The Gift of the Nile Ancient Egypt
... Octavian’s forces defeated Antony and Cleopatra’s ships in the Battle of Actium on the Mediterranean Sea in 31BCE. Antony and Cleopatra managed to escape the encounter, but Marc Antony committed suicide as Octavian’s army approached. When Cleopatra learned of Antony’s death, she realized that Octavi ...
... Octavian’s forces defeated Antony and Cleopatra’s ships in the Battle of Actium on the Mediterranean Sea in 31BCE. Antony and Cleopatra managed to escape the encounter, but Marc Antony committed suicide as Octavian’s army approached. When Cleopatra learned of Antony’s death, she realized that Octavi ...
Heliogabalus
... Alexianus kept away from Heliogabalus by Julia Mammaea; repeated plots detected in advance and foiled by Julia Maesa. Julia Mammaea distributing gold to the Praetorians. Heliogabalus attempts to strip Alexianus of imperial posts and title of Caesar. Praetorians demand to see Alexianus. Heliogabalus ...
... Alexianus kept away from Heliogabalus by Julia Mammaea; repeated plots detected in advance and foiled by Julia Maesa. Julia Mammaea distributing gold to the Praetorians. Heliogabalus attempts to strip Alexianus of imperial posts and title of Caesar. Praetorians demand to see Alexianus. Heliogabalus ...
Ch 8 Sec 1 Review Questions.notebook
... 2a) What were the important features of the Roman Republic? Wanted some "say" NO KINGS! Senateelected by citizens represented the citizens made laws consulelected by citizens 1 year term 2 of them enforced laws leaders of the gov't had to agree veto power Dictator ...
... 2a) What were the important features of the Roman Republic? Wanted some "say" NO KINGS! Senateelected by citizens represented the citizens made laws consulelected by citizens 1 year term 2 of them enforced laws leaders of the gov't had to agree veto power Dictator ...
understanding roman inscriptions
... which deprives it of much that would be interesting. The most important fact to remember about any Roman inscription is that it is inscribed on something. The text may easily not be the only decoration on the stone. The smallest and seemingly most insignificant slab can be set into the handsomest of ...
... which deprives it of much that would be interesting. The most important fact to remember about any Roman inscription is that it is inscribed on something. The text may easily not be the only decoration on the stone. The smallest and seemingly most insignificant slab can be set into the handsomest of ...
document
... Rumors were Caesar had affair with Pompey’s wife, as well as many other wives of prominent men. ...
... Rumors were Caesar had affair with Pompey’s wife, as well as many other wives of prominent men. ...
Publicani - Radboud Repository
... the war zone. The source-material on this subject matter is usually scarce and vague* In a speech by Eumenes of Pergamon in the narrative of Polybius (21.20), the Greek ruler reminds the Romans that he had provided the Roman and allied armies with provisions during the war against Antiochus. In the ...
... the war zone. The source-material on this subject matter is usually scarce and vague* In a speech by Eumenes of Pergamon in the narrative of Polybius (21.20), the Greek ruler reminds the Romans that he had provided the Roman and allied armies with provisions during the war against Antiochus. In the ...
The Great Battles of Spartacus!
... German Cimbri and Teutones annihilated two Roman armies, slaying 80,000 men in 105 BC. It was Rome's greatest defeat since Cannae. The road into Italy was open. Manpower shortages forced Rome to call on her allied client kings for troops. Nicomedes, the King of Bithynia, complained that he could not ...
... German Cimbri and Teutones annihilated two Roman armies, slaying 80,000 men in 105 BC. It was Rome's greatest defeat since Cannae. The road into Italy was open. Manpower shortages forced Rome to call on her allied client kings for troops. Nicomedes, the King of Bithynia, complained that he could not ...
Ann FINAL!!! RRP draft - 2010
... he coveted the fame of being the first man to cross the Rhine with an army”(22). Caesar, a smart man, knew if he were to destroy the mental barrier, he would become a great hero. Now the Germans would have to respect Rome because they could get to their home. Although he never conquered the land bey ...
... he coveted the fame of being the first man to cross the Rhine with an army”(22). Caesar, a smart man, knew if he were to destroy the mental barrier, he would become a great hero. Now the Germans would have to respect Rome because they could get to their home. Although he never conquered the land bey ...
Ammianus, the Romans and Constantius II: Res Gestae XIV.6 and
... Virtue and Fortune, and they, like the survival o f Rome and the Roman Empire, are dependent upon its continuation. As has been recognised, the treaty itself symbolises the alliance of divine support (jbrtuna) with human qualities (virtus), two conceptions which are linked by Ammianus elsewhere when ...
... Virtue and Fortune, and they, like the survival o f Rome and the Roman Empire, are dependent upon its continuation. As has been recognised, the treaty itself symbolises the alliance of divine support (jbrtuna) with human qualities (virtus), two conceptions which are linked by Ammianus elsewhere when ...
Augustus and the Architecture of Masculinity By Katie Thompson
... making throughout the Roman world. When Augustus came to power the Roman Republic had collapsed and the state had fallen into fourteen years of civil war. For Augustus, this made it difficult when establishing his authority and making the bold shift into an empire. The fragile state of Rome during t ...
... making throughout the Roman world. When Augustus came to power the Roman Republic had collapsed and the state had fallen into fourteen years of civil war. For Augustus, this made it difficult when establishing his authority and making the bold shift into an empire. The fragile state of Rome during t ...
