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... these changed as one conqueror succeeded another. Whilst the background to the thesis necessarily includes more ancient historical data, the emphasis is on the late Hellenistic and the Roman periods – 1st c BCE to 7th c CE – taking into account the various influences already present and the way in w ...
... these changed as one conqueror succeeded another. Whilst the background to the thesis necessarily includes more ancient historical data, the emphasis is on the late Hellenistic and the Roman periods – 1st c BCE to 7th c CE – taking into account the various influences already present and the way in w ...
Polybius, Machiavelli, and the Idea of Roman Virtue
... under the Achaean League was nominally allied with Rome, although over the course of those wars there emerged in Greece several parties favoring “various shades of acquiescence” to the Roman agenda, with evidence pointing to Polybius and his father as among the least enthusiastic about Roman domina ...
... under the Achaean League was nominally allied with Rome, although over the course of those wars there emerged in Greece several parties favoring “various shades of acquiescence” to the Roman agenda, with evidence pointing to Polybius and his father as among the least enthusiastic about Roman domina ...
Currency, bullion and accounts. Monetary modes in the Roman world
... stricto sensu. Thus, the often cited definitions in Roman law that pecunia could refer to anything, whether mobile or immobile, objects or rights, reflects the need for legal solutions in cases where transactions or obligations that were structurally or legally „monetized‟ were handled by instrument ...
... stricto sensu. Thus, the often cited definitions in Roman law that pecunia could refer to anything, whether mobile or immobile, objects or rights, reflects the need for legal solutions in cases where transactions or obligations that were structurally or legally „monetized‟ were handled by instrument ...
The Metroac Cult: Foreign or Roman? - CU Scholar
... another account on the Phrygian Cybele and Attis myth that he considers the current, local version: Zeus scattered his seed upon the ground20 as he slept producing a daimon by the name of Agdistis.21 Agdistis possessed both male and female organs. The gods feared Agdistis and cut off his male organ, ...
... another account on the Phrygian Cybele and Attis myth that he considers the current, local version: Zeus scattered his seed upon the ground20 as he slept producing a daimon by the name of Agdistis.21 Agdistis possessed both male and female organs. The gods feared Agdistis and cut off his male organ, ...
Clandestine Curses: Hidden Dangers to
... world. As Heinz states, “practicing magic was…a capital offense under Roman law: convicted magicians, as well as their accomplices and customers, faced death by fire or exposure to wild beasts.”8 The legal ramifications of being found responsible for a curse tablet probably stopped the majority of ...
... world. As Heinz states, “practicing magic was…a capital offense under Roman law: convicted magicians, as well as their accomplices and customers, faced death by fire or exposure to wild beasts.”8 The legal ramifications of being found responsible for a curse tablet probably stopped the majority of ...
File - Kihei Charter STEM Academy Middle School
... peak, the Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east. It reached northward into Britain and southward into Egypt. While the Latins occupied the area around Rome, three other po wers moved in around them. The Etruscans moved into central and northern Ita ...
... peak, the Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east. It reached northward into Britain and southward into Egypt. While the Latins occupied the area around Rome, three other po wers moved in around them. The Etruscans moved into central and northern Ita ...
Metformin Toxicity
... In 218 AD the Roman Empire was ruled by an unpopular Emperor by the name of Macrinus, who had gained the imperial throne by the assassination of his popular, (at least with the army, if not the senate) predecessor, Caracalla. A focus of opposition to Macrinus, came from Syria in the east where Juli ...
... In 218 AD the Roman Empire was ruled by an unpopular Emperor by the name of Macrinus, who had gained the imperial throne by the assassination of his popular, (at least with the army, if not the senate) predecessor, Caracalla. A focus of opposition to Macrinus, came from Syria in the east where Juli ...
agricola, tacitus, and scotland - Council for British Archaeology
... presence at Carlisle has now been put beyond any reasonable doubt. Tacitus, perhaps rather grudgingly, admits that Cerialis won victories against the Brigantes and embraced most of their territory in his campaigning, although the historian could not resist the 'gloss' that it was not uncostly. Numis ...
... presence at Carlisle has now been put beyond any reasonable doubt. Tacitus, perhaps rather grudgingly, admits that Cerialis won victories against the Brigantes and embraced most of their territory in his campaigning, although the historian could not resist the 'gloss' that it was not uncostly. Numis ...
Internal Assessment Resource
... they were descended from Trojans through the lineage of Rome’s founder, Romulus, whose ancestor Iulus was the son of Aeneas, the famous Trojan Hero. So the Romans believed that they came from the noble and ancient Trojan stock, renowned for their bravery when defending Troy during the 10-year siege ...
