Cato the Elder Essay - 2010
... great frugality. When he was in charge of a certain militia, he “took for himself and his retinue not more than three Attic bushels of wheat a month, and for his beasts of burden, less than a bushel and a half of barley a day” (Plutarch 11). Not to mention it was very handy when Cato could make his ...
... great frugality. When he was in charge of a certain militia, he “took for himself and his retinue not more than three Attic bushels of wheat a month, and for his beasts of burden, less than a bushel and a half of barley a day” (Plutarch 11). Not to mention it was very handy when Cato could make his ...
May 2013 - CSUN ScholarWorks - California State University
... continued to rely on the prosopographical method of writing history, they also improved it by standardizing the usage of such terms as “clientela” and “factio” to explain those alliances on which Roman aristocratic families depended to further their political aims. And whereas before the populares a ...
... continued to rely on the prosopographical method of writing history, they also improved it by standardizing the usage of such terms as “clientela” and “factio” to explain those alliances on which Roman aristocratic families depended to further their political aims. And whereas before the populares a ...
Hannibal Crossing the Alps
... cross over the dangerous Alps to invade Italy. Hannibal brought with him a very sizeable force. He was planning to take the war to Italy and end it there as well. The total force of Carthage was about 90,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry.11 Hannibal brought 50,000 infantry and about 9,000 cavalry wit ...
... cross over the dangerous Alps to invade Italy. Hannibal brought with him a very sizeable force. He was planning to take the war to Italy and end it there as well. The total force of Carthage was about 90,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry.11 Hannibal brought 50,000 infantry and about 9,000 cavalry wit ...
Herring The Genius of Hannibal
... in their ability to supply troops to Hannibal (Hoyus, 1983). The Carthaginian Government’s failure to support Hannibal was extremely costly, especially considering they had the required funding, since until around 208 BC, they had enjoyed the wealth of Southern Spain (Hoyus, 1983). The result of the ...
... in their ability to supply troops to Hannibal (Hoyus, 1983). The Carthaginian Government’s failure to support Hannibal was extremely costly, especially considering they had the required funding, since until around 208 BC, they had enjoyed the wealth of Southern Spain (Hoyus, 1983). The result of the ...
A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR A
... This thesis, through a game theoretic methodology, aims to build an accurate game theoretic model of the Second Punic War, and tries to analyze the military strategies and actions taken by the Carthaginian and Roman Republics. After observing that the modeling literature concerning the game theoreti ...
... This thesis, through a game theoretic methodology, aims to build an accurate game theoretic model of the Second Punic War, and tries to analyze the military strategies and actions taken by the Carthaginian and Roman Republics. After observing that the modeling literature concerning the game theoreti ...
Introduction 1 I. Introduction: The Problem of Civil Strife It is easy to
... power. This constitutes the essential governing philosophy of the Roman Republic. Writing during a time of upheaval at Rome, Cicero described this system retroactively as a model for Roman politicians of his own day, encouraging them to share power and not to let one from among them gain too much in ...
... power. This constitutes the essential governing philosophy of the Roman Republic. Writing during a time of upheaval at Rome, Cicero described this system retroactively as a model for Roman politicians of his own day, encouraging them to share power and not to let one from among them gain too much in ...
Carthaginian Mercenaries - Digital Commons @ Wofford
... followed by clever innovation. It is a story not just of battles and betrayal, but also of the interactions between dissimilar peoples in a multiethnic army trying to coordinate, fight, and win, while commanded by a Punic officer corps which may or may not have been competent. Carthaginian mercenari ...
... followed by clever innovation. It is a story not just of battles and betrayal, but also of the interactions between dissimilar peoples in a multiethnic army trying to coordinate, fight, and win, while commanded by a Punic officer corps which may or may not have been competent. Carthaginian mercenari ...
Warped Intertextualities: Naevius and Sallust
... despite being princeps, is virtually putting his capital city under siege. In the Histories especially, this literary stratagem may reflect a pervasive desire amongst Roman writers and their audience to rationalise civil war and to make it easier to process emotionally: if the enemy was ‘foreign’, ...
... despite being princeps, is virtually putting his capital city under siege. In the Histories especially, this literary stratagem may reflect a pervasive desire amongst Roman writers and their audience to rationalise civil war and to make it easier to process emotionally: if the enemy was ‘foreign’, ...
Tom Cox - Gorffennol
... description of the Roman people as a whole throughout Book 21. The Roman people are shown as moral, though not faultless, with Livy providing contrasts between the actions of the two sides during the war, focusing on Scipio and Hannibal’s treatment of captured settlements as juxtapositions. Scipio’ ...
... description of the Roman people as a whole throughout Book 21. The Roman people are shown as moral, though not faultless, with Livy providing contrasts between the actions of the two sides during the war, focusing on Scipio and Hannibal’s treatment of captured settlements as juxtapositions. Scipio’ ...
History of Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 AD
... latitude. It is 720 miles long from the Alps to its southern extremity, and 330 miles broad in its widest part, i.e. from the Little St. Bernard to the hills north of Trieste. It has an area of nearly 110,000 square miles, about that of the State of Nevada. The Alps separate Italy on the north and n ...
