Cicero in Catilīnam
... In 63 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero won the consulship, the highest office in the Roman republic. One of the men whom he defeated in the election was a charismatic nobleman named Lucius Sergius Catilīna – Catiline. Born on 108 B.C. (and thus two years older than Cicero), Catiline came from a recently ...
... In 63 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero won the consulship, the highest office in the Roman republic. One of the men whom he defeated in the election was a charismatic nobleman named Lucius Sergius Catilīna – Catiline. Born on 108 B.C. (and thus two years older than Cicero), Catiline came from a recently ...
sexual virtue, sexual vice, and the requirements of the
... Ovid, Plutarch, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus are among the classical writers whose reports of this incident remain extant. Standing behind this relatively large group of classical sources is the question whether the story is a fabrication from whole cloth or wether it represents the embellishment ...
... Ovid, Plutarch, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus are among the classical writers whose reports of this incident remain extant. Standing behind this relatively large group of classical sources is the question whether the story is a fabrication from whole cloth or wether it represents the embellishment ...
Augustus and the Principate
... generals and politicians, such as Pompey and Caesar, fought against each other in the political arena and on the battlefield.3 The century afterwards is known today as the beginning of the ‘Roman empire’. The Republic did not turn into a hereditary monarchy overnight. Following the assassination of ...
... generals and politicians, such as Pompey and Caesar, fought against each other in the political arena and on the battlefield.3 The century afterwards is known today as the beginning of the ‘Roman empire’. The Republic did not turn into a hereditary monarchy overnight. Following the assassination of ...
SOCIAL NETWORKS IN HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ETRURIA
... period, which allowed the Etruscans to provide a wealth of material support to the Romans.9 The final test of Roman-Etruscan relations would come in 91 BCE with the breakout of the Social War, which consisted of a number of tribes within Italy allying together to rebel against Roman rule. In order t ...
... period, which allowed the Etruscans to provide a wealth of material support to the Romans.9 The final test of Roman-Etruscan relations would come in 91 BCE with the breakout of the Social War, which consisted of a number of tribes within Italy allying together to rebel against Roman rule. In order t ...
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 ...
The monuments dedicated to the reign of Emperor Trajan
... the Trajan's Forum, the scenes, which are carved in low relief, are small and hard to read. It is uncertain how much of the column's relief Romans would have been able to see; there's some speculation whether knowledge of the idea of the narrative was more important than being physically able to rea ...
... the Trajan's Forum, the scenes, which are carved in low relief, are small and hard to read. It is uncertain how much of the column's relief Romans would have been able to see; there's some speculation whether knowledge of the idea of the narrative was more important than being physically able to rea ...
CORINTH AFTER 44 BC: ETHNICAL AND CULTURAL CHANGES
... There are no obvious answers to Millis’s questions. We could even be contrary and say that each of the questions also contains an answer. The first colonists included freedmen of Greek origin, which is indicated e.g. by the Greek cognomina of some elite members. Cn. Babbius Philinus, who generously ...
... There are no obvious answers to Millis’s questions. We could even be contrary and say that each of the questions also contains an answer. The first colonists included freedmen of Greek origin, which is indicated e.g. by the Greek cognomina of some elite members. Cn. Babbius Philinus, who generously ...
THE MAGIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN: THE ROMANS
... Julius Caesar: great Roman general and modern hero. Conquered Gaul and slaughtered a million Gauls in the process. Invaded Britain in 55 and 54 B.C. ...
... Julius Caesar: great Roman general and modern hero. Conquered Gaul and slaughtered a million Gauls in the process. Invaded Britain in 55 and 54 B.C. ...
The History of Rome, Book II
... achievement of this, the most ancient opposition in Rome, consisted in the abolition of the life-tenure of the presidency of the community; in other words, in the abolition of the monarchy. How necessarily this was the result of the natural development of things, is most strikingly demonstrated ...
... achievement of this, the most ancient opposition in Rome, consisted in the abolition of the life-tenure of the presidency of the community; in other words, in the abolition of the monarchy. How necessarily this was the result of the natural development of things, is most strikingly demonstrated ...
Damnation to Divinity: The Myth, Memory, and History
... series of official powers that cemented him as sole and unchallenged ruler of Rome. In this same year, the year historians generally cite as the beginning of his rule as emperor, he was also voted the title “Augustus” by the Roman senate, and it is by this title that he is known in subsequent years. ...
... series of official powers that cemented him as sole and unchallenged ruler of Rome. In this same year, the year historians generally cite as the beginning of his rule as emperor, he was also voted the title “Augustus” by the Roman senate, and it is by this title that he is known in subsequent years. ...
Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte Papyrologie und Epigraphik
... Still, it was obviously used in a rather formal and technical sense to denote an honour of ‘wearing gold’ that was apparently distinct from the otherwise explicitly and widely attested awards of honorific gold crowns.5 In view of its importance, this extraordinary privilege certainly deserves to be ...
