plebeian
... (comitia) Any gathering of the Roman People convoked to deal with governmental, legislative, judicial, or electoral matters. In the time of Marius and Sulla there were three true Assemblies—of the Centuries, the Whole People, and the Plebs. The Centuriate Assembly (comitia centuriata) marshaled the ...
... (comitia) Any gathering of the Roman People convoked to deal with governmental, legislative, judicial, or electoral matters. In the time of Marius and Sulla there were three true Assemblies—of the Centuries, the Whole People, and the Plebs. The Centuriate Assembly (comitia centuriata) marshaled the ...
Fernando Quesada Sanz “Not so different: individual
... developed over the last few years on the nature of legionary warfare (Goldsworthy 1996, Sabin 2000; Zhmodikov 2000). As opposed to the Greek hoplite or phalangite, basically a spearman or pikeman who only used his short xiphos when his shafted weapon broke during the hand-to-hand fight,7 the Roman l ...
... developed over the last few years on the nature of legionary warfare (Goldsworthy 1996, Sabin 2000; Zhmodikov 2000). As opposed to the Greek hoplite or phalangite, basically a spearman or pikeman who only used his short xiphos when his shafted weapon broke during the hand-to-hand fight,7 the Roman l ...
Diocletian - Scarsdale Schools
... frontiersmen, or limitanei, who protected the borders; and the highly mobile central army known as the comitatensis, which stood prepared to attack or defend any location on short notice. Diocletian also reorganized the administrative borders of the Roman Empire to break up the provinces into smalle ...
... frontiersmen, or limitanei, who protected the borders; and the highly mobile central army known as the comitatensis, which stood prepared to attack or defend any location on short notice. Diocletian also reorganized the administrative borders of the Roman Empire to break up the provinces into smalle ...
PEGASUS - University of Exeter Blogs
... hand the demos, on the other “those with power and wealth”. And Solon did not envisage, let alone welcome, a society where the demos could make decisions for itself, rather than being told what to do by society’s natural leaders. The demos aren’t mature enough for that: in his view they are “men not ...
... hand the demos, on the other “those with power and wealth”. And Solon did not envisage, let alone welcome, a society where the demos could make decisions for itself, rather than being told what to do by society’s natural leaders. The demos aren’t mature enough for that: in his view they are “men not ...
The Roman Republic
... (1) had the exclusive right to hold offices both civil and religious (a) because of this, they had control over the gov’t (b) this was true even though they were only ___ of the population ...
... (1) had the exclusive right to hold offices both civil and religious (a) because of this, they had control over the gov’t (b) this was true even though they were only ___ of the population ...
Julius Caesar - Arizona NROTC
... – Crassus was killed in battle - 53 B.C. – Pompey, jealous of Caesar, had Senate pass law taking away Caesar’s political & Military power in March of 49 B.C. – Caesar then “Crossed the Rubicon” in Dec of 50 or Jan of 49 B.C. • Act of War (By law needed senate consent to cross Rubicon (Italy north bo ...
... – Crassus was killed in battle - 53 B.C. – Pompey, jealous of Caesar, had Senate pass law taking away Caesar’s political & Military power in March of 49 B.C. – Caesar then “Crossed the Rubicon” in Dec of 50 or Jan of 49 B.C. • Act of War (By law needed senate consent to cross Rubicon (Italy north bo ...
Thesis pdf - MINDS@UW Home
... have had to be involved with Stonehenge at all and Stonehenge could still have been constructed. Simply based on the distance between Salisbury Plains and Scotland. The theory of a universal culture enfolding the whole island has some concrete evidence on which it is based. The likely hood is that ...
... have had to be involved with Stonehenge at all and Stonehenge could still have been constructed. Simply based on the distance between Salisbury Plains and Scotland. The theory of a universal culture enfolding the whole island has some concrete evidence on which it is based. The likely hood is that ...
Thesis msword - MINDS@UW Home
... have had to be involved with Stonehenge at all and Stonehenge could still have been constructed. Simply based on the distance between Salisbury Plains and Scotland. The theory of a universal culture enfolding the whole island has some concrete evidence on which it is based. The likely hood is that ...
... have had to be involved with Stonehenge at all and Stonehenge could still have been constructed. Simply based on the distance between Salisbury Plains and Scotland. The theory of a universal culture enfolding the whole island has some concrete evidence on which it is based. The likely hood is that ...
Roman (Un)exceptionalism: Dispelling Popular Notions of
... fourth centuries, the Samnites appointed a single general to lead the tribal coalition.11 This ethnic camaraderie within the Samnite Federation is distinctive when compared to most other Mediterranean city-states,12 making Samnium relatively exceptional and rather formidable.13 The standard procedur ...
