roman medicine and the legions: a reconsideration
... might have been treated.19 Jacob argues that since Caesar does not bother to talk of this matter, the wounded were taken care of by a medical corps that Caesar took for granted.20 A sounder conclusion would be that there was a kind of defacto medical service of soldier-medici which obviated notice. ...
... might have been treated.19 Jacob argues that since Caesar does not bother to talk of this matter, the wounded were taken care of by a medical corps that Caesar took for granted.20 A sounder conclusion would be that there was a kind of defacto medical service of soldier-medici which obviated notice. ...
The Roman Empire, Rome and Villa dei Quintili around 180 AD
... The clients come to the villa to show their loyalty and tribute to their patrons. The sons and daughters want to honour their parents by doing services and showing their skills to the patrons. The Quintili brothers are their protectors and benefactors. Many of the children have the possibilitiy to ...
... The clients come to the villa to show their loyalty and tribute to their patrons. The sons and daughters want to honour their parents by doing services and showing their skills to the patrons. The Quintili brothers are their protectors and benefactors. Many of the children have the possibilitiy to ...
addendumtoaD
... Olmec carvings show early reverence of the jaguar, cereal production in Ethiopia increases, Etruscans begin to set up city-states in W central Italy, start of Egypt’s 23rd Dynasty End King Joas of Israel Jereboam II rules Israel First recorded Olympic games in Greece Solar eclipse first verified Chi ...
... Olmec carvings show early reverence of the jaguar, cereal production in Ethiopia increases, Etruscans begin to set up city-states in W central Italy, start of Egypt’s 23rd Dynasty End King Joas of Israel Jereboam II rules Israel First recorded Olympic games in Greece Solar eclipse first verified Chi ...
“Toward a Typology of Roman Public Feasting.” American Journal of
... ing food and drink together, with pre-existing social groups. According to this view, a given society comprises any number of such groups, which, in turn, are typically based on diverse criteria: age, gender or ethnicity; voluntary associations that are religious or political in nature; lineage or l ...
... ing food and drink together, with pre-existing social groups. According to this view, a given society comprises any number of such groups, which, in turn, are typically based on diverse criteria: age, gender or ethnicity; voluntary associations that are religious or political in nature; lineage or l ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... ritual (Hickson 1993: 27-31, 141-4): the ‘half-Greeks’ at the beginning of the tradition seem more intent on adapting the form of Homer to accommodate the novel language of the culture they had learnt to know in their childhood or teens. Once again we see that the undeniable cultural power of this d ...
... ritual (Hickson 1993: 27-31, 141-4): the ‘half-Greeks’ at the beginning of the tradition seem more intent on adapting the form of Homer to accommodate the novel language of the culture they had learnt to know in their childhood or teens. Once again we see that the undeniable cultural power of this d ...
Ancient Greece and Rome
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
Ancient Greece and Rome
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
Ancient Greece and Rome
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
... This gold mask was found by Heinrich Schliemann at a royal grave circle at Mycenae. Who was Agamemnon? What was his role in Greek history? in population. Athens had a population of more than three hundred thousand by the fifth century B.C., but most city-states were much smaller, consisting of only ...
Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
... under the pressures generated by this great crisis. The large-scale attacks of Philip V of Macedon and of the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great against the Ptolemaic state, beginning in 203/202 b.c. and accelerating in violence thereafter, were, equally, responses to that systemic crisis— highly ...
... under the pressures generated by this great crisis. The large-scale attacks of Philip V of Macedon and of the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great against the Ptolemaic state, beginning in 203/202 b.c. and accelerating in violence thereafter, were, equally, responses to that systemic crisis— highly ...
roman baths
... the tepidarium. The idea, as with a sauna, was for the sweat to get rid of the body's dirt. • After this a slave would rub olive oil into the visitor's skin and then scrap it off with a strigil. After this, the visitor would return to the tepidarium and then to frigidarium to cool down. Finally, he ...
... the tepidarium. The idea, as with a sauna, was for the sweat to get rid of the body's dirt. • After this a slave would rub olive oil into the visitor's skin and then scrap it off with a strigil. After this, the visitor would return to the tepidarium and then to frigidarium to cool down. Finally, he ...
The World of Ancient Rome
... selected from wealthy “patrician” families and tribunes, who were representatives of the common people or “plebians.” Under the direction of the senate, Roman territory was expanded and distant provinces were added to her domain. The Roman Conquests First, the Etruscans were defeated; then the Gree ...
... selected from wealthy “patrician” families and tribunes, who were representatives of the common people or “plebians.” Under the direction of the senate, Roman territory was expanded and distant provinces were added to her domain. The Roman Conquests First, the Etruscans were defeated; then the Gree ...
Rome`s Empire and the Unification of the Western World
... anything that looked monarchical. His home on the Palatine Hill was a typical upper class residence. (Parts of it have survived.) He wore ordinary civilian dress, and he claimed that his togas (the garments that symbolized Roman citizenship) were home spun by his wife, Livia, and daughter, Julia. ...
... anything that looked monarchical. His home on the Palatine Hill was a typical upper class residence. (Parts of it have survived.) He wore ordinary civilian dress, and he claimed that his togas (the garments that symbolized Roman citizenship) were home spun by his wife, Livia, and daughter, Julia. ...
Roman Senate- 63 BC Dossier
... students of the greatest virtue, dedicated to diplomacy and immersive simulation. Emulate these great statesmen of old, dedicated to the ideals of righteousness, and distance yourselves from the degeneracy of the present day. After all, when delegates give no thought to their honor and succumb to vi ...
... students of the greatest virtue, dedicated to diplomacy and immersive simulation. Emulate these great statesmen of old, dedicated to the ideals of righteousness, and distance yourselves from the degeneracy of the present day. After all, when delegates give no thought to their honor and succumb to vi ...
THE RELIGIO-POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS
... I think that Veit Rosenberger’s observations are worth consideration, because they seem, at least partially, to put the rather complex set of influences that changed the face of the Roman world forever into the right perspective. Of course, the term ‘shift in mentality’ is very vague and should be d ...
... I think that Veit Rosenberger’s observations are worth consideration, because they seem, at least partially, to put the rather complex set of influences that changed the face of the Roman world forever into the right perspective. Of course, the term ‘shift in mentality’ is very vague and should be d ...
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.""