The Ara Pacis Augustae: a Symbol of the Augustan Age in the
... over happy returns home from voyages and expeditions) and the Ara Pacis Augustae, and that sacrifices were to be performed there in his honor by the magistrates, the priests, and the Vestal virgins. There is an obvious correlation between the architectural and sculptural monuments that were mentione ...
... over happy returns home from voyages and expeditions) and the Ara Pacis Augustae, and that sacrifices were to be performed there in his honor by the magistrates, the priests, and the Vestal virgins. There is an obvious correlation between the architectural and sculptural monuments that were mentione ...
Augustus and the Architecture of Masculinity By Katie Thompson
... penetration within sexual relationships, brutality, and the Roman gaze, or visual penetration. The inclusion of a discussion of the Roman gaze is imperative to this thesis, because it underscores the relationship among masculinity, sexuality, and visual stimulation associated with visual spectacles, ...
... penetration within sexual relationships, brutality, and the Roman gaze, or visual penetration. The inclusion of a discussion of the Roman gaze is imperative to this thesis, because it underscores the relationship among masculinity, sexuality, and visual stimulation associated with visual spectacles, ...
The Metroac Cult: Foreign or Roman? - CU Scholar
... ritual are often living; they change throughout time so that they may continue to serve those they benefit.26 If a certain tradition or ritual does not change as needed to serve those of a specific location and time period, it will expire and new traditions and rituals will be born. This is the case ...
... ritual are often living; they change throughout time so that they may continue to serve those they benefit.26 If a certain tradition or ritual does not change as needed to serve those of a specific location and time period, it will expire and new traditions and rituals will be born. This is the case ...
Who is Arminius? - University of Vermont
... turning point in Roman expansionist policy. Following the Varian Disaster, as the battle is commonly called, the Roman forces pulled out of the Germanic territory, leaving only a minor presence at the edges of the Roman Empire border with Germany. Rome did not attempt to colonize the territory east ...
... turning point in Roman expansionist policy. Following the Varian Disaster, as the battle is commonly called, the Roman forces pulled out of the Germanic territory, leaving only a minor presence at the edges of the Roman Empire border with Germany. Rome did not attempt to colonize the territory east ...
Antoninus
... These initial problems behind him, Antoninus won renown for being a mild and compassionate ruler. He established new laws, protecting slaves from cruelty and abuse. During his reign two treason trials were conducted, yet not, like in previous reigns, blindly following the whims and allegations of a ...
... These initial problems behind him, Antoninus won renown for being a mild and compassionate ruler. He established new laws, protecting slaves from cruelty and abuse. During his reign two treason trials were conducted, yet not, like in previous reigns, blindly following the whims and allegations of a ...
1 Gallo-Roman Relations under the Early Empire By
... What were the Gallo-Roman attitudes towards the Romans and how did Roman prejudice shape the history of Roman Gaul? Those are the key question that this paper seeks to answer. Over the course of this paper, we will examine the interactions between Romans and Gauls during what may be roughly called t ...
... What were the Gallo-Roman attitudes towards the Romans and how did Roman prejudice shape the history of Roman Gaul? Those are the key question that this paper seeks to answer. Over the course of this paper, we will examine the interactions between Romans and Gauls during what may be roughly called t ...
Polybius, Machiavelli, and the Idea of Roman Virtue
... fifty-three years” Rome succeeded in conquering “almost the entire known world,” that earnestness led him to discuss at length the complexities of human motivation and behavior behind and beneath the more straightforward historical realities of dates, events, wars, and treaties.12 Indeed, in Polybiu ...
... fifty-three years” Rome succeeded in conquering “almost the entire known world,” that earnestness led him to discuss at length the complexities of human motivation and behavior behind and beneath the more straightforward historical realities of dates, events, wars, and treaties.12 Indeed, in Polybiu ...
sexual virtue, sexual vice, and the requirements of the
... who wrote of these times, the first century AD, from Augustus to Trajan, is an especially well-documented period of time. These historians told nothing less than the story of the rise and consolidation of imperial Rome. ...
... who wrote of these times, the first century AD, from Augustus to Trajan, is an especially well-documented period of time. These historians told nothing less than the story of the rise and consolidation of imperial Rome. ...
Hadrian`s Wall: Romanization on Rome`s Northern
... barbarians from the Romans.”3 The remaining written evidence on his construction of the wall is located in epigraphic sources. The question remains of Hadrian’s intentions in the building of the wall. This is not an easy question to answer as the wall served many purposes other than simply separatin ...