... fourth centuries, the Samnites appointed a single general to lead the tribal coalition.11 This ethnic camaraderie within the Samnite Federation is distinctive when compared to most other Mediterranean city-states,12 making Samnium relatively exceptional and rather formidable.13 The standard procedur ...
Roman Coins as Historical Evidence
... and the current state of our knowledge will serve as a necessary background for our main problem. While drastic shifts in dating Rome's earliest didrachm coinage occurred in the last hundred years, all chronologies, high and low, have always rested squarely on the literary tradition. Pliny says Rome ...
... and the current state of our knowledge will serve as a necessary background for our main problem. While drastic shifts in dating Rome's earliest didrachm coinage occurred in the last hundred years, all chronologies, high and low, have always rested squarely on the literary tradition. Pliny says Rome ...
The Novus Homo and Virtus: Oratory, Masculinity, and the
... In this paper, I will draw attention to the parallels between the Roman concept of virtus and Crassus' ideal Orator from Cicero's De Oratore. Moreover, virtus is also connected to the career and life of Cicero, despite many accusations of “unmanliness” by his competitors. This paper argues that the ...
... In this paper, I will draw attention to the parallels between the Roman concept of virtus and Crassus' ideal Orator from Cicero's De Oratore. Moreover, virtus is also connected to the career and life of Cicero, despite many accusations of “unmanliness” by his competitors. This paper argues that the ...
Beating the War Chest - Utrecht University Repository
... how the Romans gained dominance over the Mediterranean. Even though much of Italy was in some way subservient to Rome, and Sicily and Sardinia had been turned into provinces after the First Punic War, these could all be said to geographically belong to Rome’s sphere of influence and form a unity wit ...
... how the Romans gained dominance over the Mediterranean. Even though much of Italy was in some way subservient to Rome, and Sicily and Sardinia had been turned into provinces after the First Punic War, these could all be said to geographically belong to Rome’s sphere of influence and form a unity wit ...
Lesson I ideal citizen of a republic In the beginning Rome, too, was
... son and sympathy with the father’s grief stirred every heart; and when Brutus cried out that it was time for deeds not tears, and urged them, like true Romans, to take up weapons against the tyrants who had dared to treat them as enemies, not a man among them could resist the call. The boldest spiri ...
... son and sympathy with the father’s grief stirred every heart; and when Brutus cried out that it was time for deeds not tears, and urged them, like true Romans, to take up weapons against the tyrants who had dared to treat them as enemies, not a man among them could resist the call. The boldest spiri ...
Origin Stories - Christians for Biblical Equality
... to Rome’s supremacy,” and (2) to flatter the Romans by connecting them with Greece’s heroic age.21 Thus, this Greek writer had both Greeks and Romans in mind as he wrote this work.22 While there were many Roman histories circulating in the ancient world, Dionysius is of particular interest here beca ...
... to Rome’s supremacy,” and (2) to flatter the Romans by connecting them with Greece’s heroic age.21 Thus, this Greek writer had both Greeks and Romans in mind as he wrote this work.22 While there were many Roman histories circulating in the ancient world, Dionysius is of particular interest here beca ...
Outline - 2010-2011English10
... Hannibal’s distinguishing actions that create his legacy and what is used as a model for military commanders today ...
... Hannibal’s distinguishing actions that create his legacy and what is used as a model for military commanders today ...
12. Early Rome
... Rome (Ab Urbe Condita Libri). Events he describes below occurred 500 years earlier, long before the time he was writing, so his account may be inaccurate, perhaps with major errors. However, historians have not found any earlier sources. The section of Livy’s account in the data that follow begins i ...
... Rome (Ab Urbe Condita Libri). Events he describes below occurred 500 years earlier, long before the time he was writing, so his account may be inaccurate, perhaps with major errors. However, historians have not found any earlier sources. The section of Livy’s account in the data that follow begins i ...
P. S. DEROW
... Given that Pharos had an alliance with Rome, it is natural to ask whether other Greek cities in the area did so too. The first Illyrian war brought Rome into contact with, besides Pharos, Apollonia, Corcyra, Epidamnos, and Issa. No one has doubted that some kind of tie was created between Rome and t ...
... Given that Pharos had an alliance with Rome, it is natural to ask whether other Greek cities in the area did so too. The first Illyrian war brought Rome into contact with, besides Pharos, Apollonia, Corcyra, Epidamnos, and Issa. No one has doubted that some kind of tie was created between Rome and t ...
