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... officers. But Asinius Pollio's accounts of Caesar's actions, as reported by Appian, cannot always be reconciled with the Commentaries; and all these four writers relate incidents as facts which are sometimes demonstrably false. Suetonius is apparently the most trustworthy. His narrative, like those ...
... officers. But Asinius Pollio's accounts of Caesar's actions, as reported by Appian, cannot always be reconciled with the Commentaries; and all these four writers relate incidents as facts which are sometimes demonstrably false. Suetonius is apparently the most trustworthy. His narrative, like those ...
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... importantly, there is no mention of separate allied or Latin forces from Italy following the Social War18. Perhaps between 88 and 87 BC there would have been confusion as to how one might levy troops from individual cities that had not yet passed the local statutes required to take up Roman citizens ...
... importantly, there is no mention of separate allied or Latin forces from Italy following the Social War18. Perhaps between 88 and 87 BC there would have been confusion as to how one might levy troops from individual cities that had not yet passed the local statutes required to take up Roman citizens ...
Where Titus Quintius Flamininus`s interests in line with those of the
... his philhellenism to be entirely genuine. Philhellenism was often used by magistrates of the time as a means to secure political allies, and Flamininus must have realized that his common Hellenistic outlook with Marcellus and Scipio Africanus prevented them from ever becoming bitter enemies.2 The Ro ...
... his philhellenism to be entirely genuine. Philhellenism was often used by magistrates of the time as a means to secure political allies, and Flamininus must have realized that his common Hellenistic outlook with Marcellus and Scipio Africanus prevented them from ever becoming bitter enemies.2 The Ro ...
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE EARLY ROMAN DICTATORSHIP
... extraordinary colleague of the consuls and praetors. The same office-name of praetor is conferred equally on all three offices in the early period. The insignia of the office are very much the same, except for the number of lictors. While having equal powers, just as a praetor with half the number o ...
... extraordinary colleague of the consuls and praetors. The same office-name of praetor is conferred equally on all three offices in the early period. The insignia of the office are very much the same, except for the number of lictors. While having equal powers, just as a praetor with half the number o ...
james anthony froude caesar: a sketch
... entirely depended upon are brought to an end. The secondary group of authorities from which the popular histories of the time have been chiefly taken are Appian, Plutarch, Suetonius, and Dion Cassius. Of these the first three were divided from the period which they describe by nearly a century and a ...
... entirely depended upon are brought to an end. The secondary group of authorities from which the popular histories of the time have been chiefly taken are Appian, Plutarch, Suetonius, and Dion Cassius. Of these the first three were divided from the period which they describe by nearly a century and a ...
final_draft_velle
... no certain record of Velleius’ life outside the pages of his Compendium, but the basic outline of his career is easily summarized from his own hints. It began with service as a military tribune in Thrace and Macedonia, around the turn of the millennium. He continued to serve as tribune under Augustu ...
... no certain record of Velleius’ life outside the pages of his Compendium, but the basic outline of his career is easily summarized from his own hints. It began with service as a military tribune in Thrace and Macedonia, around the turn of the millennium. He continued to serve as tribune under Augustu ...
View - OhioLINK ETD
... although it was introduced as a way of giving a voice and protection to Roman citizens. However, because the cursus honorum, or political ladder of offices, was a pyramid it was not likely all ten tribunes in a given year would ascend to the final prized office of consul, of whom two were elected an ...
... although it was introduced as a way of giving a voice and protection to Roman citizens. However, because the cursus honorum, or political ladder of offices, was a pyramid it was not likely all ten tribunes in a given year would ascend to the final prized office of consul, of whom two were elected an ...
foundations of western civilization
... He said that he needs a body-guard of 50 men to protect him. The Assembly men who did not know that Peisistratus was planning to overthrow them, granted his request. Shortly before he left the Athenian Assembly, he turned back and ordered his so called body-guard to attach the Assembly men. He thus, ...
... He said that he needs a body-guard of 50 men to protect him. The Assembly men who did not know that Peisistratus was planning to overthrow them, granted his request. Shortly before he left the Athenian Assembly, he turned back and ordered his so called body-guard to attach the Assembly men. He thus, ...
HIS 201 three - unimaid.edu.ng
... He said that he needs a body-guard of 50 men to protect him. The Assembly men who did not know that Peisistratus was planning to overthrow them, granted his request. Shortly before he left the Athenian Assembly, he turned back and ordered his so called body-guard to attach the Assembly men. He thus, ...
... He said that he needs a body-guard of 50 men to protect him. The Assembly men who did not know that Peisistratus was planning to overthrow them, granted his request. Shortly before he left the Athenian Assembly, he turned back and ordered his so called body-guard to attach the Assembly men. He thus, ...
ISBN: 978-0-9861084-1-9 - Classical Wisdom Weekly
... of Roman emperors, as well as a plethora of articles written on the topic, which can be located at many universities and at JSTOR. While they still held a considerable amount of land, Parthia’s empire was initially not as large as the Seleucid empire, though they gradually conquered the latter’s ter ...
... of Roman emperors, as well as a plethora of articles written on the topic, which can be located at many universities and at JSTOR. While they still held a considerable amount of land, Parthia’s empire was initially not as large as the Seleucid empire, though they gradually conquered the latter’s ter ...