... latitude. It is 720 miles long from the Alps to its southern extremity, and 330 miles broad in its widest part, i.e. from the Little St. Bernard to the hills north of Trieste. It has an area of nearly 110,000 square miles, about that of the State of Nevada. The Alps separate Italy on the north and n ...
Hannibal Watson
... Aside from his immediate impact, Hannibal had a significant effect on military history ...
... Aside from his immediate impact, Hannibal had a significant effect on military history ...
Exempla Augusto: Allusions and Warnings in Ab Urbe Condita, I
... must die!” Although he kept 300 prisoners as a human sacrifice to his deified father on the Ides of March.14 Whether this story is exaggerated by Suetonius, as was probably the case, is immaterial it suggests the brutality of which Octavian was capable. His willingness to use force and his powerful ...
... must die!” Although he kept 300 prisoners as a human sacrifice to his deified father on the Ides of March.14 Whether this story is exaggerated by Suetonius, as was probably the case, is immaterial it suggests the brutality of which Octavian was capable. His willingness to use force and his powerful ...
Damnation to Divinity: The Myth, Memory, and History
... historian Livy, the former royal family of Rome beseeched Porsenna not to allow fellow Etruscans to live the rest of their lives in exile and poverty. Furthermore, the Tarquins used this time at the king’s ear to convince him that Rome had set a dangerous precedent. After all, if the expulsion of a ...
... historian Livy, the former royal family of Rome beseeched Porsenna not to allow fellow Etruscans to live the rest of their lives in exile and poverty. Furthermore, the Tarquins used this time at the king’s ear to convince him that Rome had set a dangerous precedent. After all, if the expulsion of a ...
Polybius on the Roman Republic: Foretelling a Fall
... Hence, the success of a constitution lay not only in its internal affairs, but also in how it managed imperialistic ventures. A just cause for war was necessary. However, wars cannot be successful without a specific goal established at the outset.34 Hannibal’s aggressive behavior during the Second P ...
... Hence, the success of a constitution lay not only in its internal affairs, but also in how it managed imperialistic ventures. A just cause for war was necessary. However, wars cannot be successful without a specific goal established at the outset.34 Hannibal’s aggressive behavior during the Second P ...
Hannibal Barca pat
... ◦ Hannibal was regarded throughout the ancient world as an exceptional General ◦ Polybius: “So great and wonderful is the influence of a Man, and a mind duly fitted by original constitution for any undertaking within the reach of human powers.” ◦ Livy: ““He was fearless in undertaking dangerous ente ...
... ◦ Hannibal was regarded throughout the ancient world as an exceptional General ◦ Polybius: “So great and wonderful is the influence of a Man, and a mind duly fitted by original constitution for any undertaking within the reach of human powers.” ◦ Livy: ““He was fearless in undertaking dangerous ente ...
The Second Punic War effectively ended
... route since 1994, says that the answer to the puzzle “remains hauntingly elusive”. It’s all too easy, he says, for fellow experts to adduce evidence for their favoured route – his team argues for a more northerly path – but until the same methods and rigour are brought to bear on all the alternative ...
... route since 1994, says that the answer to the puzzle “remains hauntingly elusive”. It’s all too easy, he says, for fellow experts to adduce evidence for their favoured route – his team argues for a more northerly path – but until the same methods and rigour are brought to bear on all the alternative ...
ROMAN CONQUEST OF SPAIN: THE ECONOMIC MOTIVE
... perfect record for ancient mining activities. Pottery sherds and changes in mining techniques enable them to produce chronological patterns for ancient mining activities. Most interesting, the slag heaps lead Rothenberg and Freijiero to argue that, "No foreign technological colonization took place ...
... perfect record for ancient mining activities. Pottery sherds and changes in mining techniques enable them to produce chronological patterns for ancient mining activities. Most interesting, the slag heaps lead Rothenberg and Freijiero to argue that, "No foreign technological colonization took place ...
Complete TNA Rome Series - morganhighhistoryacademy.org
... he original sources for Rome’s semi-legendary early history are many, but two in particular stand out, as much for their literary quality as for their historical interest: Livy and Plutarch. Titus Livius or Livy was, if not the greatest, certainly the most comprehensive source for Roman history, fro ...
... he original sources for Rome’s semi-legendary early history are many, but two in particular stand out, as much for their literary quality as for their historical interest: Livy and Plutarch. Titus Livius or Livy was, if not the greatest, certainly the most comprehensive source for Roman history, fro ...
Master`s thesis - MD-SOAR
... According to myth, both vowed vengeance upon the family of the Tarquins, and brought Lucretia’s dead body before the people of Rome to gain their support in an uprising against their king, and this story is widely held by the historians of the ancient world (Diodorus Siculus and Livy have very simi ...
... According to myth, both vowed vengeance upon the family of the Tarquins, and brought Lucretia’s dead body before the people of Rome to gain their support in an uprising against their king, and this story is widely held by the historians of the ancient world (Diodorus Siculus and Livy have very simi ...
