Negotiating Julio-Claudian Memory
... and structures complicit with his own agendas.8 Augustus’ building activity may be the first “program” as it developed a distinct language of images to realize his particular vision of Rome.9 Like Augustus, Vespasian erected public buildings in Rome. The act of construction declared Vespasian’s pos ...
... and structures complicit with his own agendas.8 Augustus’ building activity may be the first “program” as it developed a distinct language of images to realize his particular vision of Rome.9 Like Augustus, Vespasian erected public buildings in Rome. The act of construction declared Vespasian’s pos ...
The Fall of the Roman Republic
... were at first two, but whose number rapidly increased to ten—who presided over meetings of the concilium plebis. The decisions of this body (plebiscita) bound the plebs and from early times could, if the consuls agreed, be passed through the state’s decisionmaking machinery to become law. The tribun ...
... were at first two, but whose number rapidly increased to ten—who presided over meetings of the concilium plebis. The decisions of this body (plebiscita) bound the plebs and from early times could, if the consuls agreed, be passed through the state’s decisionmaking machinery to become law. The tribun ...
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... made, shows that no province was established; cf. pp. 6, 7, 12. Mommsen's statement that proof of such organization is seen in the fact that, when Drusus consecrated for Gaul the altar of Augustus at Lyons, the Ubii were not included, but a similar altar was erected for the German cantons, is answer ...
... made, shows that no province was established; cf. pp. 6, 7, 12. Mommsen's statement that proof of such organization is seen in the fact that, when Drusus consecrated for Gaul the altar of Augustus at Lyons, the Ubii were not included, but a similar altar was erected for the German cantons, is answer ...
Damnation to Divinity: The Myth, Memory, and History
... independence. The Tarquins were never reinstated as monarchs, and the city of Rome continued to be governed by her people. Rome’s Memory of Monarchy The deposition of Tarquinius Superbus brought an end to nearly two hundred and fifty years of Roman monarchy, or so the extant histories tell us.11 Fro ...
... independence. The Tarquins were never reinstated as monarchs, and the city of Rome continued to be governed by her people. Rome’s Memory of Monarchy The deposition of Tarquinius Superbus brought an end to nearly two hundred and fifty years of Roman monarchy, or so the extant histories tell us.11 Fro ...
Roman Cities and Roman Power: The Roman Empire and Hadrian
... Rome’s immense domain had been acquired, gradually but seemingly inexorably, through constant warfare during the Roman republic. The first emperor, Augustus, and his successors apparently realized that Rome could no longer sustain its sovereignty simply by continued physical violence. Instead, norms ...
... Rome’s immense domain had been acquired, gradually but seemingly inexorably, through constant warfare during the Roman republic. The first emperor, Augustus, and his successors apparently realized that Rome could no longer sustain its sovereignty simply by continued physical violence. Instead, norms ...
Metformin Toxicity
... invested with the title and authority of the emperor’s, or, as he more properly styled himself, of the empress’s husband. It may seem probable, the vices and follies of Elagabalus have been adorned by fancy, and blackened by prejudice. Yet confining ourselves to the public scenes displayed before th ...
... invested with the title and authority of the emperor’s, or, as he more properly styled himself, of the empress’s husband. It may seem probable, the vices and follies of Elagabalus have been adorned by fancy, and blackened by prejudice. Yet confining ourselves to the public scenes displayed before th ...
History of the Constitution of the Roman Empire
The History of the Constitution of the Roman Empire is a study of the ancient Roman Empire that traces the progression of Roman political development from the founding of the Roman Empire in 27 BC until the abolishment of the Roman Principate around 300 AD. In the year 88 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla was elected Consul of the Roman Republic, and began a civil war. While it ended within a decade, it was the first in a series civil wars that wouldn't end until the year 30 BC. The general who won the last civil war of the Roman Republic, Gaius Octavian, became the master of the state. Octavian was the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar. In the years after 30 BC, Octavian set out to reform the Roman constitution. The ultimate consequence of these reforms was the abolition of the republic, and the founding of the ""Roman Empire"". Octavian was given the name ""Augustus"" by the ""Roman Senate"", and became known to history as the first ""Roman Emperor"". While it is true that Octavian sought power for himself, it is also true that the old constitution had ceased to function properly. This simple fact had caused much of the turmoil of the prior century. Octavian's reforms did not, at the time, seem drastic, since they did nothing more than reorganize the constitution. The old offices and institutions were not altered in any other way. The reorganization was revolutionary, however, because the ultimate result was that Octavian ended up with control over the entire constitution. During the reigns of future emperors, the constitution that Octavian had left behind transitioned into outright monarchy.