Pro Roscio Amerino INTRODUCTION
... rights to the Italians. When their latest champion, M. Livius Drusus, was murdered in 91, a coalition of Italians began what we call the Social War, to fight not for a share in Rome but for complete independence. After two years of fighting, the Romans reestablished control over the peninsula and th ...
... rights to the Italians. When their latest champion, M. Livius Drusus, was murdered in 91, a coalition of Italians began what we call the Social War, to fight not for a share in Rome but for complete independence. After two years of fighting, the Romans reestablished control over the peninsula and th ...
The Rise of the Roman Republic
... Most power belonged to the Senate Senate= 300 elected men who served for life Patricians also had appointed government officials and judges ...
... Most power belonged to the Senate Senate= 300 elected men who served for life Patricians also had appointed government officials and judges ...
ancient rome from the earliest times down to
... and the Tiber. Of these cities the most noted were Volsinii, the head of the confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no firm foothold. At one time, in the sixth century, they were in power at Rome. Corsica, ...
... and the Tiber. Of these cities the most noted were Volsinii, the head of the confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no firm foothold. At one time, in the sixth century, they were in power at Rome. Corsica, ...
Who Was Publius—The Real Guy?
... tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constructed a palatial home on a fortified hill overlooking the forum. Seeing him descend from the hill appeared to the people to be “a stately and royal spectacle.” Hearing of the people’s ...
... tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constructed a palatial home on a fortified hill overlooking the forum. Seeing him descend from the hill appeared to the people to be “a stately and royal spectacle.” Hearing of the people’s ...
The Julio-Claudian dynasty
... his much-loved wife and marry Julia, the emperor’s daughter He was soon to face his first test. Fed up with life in cold, northern Europe, two armies were mutinying and threatened to march on Rome. Tiberius sent his young, charismatic nephew, Germanicus, to sort the situation ...
... his much-loved wife and marry Julia, the emperor’s daughter He was soon to face his first test. Fed up with life in cold, northern Europe, two armies were mutinying and threatened to march on Rome. Tiberius sent his young, charismatic nephew, Germanicus, to sort the situation ...
Study Notes on Cicero and Natural Law
... In 60 BC the First Triumvirate was formed — an alliance between Julius Caesar, the immensely wealthy Crassus, and the great general Pompey. (Cicero was been asked to be a fourth member but declined.) The First Triumvirate, of course, was short-lived, and eventually came to bitter conflict, in which ...
... In 60 BC the First Triumvirate was formed — an alliance between Julius Caesar, the immensely wealthy Crassus, and the great general Pompey. (Cicero was been asked to be a fourth member but declined.) The First Triumvirate, of course, was short-lived, and eventually came to bitter conflict, in which ...
The Fenwick Hoard A Teacher`s Guide
... connecting his family with Pietas – piety. On the reverse of the coin Amphinomus is shown carrying his father to safety during an eruption of Mt. Etna on Sicily. This was a common folk story in Rome and is used here to demonstrate piety and nobility. During 107 BC Gaius Marius was elected consul. Ma ...
... connecting his family with Pietas – piety. On the reverse of the coin Amphinomus is shown carrying his father to safety during an eruption of Mt. Etna on Sicily. This was a common folk story in Rome and is used here to demonstrate piety and nobility. During 107 BC Gaius Marius was elected consul. Ma ...
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD
... Padus (Po) and its tributaries. It was called GALLIA CISALPÍNA (Gaul this side of the Alps), and corresponds in general to modern Lombardy. The little river Athesis, north of the Padus, flows into the Adriatic. Of the tributaries of the Padus, the Ticínus on the north, and the Trebia on the south, a ...
... Padus (Po) and its tributaries. It was called GALLIA CISALPÍNA (Gaul this side of the Alps), and corresponds in general to modern Lombardy. The little river Athesis, north of the Padus, flows into the Adriatic. Of the tributaries of the Padus, the Ticínus on the north, and the Trebia on the south, a ...
State Counter-Terrorism in Ancient Rome: Toward - Purdue e-Pubs
... the fear caused by the attack clearly reaches far beyond the victims of the attack, and into every corner of Roman society. This may convince the reader that Appius Herdonius and company were terrorists by our definition; but how did the Romans think of them? Certainly there was no term or concept p ...
... the fear caused by the attack clearly reaches far beyond the victims of the attack, and into every corner of Roman society. This may convince the reader that Appius Herdonius and company were terrorists by our definition; but how did the Romans think of them? Certainly there was no term or concept p ...
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ROME AN
... coin with back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus and chained crocodile, celebrating victory at Actium 31 BCE: The Senate outlawed Antony and declared war on Cleopatra. The climactic battle occurred at sea, off the promontory of Actium in Greece. Octavian's general was the shrewd Marcus Vipsanius ...
... coin with back-to-back heads of Agrippa and Augustus and chained crocodile, celebrating victory at Actium 31 BCE: The Senate outlawed Antony and declared war on Cleopatra. The climactic battle occurred at sea, off the promontory of Actium in Greece. Octavian's general was the shrewd Marcus Vipsanius ...
aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 92 (1992) 181–195
... Cethegus, was also responsible for a lex de ambitu. The measures dealing with ambitus may have formed one clause in a wide-ranging lex satura (Liv. 40.91.11) which linked a concern about political malpractice with the holding of senior public office.7 Since Livy appears to have been under the impres ...
... Cethegus, was also responsible for a lex de ambitu. The measures dealing with ambitus may have formed one clause in a wide-ranging lex satura (Liv. 40.91.11) which linked a concern about political malpractice with the holding of senior public office.7 Since Livy appears to have been under the impres ...
The Rise of the Roman Republic - WW
... power, marched out of the city and camped on the near by hill. • They refused to maintain the farms, carry out the labor or fight in the army • Rome was in crisis- the patricians panicked ...
... power, marched out of the city and camped on the near by hill. • They refused to maintain the farms, carry out the labor or fight in the army • Rome was in crisis- the patricians panicked ...
Europe: 100 BC to 0
... had instituted a reign of terror, dissolved the Senate and ruled with "iron hands" until Marius' death. When Sulla returned he made himself a dictator and while restoring law and order and the Senate to power, he desolated large parts of Italy, executing over 5,000 people. He tried to establish a pe ...
... had instituted a reign of terror, dissolved the Senate and ruled with "iron hands" until Marius' death. When Sulla returned he made himself a dictator and while restoring law and order and the Senate to power, he desolated large parts of Italy, executing over 5,000 people. He tried to establish a pe ...
