Justinian - Discredited by Procopius and Glorified by
... Considering himself a Roman Emperor, he also called himself a Christian emperor. In this dual capacity, he had expressed interest in the missionary work, donated a lot to the Church, demonstrating the sincerity of his faith and his genuine interest in religion. The relations between the Church and t ...
... Considering himself a Roman Emperor, he also called himself a Christian emperor. In this dual capacity, he had expressed interest in the missionary work, donated a lot to the Church, demonstrating the sincerity of his faith and his genuine interest in religion. The relations between the Church and t ...
1 - wshslatin
... Who reorganized the Roman army about 104 B.C., enlisting men for a term of 20 years at stated pay and doing away with property qualifications? C. MARIUS ...
... Who reorganized the Roman army about 104 B.C., enlisting men for a term of 20 years at stated pay and doing away with property qualifications? C. MARIUS ...
growth in Roman Italy - Princeton University
... Emigration from Italy is a related attrition factor that partly overlaps with war-related losses. While Italy had periodically experienced internal relocation programs from the late fourth century BC onward, large-scale emigration was primarily a phenomenon of the period from 48 to 14 BC when the fi ...
... Emigration from Italy is a related attrition factor that partly overlaps with war-related losses. While Italy had periodically experienced internal relocation programs from the late fourth century BC onward, large-scale emigration was primarily a phenomenon of the period from 48 to 14 BC when the fi ...
Tekmeria - Journal
... power, especially in the changeable ®rst phase of the Principate, became sharper on this occasion. There was a dispute between the parvenu Eurycles and the old notable Brasidas in Sparta.18 The old aristocrats, who indeed had not yet obtained Roman citizenship, overlooked the newcomers. This is obvi ...
... power, especially in the changeable ®rst phase of the Principate, became sharper on this occasion. There was a dispute between the parvenu Eurycles and the old notable Brasidas in Sparta.18 The old aristocrats, who indeed had not yet obtained Roman citizenship, overlooked the newcomers. This is obvi ...
The Succession of Power after the Death of Commodus
... However, the relationship with family of the murdered princeps was not a decisive factor in appointing his successor; Pertinax was suggested by the conspirators precisely because he did not have any connections and was thus a safe candidate posing no threat of ancestral revenge. However, as he was ...
... However, the relationship with family of the murdered princeps was not a decisive factor in appointing his successor; Pertinax was suggested by the conspirators precisely because he did not have any connections and was thus a safe candidate posing no threat of ancestral revenge. However, as he was ...
From Prehistory to the Romans
... across the parish! At least two Roman roads cross Mortimer, one going north to Dorchesteron-Thames and the other west to Cirencester. A third, the Devil's Highway, marks most of the southern boundary of the parish and was part of the road from Calleva via Staines to London; it gave the village part ...
... across the parish! At least two Roman roads cross Mortimer, one going north to Dorchesteron-Thames and the other west to Cirencester. A third, the Devil's Highway, marks most of the southern boundary of the parish and was part of the road from Calleva via Staines to London; it gave the village part ...
PDF - Hormones.gr
... he suffered thus justly because of his violence against Christ; and then gave up the ghost.”2 Our comments on some passages (in bold) of the Eusebius text are the following. “Skulking at home”: During the battle between Licinius and Maximin near Heraclea, Maximin fled, first to Nicomedia and later t ...
... he suffered thus justly because of his violence against Christ; and then gave up the ghost.”2 Our comments on some passages (in bold) of the Eusebius text are the following. “Skulking at home”: During the battle between Licinius and Maximin near Heraclea, Maximin fled, first to Nicomedia and later t ...
A tale of two periods
... city to the death of the emperor Jovian in 364. Victor, who wrote on his own account, was fond of adding moralising interludes, while Eutropius, who wrote his popular history on the orders of emperor Valens (r. 364-378), tended to stay sober and brief. A source often associated with Victor is the so ...
... city to the death of the emperor Jovian in 364. Victor, who wrote on his own account, was fond of adding moralising interludes, while Eutropius, who wrote his popular history on the orders of emperor Valens (r. 364-378), tended to stay sober and brief. A source often associated with Victor is the so ...
From Celts to Napoleon
... Latin brought to Italy about 1000 BC by Indo-European immigrants from Northern Europe. As people in Latium developed into organized community, city of Rome in, according to legend, 753 BC ...
... Latin brought to Italy about 1000 BC by Indo-European immigrants from Northern Europe. As people in Latium developed into organized community, city of Rome in, according to legend, 753 BC ...
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 ...
What was the Nobilitas?*
... still remains uncertain who were in fact the new men whose ancestors had not attained to the consulship. Matthias Gelzer mentioned just five individuals (seven times in all) as new men in the period dicussed here (366 to 215 B.C.), but apparently none of their families were eminent at all during the ...
... still remains uncertain who were in fact the new men whose ancestors had not attained to the consulship. Matthias Gelzer mentioned just five individuals (seven times in all) as new men in the period dicussed here (366 to 215 B.C.), but apparently none of their families were eminent at all during the ...
CHAPTER X The Emperors Decius, Gallus, Aemilianus, Valerian
... attest the ancient residence of the Goths in the countries beyond the Baltic. From the time of the geographer Ptolemy, the southern part of Sweden seems to have continued in the possession of the less enterprising remnant of the nation, and a large territory is even at present divided into east and ...
... attest the ancient residence of the Goths in the countries beyond the Baltic. From the time of the geographer Ptolemy, the southern part of Sweden seems to have continued in the possession of the less enterprising remnant of the nation, and a large territory is even at present divided into east and ...
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CALIGULA – Roman emperor [37 41]
... for there was another afterwards, when Judas the Galilean arose, and drew many after him, Acts 5:38. Luke has been attacked here on the basis that Quirinius [Cyrenius] was only governor of Syria once and that was from A.D. 6 as shown by Josephus Antiquities but Professor Ramsay has proved by inscrip ...
... for there was another afterwards, when Judas the Galilean arose, and drew many after him, Acts 5:38. Luke has been attacked here on the basis that Quirinius [Cyrenius] was only governor of Syria once and that was from A.D. 6 as shown by Josephus Antiquities but Professor Ramsay has proved by inscrip ...
Sample Chapter 4 - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... Ancient scholars relied on myths to date the “founding” of Rome in 753 B.C. We need not take this date seriously as the moment at which Rome came into existence, but there must have been considerable habitation in the area by that time, especially on the seven hills that surround the city. About 625 ...
... Ancient scholars relied on myths to date the “founding” of Rome in 753 B.C. We need not take this date seriously as the moment at which Rome came into existence, but there must have been considerable habitation in the area by that time, especially on the seven hills that surround the city. About 625 ...
Daqin
Daqin (Chinese: 大秦; pinyin: Dàqín; Wade–Giles: Ta4-ch'in2; alternative transliterations include Tachin, Tai-Ch'in) is the ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire or, depending on context, the Near East, especially Syria. It literally means ""Great Qin"", Qin (Chinese: 秦; pinyin: Qín; Wade–Giles: Ch'in2) being the name of the founding dynasty of the Chinese Empire. Historian John Foster defined it as ""...the Roman Empire, or rather that part of it which alone was known to the Chinese, Syria.""