The coinage of Quintus Labienus Parthicus - E
... it was a favorable opportunity to invade the Roman provinces in the East, which were relarively unprotected. Early in 40 B.C. a large army jointly led by Labienus and Pacorus, a son of Orodes, crossed the Euphrates River and attacked the Roman pro¬ vince of Syria. That province was garrisoned by onl ...
... it was a favorable opportunity to invade the Roman provinces in the East, which were relarively unprotected. Early in 40 B.C. a large army jointly led by Labienus and Pacorus, a son of Orodes, crossed the Euphrates River and attacked the Roman pro¬ vince of Syria. That province was garrisoned by onl ...
Eutropius and the Persians
... 9. 18 … while [Carus] was waging a war against the Sarmatians news came that the Persians were causing a disturbance, so he set out for the east and achieved some notable exploits against the Persians. He routed them in battle and captured Coche and Ctesiphon, very famous cities. But while he was e ...
... 9. 18 … while [Carus] was waging a war against the Sarmatians news came that the Persians were causing a disturbance, so he set out for the east and achieved some notable exploits against the Persians. He routed them in battle and captured Coche and Ctesiphon, very famous cities. But while he was e ...
Ancient jewelry and antique jewelry available to buy online on our
... British pearls were known to Tacitus (end of the first century) and were still being sold in the fourth century. Silver, from the Mendip hills, was mined as a by-product of the lead industry. However, the silver yield was very low in Britain compared to other lead-mining areas in Europe. Sometimes t ...
... British pearls were known to Tacitus (end of the first century) and were still being sold in the fourth century. Silver, from the Mendip hills, was mined as a by-product of the lead industry. However, the silver yield was very low in Britain compared to other lead-mining areas in Europe. Sometimes t ...
Lecture Schedule Reading Schedule
... Grades of papers handed in late will be lowered by 1/3 of a letter grade each day past the due date. Students will do well in the course only if they attend lectures faithfully and keep up with the reading assignments. Attendance: I do not take attendance, but since the information from my lectures ...
... Grades of papers handed in late will be lowered by 1/3 of a letter grade each day past the due date. Students will do well in the course only if they attend lectures faithfully and keep up with the reading assignments. Attendance: I do not take attendance, but since the information from my lectures ...
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... During the Renaissance, the profession of the architecture star ted to evolve. Within this, many different styles were created and variance with how architects worked within cer tain principles became distinct. However, all of these architects had one thing in common, Rome. Rome boasted an abundance ...
... During the Renaissance, the profession of the architecture star ted to evolve. Within this, many different styles were created and variance with how architects worked within cer tain principles became distinct. However, all of these architects had one thing in common, Rome. Rome boasted an abundance ...
I. The First Oration Against Verres Cicero (106 B.C.–43 B.C.) (70
... justice at all. The very criminal who the day before thought that he was already condemned, is acquitted now that his defender has been made consul. What are we to think then? Will it avail nothing that all Sicily, all the Sicilians, that all the merchants who have business in that country, that al ...
... justice at all. The very criminal who the day before thought that he was already condemned, is acquitted now that his defender has been made consul. What are we to think then? Will it avail nothing that all Sicily, all the Sicilians, that all the merchants who have business in that country, that al ...
A tale of two periods
... It was in that year that Diocletian became emperor. He reformed the empire to combat the problems of the ‘crisis’, most notably by appointing imperial colleagues to make governing the empire more manageable. This system, with two senior augusti and two junior caesares, is known as the tetrarchy. Mos ...
... It was in that year that Diocletian became emperor. He reformed the empire to combat the problems of the ‘crisis’, most notably by appointing imperial colleagues to make governing the empire more manageable. This system, with two senior augusti and two junior caesares, is known as the tetrarchy. Mos ...
Chapter 7: The Roman Republic: 753 B.C. – 27 B.C. The ancient
... Most Romans were not wealthy. They were small farmers, merchants, and laborers—people who did hard work with their hands. Yet they were citizens of Rome. The Romans called them plebeians, which means “from the common people.?? As citizens, the plebeians paid taxes and served in the army. They could ...