... they were descended from Trojans through the lineage of Rome’s founder, Romulus, whose ancestor Iulus was the son of Aeneas, the famous Trojan Hero. So the Romans believed that they came from the noble and ancient Trojan stock, renowned for their bravery when defending Troy during the 10-year siege ...
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... archeology 1. Introduction For more than 1,000 years there has been horse racing in Rome. The most popular venue facilitating the spectacle is also widely considered to be the place where the rape of the Sabine women took place. Livy (who lived during the end of the first-century BCE and beginning o ...
... archeology 1. Introduction For more than 1,000 years there has been horse racing in Rome. The most popular venue facilitating the spectacle is also widely considered to be the place where the rape of the Sabine women took place. Livy (who lived during the end of the first-century BCE and beginning o ...
COMMEMORATIVE SPACES IN EARLY IMPERIAL ROME
... identity of funerary monuments and their patrons in late republican and early imperial Rome. It introduces the complex political climate of the Augustan age, an era in which socio-political identity shifted among both aristocracy and lower classes alike. This investigation first surveys the archaeol ...
... identity of funerary monuments and their patrons in late republican and early imperial Rome. It introduces the complex political climate of the Augustan age, an era in which socio-political identity shifted among both aristocracy and lower classes alike. This investigation first surveys the archaeol ...
MYSTERY OF THE FUNERARY RELIEFS OF
... Seleucid power the route had fallen out of use in the late second and early first centuries BC, so that the tribes of the Syrian desert had seized the opportunity to capture the trade. Hence as the principal water springs of the desert Palmyra became important.2 In the late first century BC the city ...
... Seleucid power the route had fallen out of use in the late second and early first centuries BC, so that the tribes of the Syrian desert had seized the opportunity to capture the trade. Hence as the principal water springs of the desert Palmyra became important.2 In the late first century BC the city ...
Polybius on the Role of the Senate in the Crisis of 264 B.C.
... 1916) 96-97 (but cf. n.14); E. Meyer (supra n.3) 376; T. FRANK, CAH VII (New York/ Cambridge 1928) 670-71; M. GELZER, "Romische Politik bei Fabius Pictor," Hermes 68 (1933) 135-36; H. H. Scu LLARD, A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B.C. (New York 1939) 156-57; A. HEUSS, "Der erste punisch ...
... 1916) 96-97 (but cf. n.14); E. Meyer (supra n.3) 376; T. FRANK, CAH VII (New York/ Cambridge 1928) 670-71; M. GELZER, "Romische Politik bei Fabius Pictor," Hermes 68 (1933) 135-36; H. H. Scu LLARD, A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B.C. (New York 1939) 156-57; A. HEUSS, "Der erste punisch ...
Virtus in the Roman World - The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg
... aristocracy did this specifically because they wished to acquire spolia opima, or “noble spoils.” 143 These spoils would be stripped off an enemy that they had slain, generally an aristocrat of the opposing side. In addition to the spolia opima, pure exhibitions of courage, such as putting oneself i ...
... aristocracy did this specifically because they wished to acquire spolia opima, or “noble spoils.” 143 These spoils would be stripped off an enemy that they had slain, generally an aristocrat of the opposing side. In addition to the spolia opima, pure exhibitions of courage, such as putting oneself i ...
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... quarrels led to Romulus killing Remus, and leaving Romulus's hilltop, Palatine, which was the center of the new cityRome. Rome is probably the most well known civilization of all time, and with good reason, because the Romans were highly sophisticated, and very ahead of their time. The truth of this ...
... quarrels led to Romulus killing Remus, and leaving Romulus's hilltop, Palatine, which was the center of the new cityRome. Rome is probably the most well known civilization of all time, and with good reason, because the Romans were highly sophisticated, and very ahead of their time. The truth of this ...
Christianity and Gender in Imperial Roman Policy, 57-235.
... Empire from 235-285, is beyond the scope of this study. However, the Crisis demonstrates the thesis of this work and so shall be briefly examined in an epilogue in order to better accentuate ...
... Empire from 235-285, is beyond the scope of this study. However, the Crisis demonstrates the thesis of this work and so shall be briefly examined in an epilogue in order to better accentuate ...
Alaric: King of the Visigoths and Tool of the Romans - e
... between Rome and Constantinople still needed to be, so Alaric could no longer be left at large. 22 The Eastern Empire then decided to make Alaric magister militum per Illyricum, or master of soldiers in Illyricum, and “was also given imperial authority to oversee the public services of these lands, ...
... between Rome and Constantinople still needed to be, so Alaric could no longer be left at large. 22 The Eastern Empire then decided to make Alaric magister militum per Illyricum, or master of soldiers in Illyricum, and “was also given imperial authority to oversee the public services of these lands, ...
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.""