... barbarians from the Romans.”3 The remaining written evidence on his construction of the wall is located in epigraphic sources. The question remains of Hadrian’s intentions in the building of the wall. This is not an easy question to answer as the wall served many purposes other than simply separatin ...
The Moon Has Set - Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court
... “91 Meanwhile, king Juba, who had escaped from the battle with Petreius, hiding himself all day in the villages, and traveling only by night, arrived at last in Numidia. When he came to Zama, his ordinary place of residence, where were his wives and children, with all his treasures, and whatever he ...
... “91 Meanwhile, king Juba, who had escaped from the battle with Petreius, hiding himself all day in the villages, and traveling only by night, arrived at last in Numidia. When he came to Zama, his ordinary place of residence, where were his wives and children, with all his treasures, and whatever he ...
From Alexander to..
... Archimedes has also been credited with improving the power and accuracy of the catapult. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes Archimedes' legendary engines are said to have used stones three times as heavy. Plutarch tells us that it was Hiero, another king of Syracuse, who spurred Archimedes into ...
... Archimedes has also been credited with improving the power and accuracy of the catapult. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes Archimedes' legendary engines are said to have used stones three times as heavy. Plutarch tells us that it was Hiero, another king of Syracuse, who spurred Archimedes into ...
the architectural patronage and political prowess of herod the great
... ancient times, religion was strongly intertwined as one with the state.27 The greatest aspect of Roman life was the love of their gods. The Romans felt “the relationship between a human and being a deity or deities finds its manifestation in the form of religion...They bound people together and gave ...
... ancient times, religion was strongly intertwined as one with the state.27 The greatest aspect of Roman life was the love of their gods. The Romans felt “the relationship between a human and being a deity or deities finds its manifestation in the form of religion...They bound people together and gave ...
Augustus Program and Abstracts
... Sulmo was a real name of a real place in central Italy east of Rome. A geographical place name was not an apolitical land or townscape to those who had lived through, or who had heard the stories of, the traumatic events which led to the unification of Italy and the fall of the Roman Republic. In m ...
... Sulmo was a real name of a real place in central Italy east of Rome. A geographical place name was not an apolitical land or townscape to those who had lived through, or who had heard the stories of, the traumatic events which led to the unification of Italy and the fall of the Roman Republic. In m ...
military defeats, casualties of war - The University of North Carolina
... Chaeronea, Appian (c. 95 – c. 165 C.E.) from Alexandria, and Dio Cassius (c. 155 – after 229 C.E.) from Nicaea, all record some version of the story. But the comparison of the Roman army to the mythical hydra in the sense that the Romans would return a bigger and stronger army after a defeat was no ...
... Chaeronea, Appian (c. 95 – c. 165 C.E.) from Alexandria, and Dio Cassius (c. 155 – after 229 C.E.) from Nicaea, all record some version of the story. But the comparison of the Roman army to the mythical hydra in the sense that the Romans would return a bigger and stronger army after a defeat was no ...
Δείτε εδώ την τελική παρουσίαση του προγράμματος
... As the legend goes, two twins named Romulus and Remus were born to the war god Mars and a Latin princess. The Latin king was afraid these boys would take his throne so he sent them floating down the Tiber River, thinking they would die. However a female wolf found these boys, and a shepherd found th ...
... As the legend goes, two twins named Romulus and Remus were born to the war god Mars and a Latin princess. The Latin king was afraid these boys would take his throne so he sent them floating down the Tiber River, thinking they would die. However a female wolf found these boys, and a shepherd found th ...
PDF - UWA Research Portal
... southern Judaea was settled by Edomites from east of the Dead Sea and was called Idumaea (pertaining to Edom) by the new Greek rulers. At this time, it is said, a group arose among the Jewish population called Misyavnim, meaning Hellenists, who adopted Greek culture as a way of life. They spoke like ...
... southern Judaea was settled by Edomites from east of the Dead Sea and was called Idumaea (pertaining to Edom) by the new Greek rulers. At this time, it is said, a group arose among the Jewish population called Misyavnim, meaning Hellenists, who adopted Greek culture as a way of life. They spoke like ...
War and Society in the Roman World
... neighbours and against the peoples of the surrounding hills. From the mid-fourth century BC, however, there began a period of rapid expansion, in which the Romans won a long series of military successes (punctuated by the occasional reverse). By about 270 they controlled all Italy south of the Po. O ...
