Spartacus Mythistoricus: Winning Spartacus into the
... such symbolism is Spartacus, a now-famous figure from antiquity whose story now works on loose facts and operates on the level of the legendary and, sometimes, the mythical. My project is to trace the process by which the elements of the Spartacus story have shifted from historical fact into the leg ...
... such symbolism is Spartacus, a now-famous figure from antiquity whose story now works on loose facts and operates on the level of the legendary and, sometimes, the mythical. My project is to trace the process by which the elements of the Spartacus story have shifted from historical fact into the leg ...
Open Access - Lund University Publications
... It is not known for certain where the origins of gladiatorial combats can be found. Gladiatorial spectacles most probably came to the Romans through the Etruscans, who in turn got them from the Samnites.12 The first recorded event featuring gladiators occurred in 264 BC in the Forum Boarium.13 The f ...
... It is not known for certain where the origins of gladiatorial combats can be found. Gladiatorial spectacles most probably came to the Romans through the Etruscans, who in turn got them from the Samnites.12 The first recorded event featuring gladiators occurred in 264 BC in the Forum Boarium.13 The f ...
ROMANS ON PARADE: REPRESENTATIONS OF ROMANNESS IN
... values, but to better understand them. Not only is Payne’s purpose in examining the triumph flawed, but his methodology seems ineffectual as well. His book is a retelling of the triumphal accounts in the ancient sources, with little authorial commentary added. While this is in its own way helpful to ...
... values, but to better understand them. Not only is Payne’s purpose in examining the triumph flawed, but his methodology seems ineffectual as well. His book is a retelling of the triumphal accounts in the ancient sources, with little authorial commentary added. While this is in its own way helpful to ...
Disorder in Rome`s Asia Minor - Sound Ideas
... charges, including lying about friendship with the emperor, mishandling Prusa‘s embassy to Rome, conspiring with a Roman proconsul, filling seats in the boulê with his own men, and taking other tyrannical and demagogical actions.38 In addition to Dio‘s reputation, his ability to complete his public ...
... charges, including lying about friendship with the emperor, mishandling Prusa‘s embassy to Rome, conspiring with a Roman proconsul, filling seats in the boulê with his own men, and taking other tyrannical and demagogical actions.38 In addition to Dio‘s reputation, his ability to complete his public ...
History of Roman Literature from its Earliest
... to the purposes of poetry, and to the expression of those feelings and sentiments with which it is conversant. Thus, in the first ages of Greece, verse was the ordinary written language, and prose was subsequently introduced as an art and invention. In like manner, at Rome, during the early advances ...
... to the purposes of poetry, and to the expression of those feelings and sentiments with which it is conversant. Thus, in the first ages of Greece, verse was the ordinary written language, and prose was subsequently introduced as an art and invention. In like manner, at Rome, during the early advances ...
Space, Ritual, Event: Constantine`s Jubilee of 326 and its
... world, as emperors found themselves increasingly in other imperial capitals at the fringes of the empire. 1 Constantine's interests were elsewhere, as he only spent less than two years within Rome during his reign. Why then, was Rome important to his legitimacy? Even as the empire became more polyce ...
... world, as emperors found themselves increasingly in other imperial capitals at the fringes of the empire. 1 Constantine's interests were elsewhere, as he only spent less than two years within Rome during his reign. Why then, was Rome important to his legitimacy? Even as the empire became more polyce ...
Blueprint for Legal Practice: Establishing Cicero`s Ideal Style
... himself is extensive and covers a prosecution and defense case from early in his career, as well as a prosecution and defense case from late in his career. This is essential for developing the most well-rounded understanding of Cicero’s style of legal advocacy possible, and will make the relationshi ...
... himself is extensive and covers a prosecution and defense case from early in his career, as well as a prosecution and defense case from late in his career. This is essential for developing the most well-rounded understanding of Cicero’s style of legal advocacy possible, and will make the relationshi ...
Alluding to Reality: towards a Typology of Historiographical
... of sons imitating fathers in his speech for Rabirius Postumus. Interestingly, here his examples are Publius Decius, an unspecified Fabius Maximus, and again Aemilianus’ pursuit of the martial glory achieved by Paullus (Rab. Post. ). So of the five pairs Cicero cites as illustrations, only the secon ...
... of sons imitating fathers in his speech for Rabirius Postumus. Interestingly, here his examples are Publius Decius, an unspecified Fabius Maximus, and again Aemilianus’ pursuit of the martial glory achieved by Paullus (Rab. Post. ). So of the five pairs Cicero cites as illustrations, only the secon ...