Marius` Mules - Western Oregon University
... preceded it 1 .” By the end of the second century B.C., victorious commanders dominated public attention and Marius would prove to become one of the most successful generals. This expansion during the second century was also time of discord among the Roman populace especially in the lower classes fo ...
... preceded it 1 .” By the end of the second century B.C., victorious commanders dominated public attention and Marius would prove to become one of the most successful generals. This expansion during the second century was also time of discord among the Roman populace especially in the lower classes fo ...
RRP Final Draft Admas - 2010
... Rome really trusted Pompey as a statesman. They had so much trust that they would let Pompey run the whole city by himself. Not many countries would let a twenty-eight-year-old man run a city like Rome and an entire army by himself. That person would be seen as inexperienced and immature for anythin ...
... Rome really trusted Pompey as a statesman. They had so much trust that they would let Pompey run the whole city by himself. Not many countries would let a twenty-eight-year-old man run a city like Rome and an entire army by himself. That person would be seen as inexperienced and immature for anythin ...
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD
... pass that the Barbarians swept down in their invasions of the country. The Apennines, which are a continuation of the Alps, extend through the whole of the peninsula. Starting in the Maritime Alps, they extend easterly towards the Adriatic coast, and turn southeasterly hugging the coast through its ...
... pass that the Barbarians swept down in their invasions of the country. The Apennines, which are a continuation of the Alps, extend through the whole of the peninsula. Starting in the Maritime Alps, they extend easterly towards the Adriatic coast, and turn southeasterly hugging the coast through its ...
ancient rome from the earliest times down to
... and the Tiber. Of these cities the most noted were Volsinii, the head of the confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no firm foothold. At one time, in the sixth century, they were in power at Rome. Corsica, ...
... and the Tiber. Of these cities the most noted were Volsinii, the head of the confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no firm foothold. At one time, in the sixth century, they were in power at Rome. Corsica, ...
Caesar
... my master. After that he was elected quaestor for 69 B.C. – that’s a more important office than military tribune. But this has also been a sad year for us: Caesar’s wife Cornelia died in childbirth, and his aunt Julia died as well. At Julia's funeral he delivered a speech about how great his family ...
... my master. After that he was elected quaestor for 69 B.C. – that’s a more important office than military tribune. But this has also been a sad year for us: Caesar’s wife Cornelia died in childbirth, and his aunt Julia died as well. At Julia's funeral he delivered a speech about how great his family ...
Morey, William Carey. Outlines of Roman History. New York
... army. The armies should have been led by someone who was loyal to the Senate rather than to the governor. This was another decision by Sulla that helped lead to the fall of the Republic. Later, a governor named Julius Caesar led his army over the Rubicon, which started a civil war. This was similar ...
... army. The armies should have been led by someone who was loyal to the Senate rather than to the governor. This was another decision by Sulla that helped lead to the fall of the Republic. Later, a governor named Julius Caesar led his army over the Rubicon, which started a civil war. This was similar ...
Berber kings of Roman-era Tunisia
For nearly 250 years, Berber kings of the 'House of Masinissa' ruled in Numidia, which included much of Tunisia, and later in adjacent regions, first as sovereigns allied with Rome and then eventually as Roman clients. This period commenced with the defeat of Carthage by the Roman Army, assisted by Berber cavalry led by Masinissa, at the Battle of Zama in 202, and it lasted until the year 40, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Gaius a.k.a. Caligula (37–41).During the Second Punic War (218–201) Rome had entered into alliance with Masinissa, himself the son of a Berber tribal leader. Masinissa had been driven out of his ancestral realm by a Carthage-backed Berber rival. Following the Roman victory at Zama, Masinissa (r.202–148) was celebrated as a ""friend of the Roman people"". He became King of Numidia for over fifty years. Thereafter for seven generations his line of kings continued its relationship with an increasingly powerful Roman state.During this era, the Berbers ruled over many cities as well as extensive lands; the peoples under their governance enjoyed a general prosperity. Municipal and civic affairs were organized using a combination of Punic and Berber political traditions. One descendant king, a grandson of Masinissa, Jugurtha (r.118–105), successfully attacked his cousin kings, who were also allies of Rome; thus he became Rome's enemy during a long struggle. In the Roman civil wars after the fall of the Roman Republic (44 BC), Berber kings were courted for their military support by the contending political factions. Thereafter, Berber kings continued to reign, but had become merely clients of Imperial Rome.One such Berber king married the daughter of Cleopatra of Egypt. Yet he and his son, the last two Berber kings (reigns: 25 BC–40 AD), were not accepted by many of their own Berber subjects. During this period, Roman settlers increasingly were taking for their own use as farms, the traditional pasture lands of transhumant Berber tribes. Then the Romans were challenged, however, but not by these Berber kings.The commoner Tacfarinas raised a revolt in defense of Berber rights to the land. Tacfarinas became a great tribal chief as a result of his insurgency (17-24 AD) against Rome.