... neighbours and against the peoples of the surrounding hills. From the mid-fourth century BC, however, there began a period of rapid expansion, in which the Romans won a long series of military successes (punctuated by the occasional reverse). By about 270 they controlled all Italy south of the Po. O ...
(Part 5a)-History Legio XIIII GMV
... Marcomanni in Czechia (modern Bohemia), with the territory linking the Danube and the Elbe being the strategic objective. The addition of Marcomanni lands would consolidate the frontier of the Roman Empire in one uninterrupted line from east to west along the courses of the two rivers. Augustus’ son ...
... Marcomanni in Czechia (modern Bohemia), with the territory linking the Danube and the Elbe being the strategic objective. The addition of Marcomanni lands would consolidate the frontier of the Roman Empire in one uninterrupted line from east to west along the courses of the two rivers. Augustus’ son ...
The Lex Sempronia Agraria: A Soldier`s Stipendum
... cities, especially Rome, to take advantage of the economic boom that was still going on in 133 BCE. What enticement was there for citizens to go fight for meager pay in the face of this booming economy? Lastly, it was an important element of the mos maiorum or ancient customs of the Roman people to ...
... cities, especially Rome, to take advantage of the economic boom that was still going on in 133 BCE. What enticement was there for citizens to go fight for meager pay in the face of this booming economy? Lastly, it was an important element of the mos maiorum or ancient customs of the Roman people to ...
a previously unknown roman road
... road where it crosses at Barcombe Mills, and that he recovered Roman Samian ware dating to the mid second century and coarse ware pottery dating to the first century. This section of the road then carries on to Malling Down crossing the river Ouse again. In his conclusion he states that the road was ...
... road where it crosses at Barcombe Mills, and that he recovered Roman Samian ware dating to the mid second century and coarse ware pottery dating to the first century. This section of the road then carries on to Malling Down crossing the river Ouse again. In his conclusion he states that the road was ...
Memnon of Herakleia on Rome and the Romans
... The fact that local authors referred in some way or another to political developments connected with Rome is not in itself surprising and is indeed quite natural in the case of any person of political and social awareness. However, when one tries to reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of ...
... The fact that local authors referred in some way or another to political developments connected with Rome is not in itself surprising and is indeed quite natural in the case of any person of political and social awareness. However, when one tries to reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of ...
1º de educación secundaria obligatoria
... 1.- Watch the film Gladiator and investigate the political relationships shown in the film. Would it be possible for a Gladiator to threaten an Emperor? What was the relationship between the Emperor and the Senate? 2.- Researching the past: The Forum: a) The Forum was an important place in Roman lif ...
... 1.- Watch the film Gladiator and investigate the political relationships shown in the film. Would it be possible for a Gladiator to threaten an Emperor? What was the relationship between the Emperor and the Senate? 2.- Researching the past: The Forum: a) The Forum was an important place in Roman lif ...
Contents - Screenshot for ehaus2.co.uk
... Italian city-state to a major Mediterranean-based empire, and the addition of Britain would symbolise a further significant expansion. In more material terms, the island was noted through traders for its natural resources such as gold, silver, lead, and tin and its rich harvests of grain thanks to i ...
... Italian city-state to a major Mediterranean-based empire, and the addition of Britain would symbolise a further significant expansion. In more material terms, the island was noted through traders for its natural resources such as gold, silver, lead, and tin and its rich harvests of grain thanks to i ...
A Sacred People: Roman Identity in the Age of Augustus
... brought no new cultural content that had not itself come from Greece and the East, these scholars claim. John Julius Norwich‟s interpretation is typical: “The first thing to remember is that the Romans always saw themselves as heirs of the Greeks. . . though politically they might take very differen ...
... brought no new cultural content that had not itself come from Greece and the East, these scholars claim. John Julius Norwich‟s interpretation is typical: “The first thing to remember is that the Romans always saw themselves as heirs of the Greeks. . . though politically they might take very differen ...
ROMAN CONQUEST OF SPAIN: THE ECONOMIC MOTIVE
... two important archaeological sites in Spain during the last half century at El Carambolo (near modern Seville) and Villena (near modern Alicante). The El Carambolo hoard, discovered in 1958, consisting of 21 gold artifacts weighing nearly seven pounds. The hoard included gold bracelets, plaques, an ...
... two important archaeological sites in Spain during the last half century at El Carambolo (near modern Seville) and Villena (near modern Alicante). The El Carambolo hoard, discovered in 1958, consisting of 21 gold artifacts weighing nearly seven pounds. The hoard included gold bracelets, plaques, an ...