Julius Caesar
... Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures in Roman history. Very few leaders have been able to accomplish 1 as much as Caesar did during his lifetime. He had many talents. He proved to be a great speaker, writer, politician, and military leader. Under Caesar, the Roman Republic expanded across ...
... Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures in Roman history. Very few leaders have been able to accomplish 1 as much as Caesar did during his lifetime. He had many talents. He proved to be a great speaker, writer, politician, and military leader. Under Caesar, the Roman Republic expanded across ...
Punic Wars Poster Activity The Punic Wars were a series of three
... He had no siege weapons, and Carthaginian leaders refused to send reinforcements because they were more concerned with protecting their settlements in Spain. Also, almost none of the people Rome had conquered joined him. Thus, he did not have a safe base from which he could launch an attack on the c ...
... He had no siege weapons, and Carthaginian leaders refused to send reinforcements because they were more concerned with protecting their settlements in Spain. Also, almost none of the people Rome had conquered joined him. Thus, he did not have a safe base from which he could launch an attack on the c ...
HIS 28 – Part 10
... 1. Rome hastily built a fleet: the source of their knowledge about how to go about this is controversial BUT 2. what they did do was incorporate a new device on their warships – the CORVUS (‘the crow’) which enabled legionary soldiers to board enemy vessels. 3. The corvus was first employed in 260 B ...
... 1. Rome hastily built a fleet: the source of their knowledge about how to go about this is controversial BUT 2. what they did do was incorporate a new device on their warships – the CORVUS (‘the crow’) which enabled legionary soldiers to board enemy vessels. 3. The corvus was first employed in 260 B ...
Rome grew quickly. Romulus solved the problem of
... family, who were not native Romans but rather of Greek and Etruscan heritage. The first two Tarquin kings, Tarquin the Elder, and Servius Tullius were worthy kings who did much good for the city. Under their reigns the swamp in the center of Rome was drained and the Forum was built. They constructed ...
... family, who were not native Romans but rather of Greek and Etruscan heritage. The first two Tarquin kings, Tarquin the Elder, and Servius Tullius were worthy kings who did much good for the city. Under their reigns the swamp in the center of Rome was drained and the Forum was built. They constructed ...
The Juxtaposition of Morality and Sexuality during the Roman
... 1 Alastair J. L. Blanshard, “Roman Vice,” Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 1-88. 2 Modern television has dedicated hours to sexualizing ancient history, with television programs such as HBO’s Rome, or the Starz network’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand, d ...
... 1 Alastair J. L. Blanshard, “Roman Vice,” Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 1-88. 2 Modern television has dedicated hours to sexualizing ancient history, with television programs such as HBO’s Rome, or the Starz network’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand, d ...
thesis msword - MINDS@UW Home
... to provide information which we simply cannot derive from material evidence. However, these same texts are also more likely than artifacts to provide misleading or inaccurate information. Because many ancient authors possessed biases and had various motivations for writing their texts, their works ...
... to provide information which we simply cannot derive from material evidence. However, these same texts are also more likely than artifacts to provide misleading or inaccurate information. Because many ancient authors possessed biases and had various motivations for writing their texts, their works ...
The Roman Republic
... • The area where Rome was defensible due to the hills and was surrounded by a fertile plain • The Tiber river was also navigable from the sea to there and had a low point where it could be forded • According to legend, Romulus founded Rome in 753 BC. Probably not Romulus, but archaeology suggests it ...
... • The area where Rome was defensible due to the hills and was surrounded by a fertile plain • The Tiber river was also navigable from the sea to there and had a low point where it could be forded • According to legend, Romulus founded Rome in 753 BC. Probably not Romulus, but archaeology suggests it ...
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... Senate to return some of the land to the poor. Many Senators were against the idea. In 107 B.C., a military leader named Marius became consul. Until then, only men who owned property served in the military. They did not get paid. So Marius paid the men who had no land to serve as soldiers. He also p ...
... Senate to return some of the land to the poor. Many Senators were against the idea. In 107 B.C., a military leader named Marius became consul. Until then, only men who owned property served in the military. They did not get paid. So Marius paid the men who had no land to serve as soldiers. He also p ...
Cursus Honorum
... career as the inferior offices of the Cursus Honorum were not rewarded financially. A young candidate running for one of the offices needed to use his money strategically. One possibility for a candidate was taking on a priestly office and, in this function, entertaining the Roman people royally. Th ...
... career as the inferior offices of the Cursus Honorum were not rewarded financially. A young candidate running for one of the offices needed to use his money strategically. One possibility for a candidate was taking on a priestly office and, in this function, entertaining the Roman people royally. Th ...
