine Gaul, Illyricum, and Tranasalpine Gaul (modern-day France and Belgium) after his term as consu ...
the roman villas of wales - oURspace Home
... introduction of Roman social structures in the provinces of the Empire, and how Romans and the people they came to rule coexisted. This thesis will explore the establishment, development and evolution of Roman villas in the western regions of the Roman province of Britannia: an area known today as t ...
... introduction of Roman social structures in the provinces of the Empire, and how Romans and the people they came to rule coexisted. This thesis will explore the establishment, development and evolution of Roman villas in the western regions of the Roman province of Britannia: an area known today as t ...
- San Diego State University
... insufficient to justify such a wanton abuse of the public riches.7 By using the example of the spectacular games of a lackluster Western Emperor, who competed unsuccessfully with Diocletian for control of the entire Roman Empire, Gibbon sets up his argument for the ineffectual nature of Roman specta ...
... insufficient to justify such a wanton abuse of the public riches.7 By using the example of the spectacular games of a lackluster Western Emperor, who competed unsuccessfully with Diocletian for control of the entire Roman Empire, Gibbon sets up his argument for the ineffectual nature of Roman specta ...
VIRTUE AND VICE IN SHAKESPEARE`S ROME
... In the first scene of Coriolanus, Shakespeare shows the Roman citizens attempting to exercise political power. They are preparing to revolt because they believe the Senate is denying them food. They are especially angry with Caius Martius2 because he thinks he is better than them. Although they are ...
... In the first scene of Coriolanus, Shakespeare shows the Roman citizens attempting to exercise political power. They are preparing to revolt because they believe the Senate is denying them food. They are especially angry with Caius Martius2 because he thinks he is better than them. Although they are ...
The Spartacus War. - Michigan War Studies Review
... the slave leader is the lack of ancient sources about him. The sequence of his extraordinary actions is fairly clear, but his motivations are not. Spartacus himself left no autobiography (we do not even know if he was literate); most if not all of his followers were certainly illiterate, and the few ...
... the slave leader is the lack of ancient sources about him. The sequence of his extraordinary actions is fairly clear, but his motivations are not. Spartacus himself left no autobiography (we do not even know if he was literate); most if not all of his followers were certainly illiterate, and the few ...
his master`s voice
... Laurea, but when Cicero's father, a wealthy provincial knight, relocated to Rome in 96 B.C. to provide the best education for his two sons, Marcus and Quintus, young Cicero, eight years the boy's senior, made the toddler his pupil; hence the nickname Tiro, the Beginner. Like all Roman children, Tiro ...
... Laurea, but when Cicero's father, a wealthy provincial knight, relocated to Rome in 96 B.C. to provide the best education for his two sons, Marcus and Quintus, young Cicero, eight years the boy's senior, made the toddler his pupil; hence the nickname Tiro, the Beginner. Like all Roman children, Tiro ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... transfiguration of the consul into Africanus, Numidicus, Germanicus, or Asiagenes, but only after victory and its official recognition (triumph).7 Another way that the contaminating hybridity can be overcome is by interment in the earth. This was the method employed by the Romans when Hannibal was ...
... transfiguration of the consul into Africanus, Numidicus, Germanicus, or Asiagenes, but only after victory and its official recognition (triumph).7 Another way that the contaminating hybridity can be overcome is by interment in the earth. This was the method employed by the Romans when Hannibal was ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbari: A Comparison of
... 355 to 360. It was a time of great turmoil as the Romans faced many attacks by nomadic barbari. Ammianus establishes a lengthy description of the events occurring c. 357, which provides us with information on the Battle of Strasbourg, his characterization of the barbari in the surrounding area, and ...
... 355 to 360. It was a time of great turmoil as the Romans faced many attacks by nomadic barbari. Ammianus establishes a lengthy description of the events occurring c. 357, which provides us with information on the Battle of Strasbourg, his characterization of the barbari in the surrounding area, and ...
Roman Imports in the Space of Southern Dacia (2 century BC – 1
... sites caused a great difficulty in listing the objects. On the other hand, the diversity of approaches or the lack of materials makes communication in this study almost impossible. The documentary basis comprises 150 studies and articles, a list of more than 200 archaeological sites, that mention ob ...
... sites caused a great difficulty in listing the objects. On the other hand, the diversity of approaches or the lack of materials makes communication in this study almost impossible. The documentary basis comprises 150 studies and articles, a list of more than 200 archaeological sites, that mention ob ...