... Still, it was obviously used in a rather formal and technical sense to denote an honour of ‘wearing gold’ that was apparently distinct from the otherwise explicitly and widely attested awards of honorific gold crowns.5 In view of its importance, this extraordinary privilege certainly deserves to be ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... has recently emerged. Luuk de Ligt has sought to reconcile the notion of demographic growth with that of a low population total: a reinterpretation of the Polybian figures for the number of allies combined with a lower alternative estimate for the number of inhabitants of Gallia Cisalpina allows the ...
... has recently emerged. Luuk de Ligt has sought to reconcile the notion of demographic growth with that of a low population total: a reinterpretation of the Polybian figures for the number of allies combined with a lower alternative estimate for the number of inhabitants of Gallia Cisalpina allows the ...
use of theses - ANU Repository
... adhered to the politics of the 'surfeited empire'. There can be no doubt that such differences of opinion existed and had an effect on emperors. Despite Luttwak's view of the matter, external policy during the Principate was demonstrably inconsistent. This helps explains why Tiberius, having helped ...
... adhered to the politics of the 'surfeited empire'. There can be no doubt that such differences of opinion existed and had an effect on emperors. Despite Luttwak's view of the matter, external policy during the Principate was demonstrably inconsistent. This helps explains why Tiberius, having helped ...
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and
... those words—of moving the lips and mouth—that make up the wide vocabulary of laughter and its cognates in ancient Greek. Roman power relations of all kinds were displayed, negotiated, manipulated, or contested with a laugh. For every laugh in the face of autocracy, there was another laugh by the pow ...
... those words—of moving the lips and mouth—that make up the wide vocabulary of laughter and its cognates in ancient Greek. Roman power relations of all kinds were displayed, negotiated, manipulated, or contested with a laugh. For every laugh in the face of autocracy, there was another laugh by the pow ...
Clandestine Curses: Hidden Dangers to
... choices, because it was believed that their souls remained in a restless condition near the graves until their normal life span had been reached.”13Indeed, it seems that some spirits were so helpful that Romans assigned them curse after curse to fulfill. The “Roman Circus Tablet” (figure 3) was foun ...
... choices, because it was believed that their souls remained in a restless condition near the graves until their normal life span had been reached.”13Indeed, it seems that some spirits were so helpful that Romans assigned them curse after curse to fulfill. The “Roman Circus Tablet” (figure 3) was foun ...
The Roman Invasion of Britain
... quick to admit that he was wrong, or that his reasoning was faulty. In some professions one can fight for a lost cause for a long time, and still be respected by one’s contemporaries, but there is little chance of this in archaeology, where the problem is that of keeping pace with the rapid expansio ...
... quick to admit that he was wrong, or that his reasoning was faulty. In some professions one can fight for a lost cause for a long time, and still be respected by one’s contemporaries, but there is little chance of this in archaeology, where the problem is that of keeping pace with the rapid expansio ...
AUGUSTUS, LEGISLATIVE POWER, AND THE POWER OF
... provisions of the laws are known to us because they were still being discussed during the time of Ulpian.26 Even Suetonius noted the resistance that there was to the marriage legislation.27 It is possible that it was this same legislative programme that created the image of a legislative sovereign, ...
... provisions of the laws are known to us because they were still being discussed during the time of Ulpian.26 Even Suetonius noted the resistance that there was to the marriage legislation.27 It is possible that it was this same legislative programme that created the image of a legislative sovereign, ...
Hadrian`s Wall: Romanization on Rome`s Northern
... Hadrian’s Wall stretches across the isle of Britain, crossing some of the most dramatic and harsh terrain in Britannia and cutting the island in half. Hadrian was concerned with consolidating and defining the Empire he received in AD 117, unlike his predecessor Trajan, who had continued the policy o ...
... Hadrian’s Wall stretches across the isle of Britain, crossing some of the most dramatic and harsh terrain in Britannia and cutting the island in half. Hadrian was concerned with consolidating and defining the Empire he received in AD 117, unlike his predecessor Trajan, who had continued the policy o ...
Competition Between Public and Private Revenues in Roman Social
... political culture did play this role to a considerable degree. To give it such overwhelming priority, however, risks obscuring the role of individual agency, strategy and conflict in driving the decision-making of actors. Can it really be that ambition, desperation and political manoeuvring were all ...
... political culture did play this role to a considerable degree. To give it such overwhelming priority, however, risks obscuring the role of individual agency, strategy and conflict in driving the decision-making of actors. Can it really be that ambition, desperation and political manoeuvring were all ...
Memnon of Herakleia on Rome and the Romans
... Local Authors on Rome – a Phenomenon in Context Roman control over the regions around the Black Sea (excluding the northeastern coasts) and the incorporation of these areas into the system of Roman provinces, made this part of the world into an integral part of the Roman Empire.1 This new political ...
... Local Authors on Rome – a Phenomenon in Context Roman control over the regions around the Black Sea (excluding the northeastern coasts) and the incorporation of these areas into the system of Roman provinces, made this part of the world into an integral part of the Roman Empire.1 This new political ...
Romanization of Hispania
The Romanization of Hispania is the process by which Roman or Latin culture was introduced into the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Roman rule over it, or parts of it.