... Most Romans were not wealthy. They were small farmers, merchants, and laborers—people who did hard work with their hands. Yet they were citizens of Rome. The Romans called them plebeians, which means “from the common people.?? As citizens, the plebeians paid taxes and served in the army. They could ...
The Roman Conquest of Italy From its founding, traditionally dated to
... Roman citizens. Still, this sort of citizenship was generally granted to people with different customs or languages. Since it withheld the ability to vote or run for office, it kept such citizens from having undue influence over the Roman government. Full citizenship could be held out as an eventual ...
... Roman citizens. Still, this sort of citizenship was generally granted to people with different customs or languages. Since it withheld the ability to vote or run for office, it kept such citizens from having undue influence over the Roman government. Full citizenship could be held out as an eventual ...
The Circle of Life
... Republic became the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire extended across most of Europe to the Mediterranean Sea with a population that exceeded 1 million people. During the “Reign of Five Good Emperors” from 96-180 A.D., the Roman Empire reached its largest land mass of 2.5 million square miles. Eventual ...
... Republic became the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire extended across most of Europe to the Mediterranean Sea with a population that exceeded 1 million people. During the “Reign of Five Good Emperors” from 96-180 A.D., the Roman Empire reached its largest land mass of 2.5 million square miles. Eventual ...
The history of venationes in Rome and Roman North Africa
... enormous impulse to the export of wild African beasts (ferae africanae) to Italy. In the first century BC, we see that the amounts of wild beasts used for venationes in Rome became even larger: in 93 BC Sulla staged a show in which 100 lions were fought by javelin-throwers provided by the Mauretania ...
... enormous impulse to the export of wild African beasts (ferae africanae) to Italy. In the first century BC, we see that the amounts of wild beasts used for venationes in Rome became even larger: in 93 BC Sulla staged a show in which 100 lions were fought by javelin-throwers provided by the Mauretania ...
08. The Punic Wars
... Longus lost 2/3 of his men on the Trebia River where the psychological general had staged a cavalry ambush. The Roman horses were terrified by the elephants. Hannibal’s “tanks” were a huge advantage at first, but war or winter temperatures killed all the elephants eventually except one which Hanniba ...
... Longus lost 2/3 of his men on the Trebia River where the psychological general had staged a cavalry ambush. The Roman horses were terrified by the elephants. Hannibal’s “tanks” were a huge advantage at first, but war or winter temperatures killed all the elephants eventually except one which Hanniba ...
Augustus Caesar: Father of Rome
... sponsored games, rebuilt temples, and embarked on new public building projects. It was no surprise when he took on a religious role as well. He became the pontifex maximus, which was essentially the high priest of Rome. Just a few years later, the Senate granted him yet another title, pater patriae ...
... sponsored games, rebuilt temples, and embarked on new public building projects. It was no surprise when he took on a religious role as well. He became the pontifex maximus, which was essentially the high priest of Rome. Just a few years later, the Senate granted him yet another title, pater patriae ...
Rome November 30th - HRSBSTAFF Home Page
... islands off the coast of Italy. That was too close for comfort. Rome decided that Carthage needed to join the Republic. Carthage disagreed. Carthage and Rome fought for 20 years. This was the first Punic War. Nobody won. After 20 years of fighting, all they had accomplished was to kill a lot of peop ...
... islands off the coast of Italy. That was too close for comfort. Rome decided that Carthage needed to join the Republic. Carthage disagreed. Carthage and Rome fought for 20 years. This was the first Punic War. Nobody won. After 20 years of fighting, all they had accomplished was to kill a lot of peop ...
Rome - Young Minds Inspired
... to Rome, leading thousands of battle-hardened men and a populist agenda for social change. (Roman males had three parts to their names. Gaius was Caesar’s personal name.) It is the story of war and brotherhood, of love and betrayal, of masters and slaves played out during epic times that saw the fal ...
... to Rome, leading thousands of battle-hardened men and a populist agenda for social change. (Roman males had three parts to their names. Gaius was Caesar’s personal name.) It is the story of war and brotherhood, of love and betrayal, of masters and slaves played out during epic times that saw the fal ...
introduction - Franz Steiner Verlag
... then went over to the enemy; each later died voluntarily, although Cicero notes that Atticus preferred a different version of Coriolanus’ fate. In response to all this, Atticus points out that, according to Thucydides, Themistocles died naturally and it was only suspected that he had poisoned himsel ...