Second Punic War Background Guide
... fought between Carthage, a dominant commercial empire, and the emerging power of Rome. This conflict marked the second time that the two powers had fought, and with Rome having been victorious in the first Punic War thirty years prior, Carthage was eager for revenge. It also featured the rise to the ...
... fought between Carthage, a dominant commercial empire, and the emerging power of Rome. This conflict marked the second time that the two powers had fought, and with Rome having been victorious in the first Punic War thirty years prior, Carthage was eager for revenge. It also featured the rise to the ...
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... In the second year of his reign, Nero became increasingly frustrated by his mother’s (Agrippina) attempts to dominate him, and he plotted her murder. Tacitus describes Nero’s attempts to murder Agrippina by providing her with a collapsible ship, which she was able to swim away from only to meet her ...
... In the second year of his reign, Nero became increasingly frustrated by his mother’s (Agrippina) attempts to dominate him, and he plotted her murder. Tacitus describes Nero’s attempts to murder Agrippina by providing her with a collapsible ship, which she was able to swim away from only to meet her ...
Get Ready to Read (cont.)
... bring water to Rome from as far away as 57 miles. Once the water made it to Rome, it was held in collecting tanks. Most people gathered water from these public tanks. Only the rich and high ranking officials had private water tanks in their homes. Many Roman aqueducts still stand and are used today. ...
... bring water to Rome from as far away as 57 miles. Once the water made it to Rome, it was held in collecting tanks. Most people gathered water from these public tanks. Only the rich and high ranking officials had private water tanks in their homes. Many Roman aqueducts still stand and are used today. ...
Mos, maiores, and historical exempla in Roman culture - Beck-Shop
... each exemplum could be placed on a scale from good to bad.10 Furthermore, with this moralizing element, the genre of history became a further means by which the concept of mos maiorum and the political power of the nobility could be projected to the Roman people at large. As such, historical exempla ...
... each exemplum could be placed on a scale from good to bad.10 Furthermore, with this moralizing element, the genre of history became a further means by which the concept of mos maiorum and the political power of the nobility could be projected to the Roman people at large. As such, historical exempla ...
Daniel Stephens Lifelong Learning Academy Fall of the Roman
... private agents (frumentarios) he even pried into all their secrets, and so skillfully that they were never aware that the Emperor was acquainted with their private lives until he revealed it himself. In this connection, the insertion of an incident will not be unwelcome, showing that he found out mu ...
... private agents (frumentarios) he even pried into all their secrets, and so skillfully that they were never aware that the Emperor was acquainted with their private lives until he revealed it himself. In this connection, the insertion of an incident will not be unwelcome, showing that he found out mu ...
From Celts to Napoleon
... Latin often an international Lingua Franca between different peoples; use among educated people survived for centuries the sole language of the Catholic Church was Latin all scholarly, historical, or scientific work was written in it up to end of Renaissance ...
... Latin often an international Lingua Franca between different peoples; use among educated people survived for centuries the sole language of the Catholic Church was Latin all scholarly, historical, or scientific work was written in it up to end of Renaissance ...
Roman Doctors - Brandeis IR
... in limbs following a vertebrae dislocation, the fracture of the temporal bone resulting in deafness, and the feeble pulse and fever observed in patients with mortal head wounds.6 The Smith papyrus shows the advanced medical Egyptian knowledge at this time, such as fevers being an indicator of illnes ...
... in limbs following a vertebrae dislocation, the fracture of the temporal bone resulting in deafness, and the feeble pulse and fever observed in patients with mortal head wounds.6 The Smith papyrus shows the advanced medical Egyptian knowledge at this time, such as fevers being an indicator of illnes ...
Military of ancient Rome
The Roman military was intertwined with the Roman state much more closely than in a modern European nation. Josephus describes the Roman people being as if they were ""born ready armed,"" and the Romans were for long periods prepared to engage in almost continuous warfare, absorbing massive losses. For a large part of Rome's history, the Roman state existed as an entity almost solely to support and finance the Roman military.The military's campaign history stretched over 1300 years and saw Roman armies campaigning as far East as Parthia (modern-day Iran), as far south as Africa (modern-day Tunisia) and Aegyptus (modern-day Egypt) and as far north as Britannia (modern-day England, south Scotland, and Wales). The makeup of the Roman military changed substantially over its history, from its early history as an unsalaried citizen militia to a later professional force. The equipment used by the military altered greatly in type over time, though there were very few technological improvements in weapons manufacture, in common with the rest of the classical world. For much of its history, the vast majority of Rome's forces were maintained at or beyond the limits of its territory, in order to either expand Rome's domain, or protect its existing borders.