Historia - Franz Steiner Verlag
... The following list is not exhaustive by any means, not least because in many cases the identity of those individuals who first held a particular position, or who first achieved a particular thing, is simply unknown. As will become clear, there is a predictable enough connection with prestige. 1. Acc ...
... The following list is not exhaustive by any means, not least because in many cases the identity of those individuals who first held a particular position, or who first achieved a particular thing, is simply unknown. As will become clear, there is a predictable enough connection with prestige. 1. Acc ...
Making Space for Bicultural Identity
... consistent ways, or that they defined any clear-cut essential difference. In this period, at the upper reaches of society, Greek and Roman identities interpenetrated, but were not fused. Complicating this picture was the fact that Romans played at being Greek: wealthy Romans had long affected a tast ...
... consistent ways, or that they defined any clear-cut essential difference. In this period, at the upper reaches of society, Greek and Roman identities interpenetrated, but were not fused. Complicating this picture was the fact that Romans played at being Greek: wealthy Romans had long affected a tast ...
Settling the Wandering Kingdom: The Establishment of
... this perspective the sack of Rome, his greatest achievement according to the primary sources, was a failure of negotiations. Ataulf, Alaric’s brother-in-law, was appointed after Alaric’s death by Alaric’s own decree. This was something that had never happened in Visigothic history, but it meant that ...
... this perspective the sack of Rome, his greatest achievement according to the primary sources, was a failure of negotiations. Ataulf, Alaric’s brother-in-law, was appointed after Alaric’s death by Alaric’s own decree. This was something that had never happened in Visigothic history, but it meant that ...
popular political participation in the late roman
... with the non-elite gaining an increasing role in the decision-making process, albeit without constitutional definition. The citizens’ right to participate in the formal assemblies was augmented by their ability to take part in less ...
... with the non-elite gaining an increasing role in the decision-making process, albeit without constitutional definition. The citizens’ right to participate in the formal assemblies was augmented by their ability to take part in less ...
Dissertation - Emory University
... Funerary monuments with portraits represent the single largest genre of art commissioned by non-elite Roman patrons, especially manumitted slaves, in the city of Rome from the first century B.C.E. through the Imperial period. With little or no access to other forms of public, monumental self-represe ...
... Funerary monuments with portraits represent the single largest genre of art commissioned by non-elite Roman patrons, especially manumitted slaves, in the city of Rome from the first century B.C.E. through the Imperial period. With little or no access to other forms of public, monumental self-represe ...
Engineering Power: The Roman Triumph as Material Expression of
... procession granted by the Senate to generals who had, in theory at least, soundly defeated a foreign enemy in battle and extended the dominion of the Roman state.7 Its relative rarity made it the pinnacle of Roman elite achievement, and earning one could bring a general enough prestige to secure fut ...
... procession granted by the Senate to generals who had, in theory at least, soundly defeated a foreign enemy in battle and extended the dominion of the Roman state.7 Its relative rarity made it the pinnacle of Roman elite achievement, and earning one could bring a general enough prestige to secure fut ...
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico
... cruci xion. This episode illustrates the privileged status that upper-class Roman men—eve ...
... cruci xion. This episode illustrates the privileged status that upper-class Roman men—eve ...
Spartacus
... managed to overtake many cities in southern Italy. He had also increased his troops to nearly 70,000. By the following spring in 72 B.C., Spartacus decided to leave Italy for good. He wanted to take his people back to their homelands and give them back their freedom. On their way north, the for ...
... managed to overtake many cities in southern Italy. He had also increased his troops to nearly 70,000. By the following spring in 72 B.C., Spartacus decided to leave Italy for good. He wanted to take his people back to their homelands and give them back their freedom. On their way north, the for ...
Herring The Genius of Hannibal
... Due to the Romans’ control of the sea, they were able to easily transport their forces, whereas Carthage’s limited efforts to increase their navy provided a severe handicap in their ability to supply troops to Hannibal (Hoyus, 1983). The Carthaginian Government’s failure to support Hannibal was extr ...
... Due to the Romans’ control of the sea, they were able to easily transport their forces, whereas Carthage’s limited efforts to increase their navy provided a severe handicap in their ability to supply troops to Hannibal (Hoyus, 1983). The Carthaginian Government’s failure to support Hannibal was extr ...