Augustan Religion And The Reshaping Of Roman
... devoted tremendous energy and resources to religious reform, beginning in the years immediately following the climactic battle at Actium and continuing all the way through his reign, and the basic outlines of these reforms have been well explored by previous scholars.5 I suggest that these reforms n ...
... devoted tremendous energy and resources to religious reform, beginning in the years immediately following the climactic battle at Actium and continuing all the way through his reign, and the basic outlines of these reforms have been well explored by previous scholars.5 I suggest that these reforms n ...
Dmitri V. Dozhdev
... tuaries with curial ones starts from the hypothesis concerning a gradual increase in the number of curiae until it reached 30, it is dubious that it was practically possible to ‘make up’ the necessary number by adding new curiae (or to oust the ‘excess’ ones, if any). A strict numerical limitation w ...
... tuaries with curial ones starts from the hypothesis concerning a gradual increase in the number of curiae until it reached 30, it is dubious that it was practically possible to ‘make up’ the necessary number by adding new curiae (or to oust the ‘excess’ ones, if any). A strict numerical limitation w ...
Roman Britain to Germanic England
... force of Roman soldiers crossed the channel and landed on the shores of Britain, but the expedition failed as Caesar was not prepared for what awaited him. A much larger expedition was planned for the following year and an army of five legions and two thousand cavalry were assembled to make the jour ...
... force of Roman soldiers crossed the channel and landed on the shores of Britain, but the expedition failed as Caesar was not prepared for what awaited him. A much larger expedition was planned for the following year and an army of five legions and two thousand cavalry were assembled to make the jour ...
Umbo of a Roman Shield., foand at Matfen, Northumberland. Diam
... the devices on ancient shields, which Vegetius calls δείγματα. It will be sufficient to mention the use of inscriptions on shields, which may throw some light on the Matfen umbo. It was not unusual to inscribe the name of the commander, for Ave learn from Hirtius and Dion Cassius, that the partizans ...
... the devices on ancient shields, which Vegetius calls δείγματα. It will be sufficient to mention the use of inscriptions on shields, which may throw some light on the Matfen umbo. It was not unusual to inscribe the name of the commander, for Ave learn from Hirtius and Dion Cassius, that the partizans ...
Roman Portraits
... of statue and location, and thus a specific audience. Hermogenes himself (and the available statue formats) served as a prototype for the statue, which then exerted agency on the viewer in the forum. Emphasis is not on the portrait as a work of art or a product of a famous sculptor, but on the socia ...
... of statue and location, and thus a specific audience. Hermogenes himself (and the available statue formats) served as a prototype for the statue, which then exerted agency on the viewer in the forum. Emphasis is not on the portrait as a work of art or a product of a famous sculptor, but on the socia ...
Blood Sacrifice: The Connection Between Roman Death Rituals and
... honor-shame society of the Roman Empire led to a new culture, religion, and imperial dynamic. There exists a substantial body of scholarship on death in ancient Rome and Christian martyrdom. Historians, however, usually choose one topic over the other, rarely combining them, except when describing m ...
... honor-shame society of the Roman Empire led to a new culture, religion, and imperial dynamic. There exists a substantial body of scholarship on death in ancient Rome and Christian martyrdom. Historians, however, usually choose one topic over the other, rarely combining them, except when describing m ...
Augustan Religion and the Reshaping of Roman Memory
... devoted tremendous energy and resources to religious reform, beginning in the years immediately following the climactic battle at Actium and continuing all the way through his reign, and the basic outlines of these reforms have been well explored by previous scholars.5 I suggest that these reforms n ...
... devoted tremendous energy and resources to religious reform, beginning in the years immediately following the climactic battle at Actium and continuing all the way through his reign, and the basic outlines of these reforms have been well explored by previous scholars.5 I suggest that these reforms n ...
The History and Importance of the Roman Bath
... was not uncommon for a Roman to spend his whole day at the baths, shopping, exercising, conducting business with clients, and finally, bathing. 26 Rome was an equally-opportunity bathing community, and women were expected and encouraged to attend the bath-houses just as well as men. As far as using ...
... was not uncommon for a Roman to spend his whole day at the baths, shopping, exercising, conducting business with clients, and finally, bathing. 26 Rome was an equally-opportunity bathing community, and women were expected and encouraged to attend the bath-houses just as well as men. As far as using ...
