Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and
... can be a weapon of the ruling power, as well as against it. And in this story the emperor himself was (as I have translated it) grinning, as he shook his own head while waving the ostrich’s at the frightened, bemused—or amused—senators. The word Dio uses is sese-ro-s (from the verb sese-renai), whic ...
... can be a weapon of the ruling power, as well as against it. And in this story the emperor himself was (as I have translated it) grinning, as he shook his own head while waving the ostrich’s at the frightened, bemused—or amused—senators. The word Dio uses is sese-ro-s (from the verb sese-renai), whic ...
Max Pfingsten – The Aeneid
... The Aeneid is an epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BCE. Virgil composed this epic for his patron, Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome. Augustus wanted the Romans to have an epic of their own, a story that would be to Rome what the Iliad and Odyssey were to Greece. H ...
... The Aeneid is an epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BCE. Virgil composed this epic for his patron, Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome. Augustus wanted the Romans to have an epic of their own, a story that would be to Rome what the Iliad and Odyssey were to Greece. H ...
Founding fathers: An ethnic and gender study of the Iliadic Aeneid
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
carthago delenda est: aitia and prophasis
... reason which would appeal also to foreign nations. 'For the Romans very rightly paid great attention to this matter - viz how their actions would be viewed by the outside world- (and) so on this occasion their disputes with each other about the effect on foreign opinion very nearly made them desist ...
... reason which would appeal also to foreign nations. 'For the Romans very rightly paid great attention to this matter - viz how their actions would be viewed by the outside world- (and) so on this occasion their disputes with each other about the effect on foreign opinion very nearly made them desist ...
i>Clicker Questions - Macmillan Learning
... B. Surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the fourth, Greece’s natural defenses meant that the Greeks did not need to spend money on the military, but instead focused on philosophy and technology. C. The numerous mountain ranges throughout Greece split up the land and encouraged politic ...
... B. Surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the fourth, Greece’s natural defenses meant that the Greeks did not need to spend money on the military, but instead focused on philosophy and technology. C. The numerous mountain ranges throughout Greece split up the land and encouraged politic ...
Chapter Two: The Annalistic Form - UFDC Image Array 2
... Fabius Pictor‘s history of Rome, written late in the third century B.C.E., probably late during the Second Punic War, marks a beginning point in the traditional outline of Roman historiography.1 His generation found it suitable to write the first histories of Rome not in their own language but in th ...
... Fabius Pictor‘s history of Rome, written late in the third century B.C.E., probably late during the Second Punic War, marks a beginning point in the traditional outline of Roman historiography.1 His generation found it suitable to write the first histories of Rome not in their own language but in th ...
THE SAMNITE LEGACY: - University of Lethbridge
... maniple system. Among those contributions omitted are the Samnite influences on Roman foreign policy, land reforms, and the emergence of a patrician-plebian aristocracy.4 While these adaptations prove to be due to indirect Samnite influence rather than any perceived Samnitic origin, this is not the ...
... maniple system. Among those contributions omitted are the Samnite influences on Roman foreign policy, land reforms, and the emergence of a patrician-plebian aristocracy.4 While these adaptations prove to be due to indirect Samnite influence rather than any perceived Samnitic origin, this is not the ...
The Second Punic War: The Turning Point of an Empire
... The Roman Empire’s rise is sometimes seen as all too inevitable, almost guaranteed, but even more so it is often narrated as a fluid process where victory continuously expanded the empire at a similar pace as Roman opponents were progressively in Rome’s path of expansion. All Roman victories were no ...
... The Roman Empire’s rise is sometimes seen as all too inevitable, almost guaranteed, but even more so it is often narrated as a fluid process where victory continuously expanded the empire at a similar pace as Roman opponents were progressively in Rome’s path of expansion. All Roman victories were no ...
Pompey`s politics and the presentation of his theatre
... not easily forget the powerful image Pompey staged for himself. They regarded him as a world conqueror and formidable leader.5 In spite of all this triumph Pompey also returned to Rome under unfavourable conditions. The majority of the senate did not respect the great general. He came from a recent ...
... not easily forget the powerful image Pompey staged for himself. They regarded him as a world conqueror and formidable leader.5 In spite of all this triumph Pompey also returned to Rome under unfavourable conditions. The majority of the senate did not respect the great general. He came from a recent ...
Theta IX Responsables scientifiques Mentions légales Date de
... history, was apparently never performed but was published in . The whole play is structured around the struggle between Caesar and Pompey and ends with Caesar’s victory. Through the historical and literary figure of Caesar, who embodied tyranny and the danger of political idolatry, these three ...
