The Propaganda of Vespasian
... Arentia (the imperial palace) to a small villa outside Rome, had his villa open to any senators who wanted to visit him, and did not have these visitors searched. When Vespasian's villa was still under construction, he came on an inspection tour of the villa's site and when Vespasian's saw that the ...
... Arentia (the imperial palace) to a small villa outside Rome, had his villa open to any senators who wanted to visit him, and did not have these visitors searched. When Vespasian's villa was still under construction, he came on an inspection tour of the villa's site and when Vespasian's saw that the ...
anthony tropolle life of cicero
... the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain its tears when the head of Cicero was seen there, upon the spot from wh ...
... the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain its tears when the head of Cicero was seen there, upon the spot from wh ...
Rome`s Role in Imperial Propaganda and Policy
... emperor made Rome, that much the greater he would be perceived. Therefore, Rome was inextricably intertwined with the legitimacy, success (or failure), and longevity of an emperor’s reign. This all changed in the third century. During this period, Rome, the erstwhile caput mundi, went through a proc ...
... emperor made Rome, that much the greater he would be perceived. Therefore, Rome was inextricably intertwined with the legitimacy, success (or failure), and longevity of an emperor’s reign. This all changed in the third century. During this period, Rome, the erstwhile caput mundi, went through a proc ...
Book 1
... Rutulians had recourse to the celebrated power of the Etruscans and Mezentius, their king, who was reigning at Caere, a wealthy city in those days. From the first he had felt anything but pleasure at the rise of the new city, and now he regarded the growth of the Trojan state as much too rapid to be ...
... Rutulians had recourse to the celebrated power of the Etruscans and Mezentius, their king, who was reigning at Caere, a wealthy city in those days. From the first he had felt anything but pleasure at the rise of the new city, and now he regarded the growth of the Trojan state as much too rapid to be ...
The Greatest Generals of the Second Punic War
... studied, his father fought the rebels. This war would later be known as the mercenary war and be remembered as one of the cruelest wars of his time, even by contemporaries. 9 The many wars had drained Carthage's might, finance and prestige. Sicily was lost and her fleet was all but destroyed in the ...
... studied, his father fought the rebels. This war would later be known as the mercenary war and be remembered as one of the cruelest wars of his time, even by contemporaries. 9 The many wars had drained Carthage's might, finance and prestige. Sicily was lost and her fleet was all but destroyed in the ...
View - OhioLINK ETD
... and Marius, an old but ambitious Roman senator, leading to years of dictatorship and bloodshed. Despite the pivotal nature of the year 88, the main sources for the year are often contradictory and fraught with bias. Plutarch wrote both a life of Sulla and of Marius around the first century AD, both ...
... and Marius, an old but ambitious Roman senator, leading to years of dictatorship and bloodshed. Despite the pivotal nature of the year 88, the main sources for the year are often contradictory and fraught with bias. Plutarch wrote both a life of Sulla and of Marius around the first century AD, both ...
Space, Ritual, Event: Constantine`s Jubilee of 326 and its
... Constantine's defeat of his political rival and fellow emperor Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, on October 28, 312, and accession to sole emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire is now considered a watershed moment in Roman and in Western history. Looking at Constantine's triu ...
... Constantine's defeat of his political rival and fellow emperor Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, on October 28, 312, and accession to sole emperor of the western half of the Roman Empire is now considered a watershed moment in Roman and in Western history. Looking at Constantine's triu ...
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... events of his life ha~ long since fixed him in Britain; and I should not be unwilling to And some evidence for: the ,-marriage, ,which he is said ·to' have contracted with'the daughter of a wealthy lord in' :CaernarYonsbire.k But,thi. provincial rank inight.jUJitly :be considered as a state of em~ ' ...
Authority, originality and competence in the Roman Archaeology of
... Next comes a justification of his choice of subject: .- deals with the greatness of Roman power, and . with the particular importance of the early period, about which Greeks are either completely ignorant or else seriously misinformed. Dionysius therefore pledges that he will set right these ...
... Next comes a justification of his choice of subject: .- deals with the greatness of Roman power, and . with the particular importance of the early period, about which Greeks are either completely ignorant or else seriously misinformed. Dionysius therefore pledges that he will set right these ...
Vestal Virgins of Rome: Images Of Power
... social roles of the Vestals established before the Late Republic. This is necessary because most of the evidence is focused around the turn of the millennium, and concrete evidence for earlier Vestals is rare. However, a discussion of the traditions that were accepted as ancient is still necessary t ...
... social roles of the Vestals established before the Late Republic. This is necessary because most of the evidence is focused around the turn of the millennium, and concrete evidence for earlier Vestals is rare. However, a discussion of the traditions that were accepted as ancient is still necessary t ...
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 ...
PDF - La Trobe University
... winning combination allowed him to craft a position for himself that changed his world and the world around him, and established an enduring legacy which lasted for millennia. In the years after his death, Caesar’s great-nephew (and later adopted son) Octavian ensured that his uncle’s name would liv ...
... winning combination allowed him to craft a position for himself that changed his world and the world around him, and established an enduring legacy which lasted for millennia. In the years after his death, Caesar’s great-nephew (and later adopted son) Octavian ensured that his uncle’s name would liv ...
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... never wavered in his belief in me. In this, as in everything, his support has made all the difference. Thanks must also go to Max, my constant companion through it all, a calming presence amid the collapse of the Roman Republic. J.H.S. In keeping with the principles set out at the start of these ackn ...
... never wavered in his belief in me. In this, as in everything, his support has made all the difference. Thanks must also go to Max, my constant companion through it all, a calming presence amid the collapse of the Roman Republic. J.H.S. In keeping with the principles set out at the start of these ackn ...
Coriolanus: The Tragedy of Virtus
... impetuous, heroic nature finds fulfilment only on the battlefield. Though Shakespeare introduces in the speeches of other characters Plutarch's various explanations of Coriolanus's heroism, he does not commit himself to them. The Coriolanus we see pursues virtus for its own sake, according to the cl ...
... impetuous, heroic nature finds fulfilment only on the battlefield. Though Shakespeare introduces in the speeches of other characters Plutarch's various explanations of Coriolanus's heroism, he does not commit himself to them. The Coriolanus we see pursues virtus for its own sake, according to the cl ...
The World of Elagabalus - Scholar Works at UT Tyler
... trying to learn economics in college at eight o’clock in the morning; after flunking the second test, Black grabbed the professor and yelled, “Who are you trying to keep this stuff a secret from?”1 Often histories are written in a way that is inaccessible to an educated reader—much less an intereste ...
... trying to learn economics in college at eight o’clock in the morning; after flunking the second test, Black grabbed the professor and yelled, “Who are you trying to keep this stuff a secret from?”1 Often histories are written in a way that is inaccessible to an educated reader—much less an intereste ...
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs Of Ancient History
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never be ...
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never be ...
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla - International World History Project
... grazing they sent in a return. This irregular system was fruitful in evil. It suited the patres with whom it originated, for they were for a time the sole gainers by it. Without money it must have been hopeless to occupy tracts distant from Rome. The poor man who did so would either involve himself ...
... grazing they sent in a return. This irregular system was fruitful in evil. It suited the patres with whom it originated, for they were for a time the sole gainers by it. Without money it must have been hopeless to occupy tracts distant from Rome. The poor man who did so would either involve himself ...