Introduction - Franz Steiner Verlag
... mountains. Today it includes territories in Macedonia, Southern Serbia (Moesia Superior), Northern Bulgaria and the Dobrudja (south-eastern Romania). The territory to be conquered last by the Romans was Dacia. There were many reasons for Trajan’s action, among them the decision to secure the river f ...
... mountains. Today it includes territories in Macedonia, Southern Serbia (Moesia Superior), Northern Bulgaria and the Dobrudja (south-eastern Romania). The territory to be conquered last by the Romans was Dacia. There were many reasons for Trajan’s action, among them the decision to secure the river f ...
roman roads - Nutley Public Schools
... • Traffic laws: there does not seem to have been a formal traffic code. • Milestones were placed at various places along the road. They were tall stone circular stelae which gave the mileage to the nearest city, intermediate places and who paid for the road. – 123 BC, Gaius Gracchus ordered roads be ...
... • Traffic laws: there does not seem to have been a formal traffic code. • Milestones were placed at various places along the road. They were tall stone circular stelae which gave the mileage to the nearest city, intermediate places and who paid for the road. – 123 BC, Gaius Gracchus ordered roads be ...
Rome and Early Christianity 750 BC–AD 500
... city traced its origins to twin brothers named Romulus and Remus, descendants of a Trojan hero named Aeneas who had fled to Italy after the Trojan War. As babies, the boys were placed in a basket and set adrift on the Tiber River at the order of their great-uncle. According to the legend, the basket ...
... city traced its origins to twin brothers named Romulus and Remus, descendants of a Trojan hero named Aeneas who had fled to Italy after the Trojan War. As babies, the boys were placed in a basket and set adrift on the Tiber River at the order of their great-uncle. According to the legend, the basket ...
Baetica and Germania. Notes on the concept of `provincial
... place 150 years before his writing. The fact that Pliny still highlights the cura annonae of Pompey among al1 of his political actions a century and a half later, bears out, in my opinion, the importance that this had, for a political man like Pliny, in the comprehension of the annona phenomena. In ...
... place 150 years before his writing. The fact that Pliny still highlights the cura annonae of Pompey among al1 of his political actions a century and a half later, bears out, in my opinion, the importance that this had, for a political man like Pliny, in the comprehension of the annona phenomena. In ...
The Circle of Life
... 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. Eventually, the Empire became so large that it was nearly impossible for one ruler to maintain control of the entire Empir ...
... 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. Eventually, the Empire became so large that it was nearly impossible for one ruler to maintain control of the entire Empir ...
Three Special Days
... To convert a Roman year to our system – if the AUC date is 753 or less, subtract it from 754 and you will obtain the BC date – if the AUC date is 754 or greater, subtract 753 from it and you will obtain an A.D. date ...
... To convert a Roman year to our system – if the AUC date is 753 or less, subtract it from 754 and you will obtain the BC date – if the AUC date is 754 or greater, subtract 753 from it and you will obtain an A.D. date ...
New Perspectives on Rome`s Farmer-Soldiers - H-Net
... is involved in this sort of approach. For example, casualty lists apply almost exclusively to major battles. The casualty rate for smaller engagements and skirmishes is a mere guess, as is the rate of death from disease. Fighting was not equal among all units–some did not fight at all. Rosenstein’s ...
... is involved in this sort of approach. For example, casualty lists apply almost exclusively to major battles. The casualty rate for smaller engagements and skirmishes is a mere guess, as is the rate of death from disease. Fighting was not equal among all units–some did not fight at all. Rosenstein’s ...
Pater familias - Classics @ St Leonards
... familiae) to his "household gods" (the lares and penates) and the ancestral gods of his own gens.[5] The latter were represented by the di parentes as ancestral shades of the departed, and by the genius cult. Genius has been interpreted as the essential, heritable spirit (or divine essence, or soul) ...
... familiae) to his "household gods" (the lares and penates) and the ancestral gods of his own gens.[5] The latter were represented by the di parentes as ancestral shades of the departed, and by the genius cult. Genius has been interpreted as the essential, heritable spirit (or divine essence, or soul) ...
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.""