... history, was apparently never performed but was published in . The whole play is structured around the struggle between Caesar and Pompey and ends with Caesar’s victory. Through the historical and literary figure of Caesar, who embodied tyranny and the danger of political idolatry, these three ...
Slide 1
... Julian calendar of 365¼ days. Caesar added a month to the calendar and named it July for himself. Caesar’s calendar is closely related to the calendar we use today. ...
... Julian calendar of 365¼ days. Caesar added a month to the calendar and named it July for himself. Caesar’s calendar is closely related to the calendar we use today. ...
Rise of the Roman Republic Student Text
... Rome was now a republic, but the patricians held all the power. They made sure that only they could be part of the government. Only they could become senators or consuls. Plebeians had to obey their decisions. Because laws were not written down, patricians often changed or interpreted the laws to be ...
... Rome was now a republic, but the patricians held all the power. They made sure that only they could be part of the government. Only they could become senators or consuls. Plebeians had to obey their decisions. Because laws were not written down, patricians often changed or interpreted the laws to be ...
Roman Imperialism - McMaster University, Canada
... manufacturing folk, were absent or dormant south of the Tiber. These people knew nothing of seacraft, for in their native vocabulary most of the words needed by seafarers are lacking.7 Nor were they notably warlike. Their army organization was in almost all respects borrowed from their neighbors, an ...
... manufacturing folk, were absent or dormant south of the Tiber. These people knew nothing of seacraft, for in their native vocabulary most of the words needed by seafarers are lacking.7 Nor were they notably warlike. Their army organization was in almost all respects borrowed from their neighbors, an ...
Pompey Gale Article 2009-01-07
... that it was an empty room containing no image. This was a terrible offense to Jewish religious sensibilities. Leaving Jerusalem, Pompey led his army toward another hostile center, the Nabataean citadel of Petra, but was interrupted by the welcome news that Mithridates had died. Settling matters in t ...
... that it was an empty room containing no image. This was a terrible offense to Jewish religious sensibilities. Leaving Jerusalem, Pompey led his army toward another hostile center, the Nabataean citadel of Petra, but was interrupted by the welcome news that Mithridates had died. Settling matters in t ...
Although Horace`s and Juvenal`s satires differed
... In Horatian satire, the literary elements used are mainly incorporated for the purpose of comic relief. One of these elements is self-deprecation. Horace’s satire portrayed the main character, also named Horace, as a slightly despicable person. Despite the fact that the piece was set during Saturnal ...
... In Horatian satire, the literary elements used are mainly incorporated for the purpose of comic relief. One of these elements is self-deprecation. Horace’s satire portrayed the main character, also named Horace, as a slightly despicable person. Despite the fact that the piece was set during Saturnal ...
Print this article - New Jersey Studies
... colleges. In both settings, reading and writing Greek and Latin was the standard prerequisite for a path to prestige. What better way to learn these languages than to read their best practitioners, who could at the same time provide models from history of virtue and vice? John Witherspoon, long-time ...
... colleges. In both settings, reading and writing Greek and Latin was the standard prerequisite for a path to prestige. What better way to learn these languages than to read their best practitioners, who could at the same time provide models from history of virtue and vice? John Witherspoon, long-time ...
Hannibal Watson
... 1909) was an American officer and military historian and thus analyses Hannibal -“Hannibal excelled as a tactician. No battle in history is a finer sample of tactics than Cannae” and called Hannibal the "father of ...
... 1909) was an American officer and military historian and thus analyses Hannibal -“Hannibal excelled as a tactician. No battle in history is a finer sample of tactics than Cannae” and called Hannibal the "father of ...
A Companion to Greek Democracy and the
... All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permis ...
... All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permis ...
The Parthians of Augustan Rome - American Journal of Archaeology
... or the suffering of their fellow citizens, but the opponent is generally absent, and this is true as well for many of the monuments constructed in the early Modern period.1 If women or children are included in the design, they are of the same ethnicity as the dedicators, usually under their protecti ...
... or the suffering of their fellow citizens, but the opponent is generally absent, and this is true as well for many of the monuments constructed in the early Modern period.1 If women or children are included in the design, they are of the same ethnicity as the dedicators, usually under their protecti ...
A History of Rome to 565 AD
... chief events of each year. When this custom began is uncertain and it can only be proven for the time when the Romans had commenced to undertake maritime wars. From these pontifical records were compiled the so-called annales Maximi, or chief annals, whose name permits the belief that briefer compil ...
... chief events of each year. When this custom began is uncertain and it can only be proven for the time when the Romans had commenced to undertake maritime wars. From these pontifical records were compiled the so-called annales Maximi, or chief annals, whose name permits the belief that briefer compil ...