Author`s Note - Phoenix Labs
... come with an axe to grind. Even shorter is the discussion by Florus (c. AD 100-150), but his concise remarks are full of significance. These three writers relied on important but now mostly lost earlier works by Sallust (86-35 BC) and Livy (59 BC - AD 12). Almost nothing of Livy’s discussion of Spar ...
... come with an axe to grind. Even shorter is the discussion by Florus (c. AD 100-150), but his concise remarks are full of significance. These three writers relied on important but now mostly lost earlier works by Sallust (86-35 BC) and Livy (59 BC - AD 12). Almost nothing of Livy’s discussion of Spar ...
Underestimated influences :North Africa in classical antiquity
... authors discussed how the Romans changed native economies and cultures.6 They followed in line with this colonialist discourse that has formed the majority of works on this area. The above mentioned works do not so much as hint on the agency of the natives, their stability and wealth, and the aid th ...
... authors discussed how the Romans changed native economies and cultures.6 They followed in line with this colonialist discourse that has formed the majority of works on this area. The above mentioned works do not so much as hint on the agency of the natives, their stability and wealth, and the aid th ...
Mithradates: Scourge of Rome
... and other 19th- and early 20th-century European historians stereotyped Mithradates as a cruel, self-indulgent ‘Oriental sultan’, comparing him with decadent Ottoman potentates of their era. The image of Mithradates as the ‘Asiatic’ enemy of culture and civilisation originated in the 1850s with the g ...
... and other 19th- and early 20th-century European historians stereotyped Mithradates as a cruel, self-indulgent ‘Oriental sultan’, comparing him with decadent Ottoman potentates of their era. The image of Mithradates as the ‘Asiatic’ enemy of culture and civilisation originated in the 1850s with the g ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... surrounding regions. Although these mosaics were in Arabia and showed few cities west of the Jordan they invariably included Eleutheropolis. Since these mosaics were created in the 6th and 7th c. CE I had to assume that either something about the city meant that it was well remembered or that it had ...
... surrounding regions. Although these mosaics were in Arabia and showed few cities west of the Jordan they invariably included Eleutheropolis. Since these mosaics were created in the 6th and 7th c. CE I had to assume that either something about the city meant that it was well remembered or that it had ...
the architectural patronage and political prowess of herod the great
... fullest potential. One can view it as a circle of life for ancient Roman architecture. One that allowed and required the equal necessity from each counterpart, but also showing the necessary components for one to compliment the other. While Pliny the Elder, however, expressed the importance of the d ...
... fullest potential. One can view it as a circle of life for ancient Roman architecture. One that allowed and required the equal necessity from each counterpart, but also showing the necessary components for one to compliment the other. While Pliny the Elder, however, expressed the importance of the d ...
File - Kihei Charter STEM Academy Middle School
... Carthaginians expanded into northern Africa. These dif ferent cultures would make lasting contributions to Roman culture and history. Rome was ruled by kings during its f irst two centuries. When the Romans f inally were able to defeat the last Etruscan king in 509 B.C., the y formed a new kind of g ...
... Carthaginians expanded into northern Africa. These dif ferent cultures would make lasting contributions to Roman culture and history. Rome was ruled by kings during its f irst two centuries. When the Romans f inally were able to defeat the last Etruscan king in 509 B.C., the y formed a new kind of g ...
The History of Rome, Book II
... was ever afterwards regarded in Rome; and above all by the enactment that the "king for offering sacrifice" (-rex sacrorum- or -sacrificulus-) --whom they considered it their duty to create that the gods might not miss their accustomed mediator--should be disqualified from holding any further of ...
... was ever afterwards regarded in Rome; and above all by the enactment that the "king for offering sacrifice" (-rex sacrorum- or -sacrificulus-) --whom they considered it their duty to create that the gods might not miss their accustomed mediator--should be disqualified from holding any further of ...
The Spartacus War - Study Strategically
... But the Romans had a lot more on their minds than Spartacus. In 73 BC Rome was a city of scar Italy was a peninsula divided between Rome and its often unwilling allies. Over the centuries Rom had conquered Italy’s hodgepodge of peoples, including Greeks, Etruscans, Samnites, Lucanians an Bruttians. ...
... But the Romans had a lot more on their minds than Spartacus. In 73 BC Rome was a city of scar Italy was a peninsula divided between Rome and its often unwilling allies. Over the centuries Rom had conquered Italy’s hodgepodge of peoples, including Greeks, Etruscans, Samnites, Lucanians an Bruttians. ...
ROMAN CONQUEST OF SPAIN: THE ECONOMIC MOTIVE
... Both sites yielded a number of rich burial goods that demonstrate Phoenician influence. According to Harrison, a striking distinction of the finds is a mixed funerary rite, which varied from a conspicuously wealthy class to an obviously impoverished class. The richest graves show evidence of cremati ...
... Both sites yielded a number of rich burial goods that demonstrate Phoenician influence. According to Harrison, a striking distinction of the finds is a mixed funerary rite, which varied from a conspicuously wealthy class to an obviously impoverished class. The richest graves show evidence of cremati ...
Cicero in Catilīnam
... were arrested and, after a long debate in the senate, put to death without trial. In January of 62 B.C., a Roman army marched against Catiline’s forces. Catiline was cut down fighting bravely alongside his soldiers. Cicero was hailed as the savior of Rome, a salutation he never forgot, nor let anyon ...
... were arrested and, after a long debate in the senate, put to death without trial. In January of 62 B.C., a Roman army marched against Catiline’s forces. Catiline was cut down fighting bravely alongside his soldiers. Cicero was hailed as the savior of Rome, a salutation he never forgot, nor let anyon ...