Ambitus in the Late Roman Republic (80-50 BC)
... works of Lucan, Plutarch and Appian. The use of ambitus in contemporary late Republican sources, including Cicero and Caesar, is meanwhile informed by political or personal goals. Cicero‘s trial speeches are constrained by his desire to win the case rather than provide a fair and balanced definition ...
... works of Lucan, Plutarch and Appian. The use of ambitus in contemporary late Republican sources, including Cicero and Caesar, is meanwhile informed by political or personal goals. Cicero‘s trial speeches are constrained by his desire to win the case rather than provide a fair and balanced definition ...
Horace`s Ideal Italy: Sabines and Sabellians in Odes 1-3
... and Italia. The former had long been a moral foil for Rome. The latter consisted of the regions of Italy that rebelled against Rome during the Social War and fought on the side of Marius in the civil wars that followed. Horace joins these two groups with the term Sabellians and places them together ...
... and Italia. The former had long been a moral foil for Rome. The latter consisted of the regions of Italy that rebelled against Rome during the Social War and fought on the side of Marius in the civil wars that followed. Horace joins these two groups with the term Sabellians and places them together ...
a worthy warrior queen - Georgetown University
... market. Silk was first known to have reached Rome at the end of the Republic and was immediately coveted by the elite as a sign of wealth and power. As the Roman Empire grew in size and wealth, so too did the demand for Chinese silk. Old-fashioned Romans may have scorned it as an effeminate luxury, ...
... market. Silk was first known to have reached Rome at the end of the Republic and was immediately coveted by the elite as a sign of wealth and power. As the Roman Empire grew in size and wealth, so too did the demand for Chinese silk. Old-fashioned Romans may have scorned it as an effeminate luxury, ...
The Romulus and Remus Myth as a Source of Insight into Greek and
... between ancient Greek and Roman cultures. The Romulus and Remus myth was one of the most important stories to the Romans, because it gave the mythological origins of their great civilization. The myth is packed with themes of royalty, competition, and the meaning of family as it tells of the Romulus ...
... between ancient Greek and Roman cultures. The Romulus and Remus myth was one of the most important stories to the Romans, because it gave the mythological origins of their great civilization. The myth is packed with themes of royalty, competition, and the meaning of family as it tells of the Romulus ...
Hadrian`s Religious Policy - ScholarShip Home
... The extant sources regarding Hadrian’s life are fragmented and scarce, much is lost. The present paper in no way attempts to write a biography of the man, a task successfully achieved by eminent scholars. The purpose of this work is to identify and analyze Hadrian’s religious policy as it affected p ...
... The extant sources regarding Hadrian’s life are fragmented and scarce, much is lost. The present paper in no way attempts to write a biography of the man, a task successfully achieved by eminent scholars. The purpose of this work is to identify and analyze Hadrian’s religious policy as it affected p ...
The Swale District - Kent Archaeological Field School
... England has no such dramatic Roman monuments as those to be seen in Mediterranean countries, or at towns like Arles and Orange in southern France. Striking remains can be found, as at Hadrian’s Wall in the north, or the walls of Richborough and Colchester in the south-east. Substantial stretches of ...
... England has no such dramatic Roman monuments as those to be seen in Mediterranean countries, or at towns like Arles and Orange in southern France. Striking remains can be found, as at Hadrian’s Wall in the north, or the walls of Richborough and Colchester in the south-east. Substantial stretches of ...
Ancient Roman architecture
Ancient Roman architecture developed different aspects of Ancient Greek architecture and newer technologies such as the arch and the dome to make a new architectural style. Roman architecture flourished throughout the Empire during the Pax Romana. Its use of new materials, particularly concrete, was a very important feature.Roman Architecture covers the period from the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC to about the 4th century AD, after which it becomes reclassified as Late Antique or Byzantine architecture. Most of the many surviving examples are from the later period. Roman architectural style continued to influence building in the former empire for many centuries, and the style used in Western Europe beginning about 1000 is called Romanesque architecture to reflect this dependence on basic Roman forms.The Ancient Romans were responsible for significant developments in housing and public hygiene, for example their public and private baths and latrines, under-floor heating in the form of the hypocaust, mica glazing (examples in Ostia Antica), and piped hot and cold water (examples in Pompeii and Ostia).