Cicero in Catilīnam
... and the whole of Italy. Owing to the bias in our sources, however, we are not able to delineate the exact character of this conspiracy or its intended results. It is certain that Catiline planned to use force against his enemies in Rome, and it is probable that he intended to issue a general cancel ...
... and the whole of Italy. Owing to the bias in our sources, however, we are not able to delineate the exact character of this conspiracy or its intended results. It is certain that Catiline planned to use force against his enemies in Rome, and it is probable that he intended to issue a general cancel ...
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... At the Rhone River, Hannibal's cavalry found itself near the Roman army. Hannibal now knows that the Romans are at the mouth of the Rhone, in great numbers. His original plan was to continue on to cross the Alps, and descend upon Rome from the north. To travel south and fight the Romans now may mean ...
... At the Rhone River, Hannibal's cavalry found itself near the Roman army. Hannibal now knows that the Romans are at the mouth of the Rhone, in great numbers. His original plan was to continue on to cross the Alps, and descend upon Rome from the north. To travel south and fight the Romans now may mean ...
Joined with Power, Greed Without Moderation or
... In the era before the rise of the first of the Gracchi brothers in the last third of the second century B.C.E., the Roman system was based on a series of elected offices, people’s assemblies, and an advisory body of leading citizens, mainly ex-political office holders, known as the senate. Military ...
... In the era before the rise of the first of the Gracchi brothers in the last third of the second century B.C.E., the Roman system was based on a series of elected offices, people’s assemblies, and an advisory body of leading citizens, mainly ex-political office holders, known as the senate. Military ...
military defeats, casualties of war - The University of North Carolina
... columns of Trajan and Marcus, and other epigraphic and material evidence from Rome and throughout the empire. By analyzing just how much (or how little) the Romans focused on their military defeats and casualties of war in their cultural record, I argue that the various and specific ways that the Ro ...
... columns of Trajan and Marcus, and other epigraphic and material evidence from Rome and throughout the empire. By analyzing just how much (or how little) the Romans focused on their military defeats and casualties of war in their cultural record, I argue that the various and specific ways that the Ro ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... interpretation of our main source, the Roman census figures. 1 This is the logical consequence of the consensus that the Republican census tallies represented, or aimed at representing, all adult male citizens on the one hand, and very divergent understandings of the Augustan figures on the other: ‘ ...
... interpretation of our main source, the Roman census figures. 1 This is the logical consequence of the consensus that the Republican census tallies represented, or aimed at representing, all adult male citizens on the one hand, and very divergent understandings of the Augustan figures on the other: ‘ ...
2levene
... Paterculus, publishing in A.D. 30, twice singles out Cicero and places him at the centre of his generation of Latin writers (1.17.3, 2.36.2). And the Greek author of On Sublimity, who draws his examples from several literary genres, mentions only one Latin writer — Cicero — in order to provide a sui ...
... Paterculus, publishing in A.D. 30, twice singles out Cicero and places him at the centre of his generation of Latin writers (1.17.3, 2.36.2). And the Greek author of On Sublimity, who draws his examples from several literary genres, mentions only one Latin writer — Cicero — in order to provide a sui ...
Aeneid, Books 1–3
... references from this work show the relevant book numbers in Arabic script. References to the Latin text are distinguished by the use of Roman numerals for the book numbers. ...
... references from this work show the relevant book numbers in Arabic script. References to the Latin text are distinguished by the use of Roman numerals for the book numbers. ...
Book I Outline
... the Romans and Caesar because his power had been lessened by the Romans’ arrival and his brother had been restored to his old position of power and influence. 23-26. If anything bad happened to the Romans, he had high hopes of getting power through the Helvetians; because of Roman power he was in de ...
... the Romans and Caesar because his power had been lessened by the Romans’ arrival and his brother had been restored to his old position of power and influence. 23-26. If anything bad happened to the Romans, he had high hopes of getting power through the Helvetians; because of Roman power he was in de ...
Cleopatra
... Ides of March 44BC Caesar is murdered in the Senate building by a crowd of conspirators who had become fearful of his growing power o Cleopatra, aware of her danger fled back to Egypt Before or immediately after their return to Egypt, Ptolemy XIV dies o Possibly poisoned at Cleopatra’s command ...
... Ides of March 44BC Caesar is murdered in the Senate building by a crowd of conspirators who had become fearful of his growing power o Cleopatra, aware of her danger fled back to Egypt Before or immediately after their return to Egypt, Ptolemy XIV dies o Possibly poisoned at Cleopatra’s command ...
the rise of the roman republic the rise of the roman
... proconsul, praetor or dictator) in that period. We’ve even provided a complete list of all these distinguished patricians for the truly curious among you. Historical Magistrate Usage: For those of you wishing to play with the actual magistrates from the years in which they served, use the Roman Magi ...
... proconsul, praetor or dictator) in that period. We’ve even provided a complete list of all these distinguished patricians for the truly curious among you. Historical Magistrate Usage: For those of you wishing to play with the actual magistrates from the years in which they served, use the Roman Magi ...
Julius Caesar - autoSocratic Home
... The Soothsayer delivers his famous warning to Caesar. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings Cassius tells Brutus that rise of Caesar is their fault, because they are not doing anything to stop it. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look Caesar’s suspic ...
... The Soothsayer delivers his famous warning to Caesar. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings Cassius tells Brutus that rise of Caesar is their fault, because they are not doing anything to stop it. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look Caesar’s suspic ...
History of Roman Literature from its Earliest
... interdicted. It was only with the more estimable part of his species that the author was united by that sympathy which we term the Love of Fame. He was the head, not of a numerous, but of a select community. By nothing short of the highest excellence could he hope for the approbation of judges so sk ...
... interdicted. It was only with the more estimable part of his species that the author was united by that sympathy which we term the Love of Fame. He was the head, not of a numerous, but of a select community. By nothing short of the highest excellence could he hope for the approbation of judges so sk ...
julius caesar`s system understanding of the gallic crisis
... scrutiny, and refrain, as much as possible, form passing moral judgment based on the sensibilities of today on events that date back more than two thousand years. That being said, we can assess that, however different from today’s standards, the acts of war performed by Caesar and his legions were i ...
... scrutiny, and refrain, as much as possible, form passing moral judgment based on the sensibilities of today on events that date back more than two thousand years. That being said, we can assess that, however different from today’s standards, the acts of war performed by Caesar and his legions were i ...
Names of Historians for Different Periods of Ancient Rome
... account. The annales maximi were a register of annual events kept by the pontifex maximus, who was the head of the Roman board of priests called pontifices (sing., pontifex). These accounts are not preserved for us, though ancient references give us some notion about them. Every year the pontifex ma ...
... account. The annales maximi were a register of annual events kept by the pontifex maximus, who was the head of the Roman board of priests called pontifices (sing., pontifex). These accounts are not preserved for us, though ancient references give us some notion about them. Every year the pontifex ma ...