Publicani - Radboud Repository
... most serious criticism is that the story contains many anachronistic elements. Badian rightly rejected the depiction of the political row which implies “an organized ordo publicanorum with the sort of status and powers it had in the age o f Cicero”. He points also to certain inconsistencies in the a ...
... most serious criticism is that the story contains many anachronistic elements. Badian rightly rejected the depiction of the political row which implies “an organized ordo publicanorum with the sort of status and powers it had in the age o f Cicero”. He points also to certain inconsistencies in the a ...
Polybius, Machiavelli, and the Idea of Roman Virtue
... drawing on his own experience as Achaean hipparch before his exile), and continued to gather firsthand information from and about prominent figures in Mediterranean affairs.7 Polybius remained in Rome and its environs, making acquaintances with others of similar background and completing a large pa ...
... drawing on his own experience as Achaean hipparch before his exile), and continued to gather firsthand information from and about prominent figures in Mediterranean affairs.7 Polybius remained in Rome and its environs, making acquaintances with others of similar background and completing a large pa ...
A Study of Greek and Roman Stylistic Elements in the Portraiture of
... period. The Romans admired old age, correlating it with a lifetime of hard work and wisdom, rather than associating it with undesirable physical features. While Smith may be correct about the Greek origins of the style, as a whole, it does not become any less Roman, nor does it cease to be one of th ...
... period. The Romans admired old age, correlating it with a lifetime of hard work and wisdom, rather than associating it with undesirable physical features. While Smith may be correct about the Greek origins of the style, as a whole, it does not become any less Roman, nor does it cease to be one of th ...
Competition Between Public and Private Revenues in Roman Social
... dynasts.2 Public and private could be compared with respect to what each was or what each could do. By the end of the Roman Republic, they both had resources like money, land and grain, and could use them to exercise violence or to create social networks. Public and private power became blurred in a ...
... dynasts.2 Public and private could be compared with respect to what each was or what each could do. By the end of the Roman Republic, they both had resources like money, land and grain, and could use them to exercise violence or to create social networks. Public and private power became blurred in a ...
POPULARßIDEOLOGY
... tions, as weH as having a quasi-independent status of its own 14). For example, the decisions of popular assemblies were endorsed by the correct performance of religious rituals before and during the meeting; magistrates derived authority in part from the fact that they had been elected in accordanc ...
... tions, as weH as having a quasi-independent status of its own 14). For example, the decisions of popular assemblies were endorsed by the correct performance of religious rituals before and during the meeting; magistrates derived authority in part from the fact that they had been elected in accordanc ...
a previously unknown roman road
... reflected this route. However, on further reading it appears that Margary was merely suggesting where the London-Lewes road might have been, had its final destination or purpose been slightly different. He does not, therefore, ever state that a road on this route existed, and in fact by identifying ...
... reflected this route. However, on further reading it appears that Margary was merely suggesting where the London-Lewes road might have been, had its final destination or purpose been slightly different. He does not, therefore, ever state that a road on this route existed, and in fact by identifying ...
File - Mrs. LeGrow`s 3rd Grade Class
... each other. They fell in love and got into fights. But there was one main way in which the gods were not like human beings: the gods were immortal. Human beings might live for many years. Some might even live to be one hundred. Eventually, though, they would die. The gods, on the other hand, lived f ...
... each other. They fell in love and got into fights. But there was one main way in which the gods were not like human beings: the gods were immortal. Human beings might live for many years. Some might even live to be one hundred. Eventually, though, they would die. The gods, on the other hand, lived f ...
Kingdom of Osroene
... was established by The Nabataeans or Arab tribes from North Arabia, and lasted nearly four centuries (c. 132 BC to 214 AD), under twenty-eight rulers, who sometimes called themselves "king" on their coinage It was in this region that the "legend of Abgar" originated, for which see Abgarus of Edessa. ...
... was established by The Nabataeans or Arab tribes from North Arabia, and lasted nearly four centuries (c. 132 BC to 214 AD), under twenty-eight rulers, who sometimes called themselves "king" on their coinage It was in this region that the "legend of Abgar" originated, for which see Abgarus of Edessa. ...
Student Growth Objective TEST
... Constantine painted crosses on his shields and Christianity saved the day!!! ...
... Constantine painted crosses on his shields and Christianity saved the day!!! ...
Roman Isis and the Pendulum of Tolerance in the Empire
... To understand how Isis became such an intense focus of Roman political discourse, we must first look at her religious development and dissemination throughout the Mediterranean. From there, we will examine Isis’ introduction to Rome (ca. 90 BCE) through the first fifty years of imperial rule (27 BCE ...
... To understand how Isis became such an intense focus of Roman political discourse, we must first look at her religious development and dissemination throughout the Mediterranean. From there, we will examine Isis’ introduction to Rome (ca. 90 BCE) through the first fifty years of imperial rule (27 BCE ...
Highlights and Historical Background
... Ten years later, the great military general and Roman statesman, Scipio Africanus staged gladiator games in Iberia (Spain) to honor his father and uncle, both casualties of the Punic Wars. Important Romans and non-Romans volunteered to be his gladiators. The shadow of the near-disastrous Roman defea ...
... Ten years later, the great military general and Roman statesman, Scipio Africanus staged gladiator games in Iberia (Spain) to honor his father and uncle, both casualties of the Punic Wars. Important Romans and non-Romans volunteered to be his gladiators. The shadow of the near-disastrous Roman defea ...