... then went over to the enemy; each later died voluntarily, although Cicero notes that Atticus preferred a different version of Coriolanus’ fate. In response to all this, Atticus points out that, according to Thucydides, Themistocles died naturally and it was only suspected that he had poisoned himsel ...
What was the Nobilitas?*
... candidates, Caius Atilius and Quintus Aelius, who were members of plebeian noble families (duobus nobilium iam familiarum plebeiis), and who had become pontiff and augur respectively. It was, however, Terentius Varro alone who was unexpectedly elected as consul. Then the nobilitas “induced Lucius Ae ...
... candidates, Caius Atilius and Quintus Aelius, who were members of plebeian noble families (duobus nobilium iam familiarum plebeiis), and who had become pontiff and augur respectively. It was, however, Terentius Varro alone who was unexpectedly elected as consul. Then the nobilitas “induced Lucius Ae ...
Partisan Politics in the Last Decades of the Roman Republic
... of being burned by the flames of the verdict by which Lucius Scipio was condemned." The Petillian Law related to the handling of booty obtained from the various campaigns in Asia Minor. On the status of bakers. cf. Pliny, Natural History xviii, xi. 107. "There were no bakers at Rome until the war wi ...
... of being burned by the flames of the verdict by which Lucius Scipio was condemned." The Petillian Law related to the handling of booty obtained from the various campaigns in Asia Minor. On the status of bakers. cf. Pliny, Natural History xviii, xi. 107. "There were no bakers at Rome until the war wi ...
HIS 28 – Part 7
... Alternative figures whom we might consider would be A. Quintus Publilius PHILO – a prominent ‘plebeian’ between 339 and 326 BC, who held the consulship and the dictatorship [at the same time] in 339; who became the first ‘plebeian’ praetor in 336; who held the censorship in 332-331, and a second, a ...
... Alternative figures whom we might consider would be A. Quintus Publilius PHILO – a prominent ‘plebeian’ between 339 and 326 BC, who held the consulship and the dictatorship [at the same time] in 339; who became the first ‘plebeian’ praetor in 336; who held the censorship in 332-331, and a second, a ...
Roman economy
The history of the Roman economy covers the period of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Recent research has led to a positive reevaluation of the size and sophistication of the Roman economy.Moses Finley was the chief proponent of the primitivist view that the Roman economy was ""underdeveloped and underachieving,"" characterized by subsistence agriculture; urban centres that consumed more than they produced in terms of trade and industry; low-status artisans; slowly developing technology; and a ""lack of economic rationality."" Current views are more complex. Territorial conquests permitted a large-scale reorganization of land use that resulted in agricultural surplus and specialization, particularly in north Africa. Some cities were known for particular industries or commercial activities, and the scale of building in urban areas indicates a significant construction industry. Papyri preserve complex accounting methods that suggest elements of economic rationalism, and the Empire was highly monetized. Although the means of communication and transport were limited in antiquity, transportation in the 1st and 2nd centuries expanded greatly, and trade routes connected regional economies. The supply contracts for the army, which pervaded every part of the Empire, drew on local suppliers near the base (castrum), throughout the province, and across provincial borders. The Empire is perhaps best thought of as a network of regional economies, based on a form of ""political capitalism"" in which the state monitored and regulated commerce to assure its own revenues. Economic growth, though not comparable to modern economies, was greater than that of most other societies prior to industrialization.Socially, economic dynamism opened up one of the avenues of social mobility in the Roman Empire. Social advancement was thus not dependent solely on birth, patronage, good luck, or even extraordinary ability. Although aristocratic values permeated traditional elite society, a strong tendency toward plutocracy is indicated by the wealth requirements for census rank. Prestige could be obtained through investing one's wealth in ways that advertised it appropriately: grand country estates or townhouses, durable luxury items such as jewels and silverware, public entertainments, funerary monuments for family members or coworkers, and religious dedications such as altars. Guilds (collegia) and corporations (corpora) provided support for individuals to succeed through networking, sharing sound business practices, and a willingness to work.