
Vestal Virgins of Rome: Images Of Power
... separation from ordinary social roles if Wildfang is correct.30 The Vestals’ legal statuses were also indicative of their separation from individual families. The rite of captio, “taking,” removed a Vestal candidate from her father’s power, without the ceremony of emancipation or the loss of civil r ...
... separation from ordinary social roles if Wildfang is correct.30 The Vestals’ legal statuses were also indicative of their separation from individual families. The rite of captio, “taking,” removed a Vestal candidate from her father’s power, without the ceremony of emancipation or the loss of civil r ...
chasing the sun - University of Canterbury
... In Chapter 3, I discuss the numismatic issues more fully and place the patterns seen in the Canterbury Collection into a wider context. The importance of coinage in the 3rd century is a main focus of this chapter and one that has elicited much scholarship recently. I engage with this scholarship and ...
... In Chapter 3, I discuss the numismatic issues more fully and place the patterns seen in the Canterbury Collection into a wider context. The importance of coinage in the 3rd century is a main focus of this chapter and one that has elicited much scholarship recently. I engage with this scholarship and ...
Gerald_A._Hess_Dissertation_2 - ETDA
... offered the possibility that clipei virtuti, coins and medallions, and Roman marble oscilla served as prototypes for the tondi. Not only did they serve as sources for the tondi‘s round format, but they also had inherent meanings and traditions, which Hadrian appropriated and applied to the tondi. Th ...
... offered the possibility that clipei virtuti, coins and medallions, and Roman marble oscilla served as prototypes for the tondi. Not only did they serve as sources for the tondi‘s round format, but they also had inherent meanings and traditions, which Hadrian appropriated and applied to the tondi. Th ...
Nero vs. Christianity - False Doctrines Of Man
... Nero’s uncle, Caligula, assumed the throne in 37 AD at the age of 25 and along with his wife, Caesonia, and infant daughter, Julia Drusilla, was murdered in 41 AD. Afterwards, Claudius, Caligula’s uncle, assumed power and became emperor. Claudius would have his wife Messalina executed in 48 AD and w ...
... Nero’s uncle, Caligula, assumed the throne in 37 AD at the age of 25 and along with his wife, Caesonia, and infant daughter, Julia Drusilla, was murdered in 41 AD. Afterwards, Claudius, Caligula’s uncle, assumed power and became emperor. Claudius would have his wife Messalina executed in 48 AD and w ...
The Public Image of the Later Severans: Caracalla to
... the empire. These include the kinds of materials that people came into contract with regularly, or would have seen quite frequently. In particular, this thesis will examine the coins and portraiture of the later Severans, inscriptions dedicated to the emperors, either issued officially or privately, ...
... the empire. These include the kinds of materials that people came into contract with regularly, or would have seen quite frequently. In particular, this thesis will examine the coins and portraiture of the later Severans, inscriptions dedicated to the emperors, either issued officially or privately, ...
Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284
... ‘ / ’ means that a person held a post for an unspecified period between and . ‘–’ means that a person held an office from until . ...
... ‘ / ’ means that a person held a post for an unspecified period between and . ‘–’ means that a person held an office from until . ...
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.