Spurius Maelius: Dictatorship and the Homo Sacer
... Maelius’ acts can be characterized as posing a particular kind of threat, regnum (kingship or rule), that Livy has earlier explained results in the suspension of citizen rights. Commentators identify Maelius as a homo sacer, a man who can be killed without the killer becoming a parricide.xi By aspir ...
... Maelius’ acts can be characterized as posing a particular kind of threat, regnum (kingship or rule), that Livy has earlier explained results in the suspension of citizen rights. Commentators identify Maelius as a homo sacer, a man who can be killed without the killer becoming a parricide.xi By aspir ...
THE SEVERAN DYNASTY brian campbell - Assets
... and cities that had supported Niger, although at this stage no senator was executed. In order to break up the large concentration of troops exploited by Niger, the province of Syria was divided into two, Coele (northern Syria) with two legions under a consular governor, and Phoenice (southern Syria) ...
... and cities that had supported Niger, although at this stage no senator was executed. In order to break up the large concentration of troops exploited by Niger, the province of Syria was divided into two, Coele (northern Syria) with two legions under a consular governor, and Phoenice (southern Syria) ...
Chapter 8: The Rise of Rome
... separate Italy from European lands to the north. Another mountain range, the Apennines (A • puh • NYNZ), runs all the way down the boot from north to south. The landscape of Italy is similar to that of Greece, but the Apennines are not as rugged as Greece’s mountains. They can be crossed much more e ...
... separate Italy from European lands to the north. Another mountain range, the Apennines (A • puh • NYNZ), runs all the way down the boot from north to south. The landscape of Italy is similar to that of Greece, but the Apennines are not as rugged as Greece’s mountains. They can be crossed much more e ...
The Flavian Invasions
... It is possible that Emperor Titus held Agricola back from advancing further north but this seems unlikely since the idea of halting and renunciating further conquest goes against Roman traditions and equations of success. It is possible that Agricola didn’t extend further as he knew, as did the Empe ...
... It is possible that Emperor Titus held Agricola back from advancing further north but this seems unlikely since the idea of halting and renunciating further conquest goes against Roman traditions and equations of success. It is possible that Agricola didn’t extend further as he knew, as did the Empe ...
The Ara Pacis Augustae: Visual Rhetoric in Augustus
... specifically the Augustan building campaign.5 Art historian Diane Favro has effectively connected classical systems of memory based on heads as described in Roman rhetorical treatises to the Augustan building program, arguing ‘‘learned Romans were predisposed to look for an underlying, coherent narr ...
... specifically the Augustan building campaign.5 Art historian Diane Favro has effectively connected classical systems of memory based on heads as described in Roman rhetorical treatises to the Augustan building program, arguing ‘‘learned Romans were predisposed to look for an underlying, coherent narr ...
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... that a gladiator fought too mechanically, according to the numbers. In the early Empire there were four major gladiatorial schools, but by this time, ...
... that a gladiator fought too mechanically, according to the numbers. In the early Empire there were four major gladiatorial schools, but by this time, ...
View/Open - MARS - George Mason University
... Plutarch and Tacitus provide much of the information surrounding the desirability and associated luxury of these garden estates as they changed ownership during the transition from Republic to Empire. The Horti Luculliani, located on the Pincian Hill, was created by L. Licinius Lucullus from the spo ...
... Plutarch and Tacitus provide much of the information surrounding the desirability and associated luxury of these garden estates as they changed ownership during the transition from Republic to Empire. The Horti Luculliani, located on the Pincian Hill, was created by L. Licinius Lucullus from the spo ...
Imperial fora
... shows an ancient sculpture now in Tunis that may be a depiction of the actual pedimental group from Mars Ultor (possible identifications left to right: Venus, Cupid, Mars, and Divus Iulius) To complete the narrative cycle, statues of famous Romans of the Republican period adorned the attic of the po ...
... shows an ancient sculpture now in Tunis that may be a depiction of the actual pedimental group from Mars Ultor (possible identifications left to right: Venus, Cupid, Mars, and Divus Iulius) To complete the narrative cycle, statues of famous Romans of the Republican period adorned the attic of the po ...
Chapter 9: The Rise of Rome
... Rescued by a wolf and raised by a shepherd, they decided to build a city in 753 B.C. The twins quarreled, however, and Remus made fun of the wall his brother was building. In a fury, Romulus attacked Remus and killed him. Romulus went on to become the first king of Rome, the new city he named after ...
... Rescued by a wolf and raised by a shepherd, they decided to build a city in 753 B.C. The twins quarreled, however, and Remus made fun of the wall his brother was building. In a fury, Romulus attacked Remus and killed him. Romulus went on to become the first king of Rome, the new city he named after ...
Not by a Nose: The Triumph of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, 31 BC
... at Macedonian Philippi, Octavian and Antony, at that time still allies, had eliminated the threat posed by Julius Caesar's assassins, the "Liberators," Brutus and Cassius. But Actium was the finale. At Actilll11, Octavian defeated his la~t ~erious rival and so could finally pl'l1ceed with his master ...
... at Macedonian Philippi, Octavian and Antony, at that time still allies, had eliminated the threat posed by Julius Caesar's assassins, the "Liberators," Brutus and Cassius. But Actium was the finale. At Actilll11, Octavian defeated his la~t ~erious rival and so could finally pl'l1ceed with his master ...
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.