ALEXANDER YAKOBSON, Cicero, the Constitution and the Roman
... suggested mechanism for imposing constitutional restraints. Nor is it obvious that Cicero, however much he objected to what he regarded as ‘pernicious’ popular enactments, regarded the crisis of the late Republic as fundamentally constitutional in the sense suggested by S.—i.e. one that resulted fro ...
... suggested mechanism for imposing constitutional restraints. Nor is it obvious that Cicero, however much he objected to what he regarded as ‘pernicious’ popular enactments, regarded the crisis of the late Republic as fundamentally constitutional in the sense suggested by S.—i.e. one that resulted fro ...
Antony and Armenia - SelectedWorks
... court of Phraates IV in 37, an opportunity to make a demand that Phraates would surely reject, giving Antony a justification for his already-‐planned war (Dio 49.23.3– 24.5; Plut. Ant. 37.1–2). Given the ...
... court of Phraates IV in 37, an opportunity to make a demand that Phraates would surely reject, giving Antony a justification for his already-‐planned war (Dio 49.23.3– 24.5; Plut. Ant. 37.1–2). Given the ...
Marius` Mules - Western Oregon University
... According to Sallust, the Roman historian who left the most complete record of the war, Jugurtha was the grandson of Massinissa, who had been a great ally of Rome. He was excluded from the throne because of his illegitimate status, nevertheless, he was cherished in his uncle Micipsa's court and was ...
... According to Sallust, the Roman historian who left the most complete record of the war, Jugurtha was the grandson of Massinissa, who had been a great ally of Rome. He was excluded from the throne because of his illegitimate status, nevertheless, he was cherished in his uncle Micipsa's court and was ...
Cicero`s (S)Trumpet: Roman Women and the Second Philippic By
... of the procession but also behind a disreputable woman far beneath Julia‘s social standing. The ―daughter-inlaw‖ reference, of course, rings of the fact that Antony‘s wife Antonia was of equal social standing with his mother. Cicero vilifies Volumnia Cytheris in four ways: (1) for being an actress, ...
... of the procession but also behind a disreputable woman far beneath Julia‘s social standing. The ―daughter-inlaw‖ reference, of course, rings of the fact that Antony‘s wife Antonia was of equal social standing with his mother. Cicero vilifies Volumnia Cytheris in four ways: (1) for being an actress, ...
The Parthians of Augustan Rome - American Journal of Archaeology
... Rome during the early Empire, when barbarians were presented as contributors to peace rather than its opponents. The focus is the general topographical context of the Parthian Arch on the east side of the Roman Forum, but the article also includes new iconographic readings of the Primaporta cuirass, ...
... Rome during the early Empire, when barbarians were presented as contributors to peace rather than its opponents. The focus is the general topographical context of the Parthian Arch on the east side of the Roman Forum, but the article also includes new iconographic readings of the Primaporta cuirass, ...
Scholarship Classical Studies (93404) 2015
... RESOURCE F: Cicero on proper use of the Sibylline oracles Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero (106–43 BCE) argues in favour of state control of religion. In this passage, he expresses his concern that the Sibylline Books, a collection of oracles and ritual texts, should not be used to justify giv ...
... RESOURCE F: Cicero on proper use of the Sibylline oracles Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero (106–43 BCE) argues in favour of state control of religion. In this passage, he expresses his concern that the Sibylline Books, a collection of oracles and ritual texts, should not be used to justify giv ...
Book 3 - Roman Roads Media
... the poet than the authentic records of the historian, and I have no intention of establishing either their truth or their falsehood. This much licence is conceded to the ancients, that by intermingling human actions with divine they may confer a more august dignity on the origins of states. Now, if ...
... the poet than the authentic records of the historian, and I have no intention of establishing either their truth or their falsehood. This much licence is conceded to the ancients, that by intermingling human actions with divine they may confer a more august dignity on the origins of states. Now, if ...
aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 92 (1992) 181–195
... young men in 'ancient times' (apud antiquos) such as the Rulli, Decii and Corvini had acquired the consulship, and that even in more recent years (recentiore autem memoria) Scipio Africanus and T.Flamininus were elected consuls admodum adulescentes (Phil. 5.48). But this comment should not be taken ...
... young men in 'ancient times' (apud antiquos) such as the Rulli, Decii and Corvini had acquired the consulship, and that even in more recent years (recentiore autem memoria) Scipio Africanus and T.Flamininus were elected consuls admodum adulescentes (Phil. 5.48). But this comment should not be taken ...
Study Notes on Cicero and Natural Law
... and social wars occurred, of which the famous events involving Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Augustus were only the end results. While patriotic and virtuous as a rule, the equestrian order and its political manifestation, the Senate, either could not or would not take adequate steps to satisfy th ...
... and social wars occurred, of which the famous events involving Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Augustus were only the end results. While patriotic and virtuous as a rule, the equestrian order and its political manifestation, the Senate, either could not or would not take adequate steps to satisfy th ...
The Second Punic War June 2013
... • after Trasimene: despite his clear achievements in early years of war did his confrontational nature (no grey areas) affect his judgement leading to splits in Roman leadership and so causing early defeats? Could a more inclusive approach by Fabius have tempered the extreme actions of Minucius & Va ...
... • after Trasimene: despite his clear achievements in early years of war did his confrontational nature (no grey areas) affect his judgement leading to splits in Roman leadership and so causing early defeats? Could a more inclusive approach by Fabius have tempered the extreme actions of Minucius & Va ...