Sources on M. Valerius Laevinus in the East Polybius 8.1: The
... with the announcement that they were undergoing a siege because they refused to break with Rome, and unless the Romans protected them, they should be unable to withstand the Macedonian any longer. Valerius promised to do what they wanted and he sent a picked force of 2000 men on warships to the m ...
... with the announcement that they were undergoing a siege because they refused to break with Rome, and unless the Romans protected them, they should be unable to withstand the Macedonian any longer. Valerius promised to do what they wanted and he sent a picked force of 2000 men on warships to the m ...
The Roman Army Riot of 408 and the Execution of Flavius
... Emperor Honorius was present in camp, the troops rioted and murdered a number of high-level government officials, all closely aligned with the Roman general Flavius Stilicho. The demonstration by the army could not have sent a clearer message as their attitude toward Stilicho, who as Magister Militu ...
... Emperor Honorius was present in camp, the troops rioted and murdered a number of high-level government officials, all closely aligned with the Roman general Flavius Stilicho. The demonstration by the army could not have sent a clearer message as their attitude toward Stilicho, who as Magister Militu ...
The Punic Wars
... The Carthaginian method of selecting military commanders differed markedly from their opponents. In Rome, supreme military command generally rested with the consuls, two elected officials who held office for a year and usually had to wait some time before holding the post again.10 Carthage, on the o ...
... The Carthaginian method of selecting military commanders differed markedly from their opponents. In Rome, supreme military command generally rested with the consuls, two elected officials who held office for a year and usually had to wait some time before holding the post again.10 Carthage, on the o ...
Week 5 in PowerPoint - campo7.com
... • Inside the Greco-Roman civilization many believed that communities or social organizations are not different from any other biological organism that exists in nature: they are born, they develop and grow old, then decline and eventually die • According to this view, which was very popular also dur ...
... • Inside the Greco-Roman civilization many believed that communities or social organizations are not different from any other biological organism that exists in nature: they are born, they develop and grow old, then decline and eventually die • According to this view, which was very popular also dur ...
Tuesday, Jan. 9
... • Inside the Greco-Roman civilization many believed that communities or social organizations are not different from any other biological organism that exists in nature: they are born, they develop and grow old, then decline and eventually die • According to this view, which was very popular also dur ...
... • Inside the Greco-Roman civilization many believed that communities or social organizations are not different from any other biological organism that exists in nature: they are born, they develop and grow old, then decline and eventually die • According to this view, which was very popular also dur ...
The Gracchi-1 - 2010
... (Plutarch 3). Gaius spoke to the Roman population instead of the senate; he appealed to the majority, instead of the minority. He once said to the Roman people: “Nobody comes and speaks before you for nothing, but what I ask you for is not money, but what you think well of me and hold me in your hon ...
... (Plutarch 3). Gaius spoke to the Roman population instead of the senate; he appealed to the majority, instead of the minority. He once said to the Roman people: “Nobody comes and speaks before you for nothing, but what I ask you for is not money, but what you think well of me and hold me in your hon ...
The Roman Army in the First Century
... shorter gladius a steel double edged weapon ranging from sixteen to twenty two inches long and from two to three inches wide designed for either cutting or thrusting 22 this was the standard roman legionary sword at the time of christ cavalry swords averaged around thirty inches however swords manuf ...
... shorter gladius a steel double edged weapon ranging from sixteen to twenty two inches long and from two to three inches wide designed for either cutting or thrusting 22 this was the standard roman legionary sword at the time of christ cavalry swords averaged around thirty inches however swords manuf ...
The Aureus – A Golden Newspaper
... At the end of the second century women started to get more influence in Rome. One of the reasons was Julia Domna originating from an old and important family from the east. She had married a relatively unimportant general and helped him to acquire the empire. Septimius Severus was grateful and grant ...
... At the end of the second century women started to get more influence in Rome. One of the reasons was Julia Domna originating from an old and important family from the east. She had married a relatively unimportant general and helped him to acquire the empire. Septimius Severus was grateful and grant ...
Essay Question: Describe at least three similarities between
... consuls, were elected for one year by the Patricians (upper class). They oversaw the Senate and commanded the Roman army during wars. Other members of the executive branch were the tax collectors, mayors, city police, and other people in positions of power in cities. ...
... consuls, were elected for one year by the Patricians (upper class). They oversaw the Senate and commanded the Roman army during wars. Other members of the executive branch were the tax collectors, mayors, city police, and other people in positions of power in cities. ...