File - Mrs. LeGrow`s 3rd Grade Class
... with one of your arrows. Make her fall in love with the ugliest man on Earth.” Cupid set off to do his mother’s bidding. He took his bow and arrow and flew down to Earth. He took aim at Psyche. At the last minute, though, his finger slipped. Instead of shooting Psyche, he pricked himself. So Cupid f ...
... with one of your arrows. Make her fall in love with the ugliest man on Earth.” Cupid set off to do his mother’s bidding. He took his bow and arrow and flew down to Earth. He took aim at Psyche. At the last minute, though, his finger slipped. Instead of shooting Psyche, he pricked himself. So Cupid f ...
file
... grain supply to the capital. In fact, it is claimed that the first act of Severus, after he had had his predecessor Julianus murdered, was to take care of grain distribution. This is reported in Historia Augusta, which also reports that later, during the civil war against Pescennius Niger, Severus s ...
... grain supply to the capital. In fact, it is claimed that the first act of Severus, after he had had his predecessor Julianus murdered, was to take care of grain distribution. This is reported in Historia Augusta, which also reports that later, during the civil war against Pescennius Niger, Severus s ...
Punic War Gale documents
... Arriving in Spain, Scipio followed the strategic plan of continuing the offensive warfare of his father and uncle and thus trying to tear Spain, their European base, away from the Carthaginians. After he had reorganized his army, Scipio struck an unexpected blow by capturing New Carthage, the enemy' ...
... Arriving in Spain, Scipio followed the strategic plan of continuing the offensive warfare of his father and uncle and thus trying to tear Spain, their European base, away from the Carthaginians. After he had reorganized his army, Scipio struck an unexpected blow by capturing New Carthage, the enemy' ...
There are three options to consider - Mrs
... For once, upon a raw and gusty day, the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'darest thou, Cassius, now leap in with me into this angry flood, and swim to yonder point?' Upon the word, accoutered as I was, I plunged in and bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roared, a ...
... For once, upon a raw and gusty day, the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'darest thou, Cassius, now leap in with me into this angry flood, and swim to yonder point?' Upon the word, accoutered as I was, I plunged in and bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roared, a ...
A tale of two periods
... Thus Edward Gibbon on the years between 248 and 268, 2 a period which has since antiquity itself been seen as one of the darkest times in the history of the Roman Empire. Our scant literary sources for the period speak of enormous political and military upheaval, and for a long time modern authors h ...
... Thus Edward Gibbon on the years between 248 and 268, 2 a period which has since antiquity itself been seen as one of the darkest times in the history of the Roman Empire. Our scant literary sources for the period speak of enormous political and military upheaval, and for a long time modern authors h ...
Julius Caesar
... enrages the citizens and turns them on Brutus and Cassius. These men are then labeled as traitors and driven out of the city. Caesar’s adopted son Octavius and Antony create an army to fight the conspirator army being created outside the city by Brutus and Cassius to avenge the death of their father ...
... enrages the citizens and turns them on Brutus and Cassius. These men are then labeled as traitors and driven out of the city. Caesar’s adopted son Octavius and Antony create an army to fight the conspirator army being created outside the city by Brutus and Cassius to avenge the death of their father ...
Famous Men of Rome
... decided, therefore, to make Rome a place of refuge, to which people who had got into trouble in other countries might come for safety. And so when those who had committed crime in other places, and had to flee to escape punishment, found out that Romulus would give them a refuge, they came in large ...
... decided, therefore, to make Rome a place of refuge, to which people who had got into trouble in other countries might come for safety. And so when those who had committed crime in other places, and had to flee to escape punishment, found out that Romulus would give them a refuge, they came in large ...
Capitoline Jupiter and the Historiography of Roman World Rule
... s BC. Rome is described as holding ‘dominion of the entire globe, a dominion to which all peoples, kings, and nations have given their consent, whether by force of arms or by choice.’ Rome achieved Mediterranean supremacy in the nd century, yet if we restrict ourselves to direct statements in La ...
... s BC. Rome is described as holding ‘dominion of the entire globe, a dominion to which all peoples, kings, and nations have given their consent, whether by force of arms or by choice.’ Rome achieved Mediterranean supremacy in the nd century, yet if we restrict ourselves to direct statements in La ...
Chapter 6
... • The plebeian-patrician struggle for political power. • Lasted two hundred years. ...
... • The plebeian-patrician struggle for political power. • Lasted two hundred years. ...
The Power of Images in the Ag. of Augustus
... elementscould be read one by one, the scaleof any one of them altered by the artist to suit his purpose. The few plants, for example, are overly large in relation to the animals, the stalks of grain shooting up as if before the goddess'svery eyes. In this setting even the reeds could be seen as a sy ...
... elementscould be read one by one, the scaleof any one of them altered by the artist to suit his purpose. The few plants, for example, are overly large in relation to the animals, the stalks of grain shooting up as if before the goddess'svery eyes. In this setting even the reeds could be seen as a sy ...
Julius Caesar - Stamford High School
... Caesar returned in triumph to Rome in 45 B.C. and was named dictator. He gave Roman citizenship to many Gauls and appointed old political enemies to important posts. He hoped that such kindness and generosity would gain him friendship and loyalty. His numerous reforms included a revised calendar (th ...
... Caesar returned in triumph to Rome in 45 B.C. and was named dictator. He gave Roman citizenship to many Gauls and appointed old political enemies to important posts. He hoped that such kindness and generosity would gain him friendship and loyalty. His numerous reforms included a revised calendar (th ...