Spurius Maelius: Dictatorship and the Homo Sacer
... question of the governmental forms structuring violence against and between citizens, or citizen violence against the state. Furthermore, ancient historians saw the seeds of civil war in sedition.iv Stories of thwarted sedition are as exemplary for state violence at Rome as those where it erupted. T ...
... question of the governmental forms structuring violence against and between citizens, or citizen violence against the state. Furthermore, ancient historians saw the seeds of civil war in sedition.iv Stories of thwarted sedition are as exemplary for state violence at Rome as those where it erupted. T ...
The Succession of Power after the Death of Commodus
... However, the relationship with family of the murdered princeps was not a decisive factor in appointing his successor; Pertinax was suggested by the conspirators precisely because he did not have any connections and was thus a safe candidate posing no threat of ancestral revenge. However, as he was ...
... However, the relationship with family of the murdered princeps was not a decisive factor in appointing his successor; Pertinax was suggested by the conspirators precisely because he did not have any connections and was thus a safe candidate posing no threat of ancestral revenge. However, as he was ...
chicago - University of Chicago Law School
... have interests that are not fully aligned with those of the people; the purpose of a constitution is to give agents incentives to act in the interests of the people, that is, to minimize agency costs. A large literature discusses the way that elections, judicial review, separation of powers, and ot ...
... have interests that are not fully aligned with those of the people; the purpose of a constitution is to give agents incentives to act in the interests of the people, that is, to minimize agency costs. A large literature discusses the way that elections, judicial review, separation of powers, and ot ...
Arch of Titus
... corner, the relief is carved deeper in the centre to create the image of the horses coming toward the viewer Head of Titus is missing, would have been a portrait carved separately & added to relief. To emphasise him, he is placed high above the ground against empty background – similar to highlighti ...
... corner, the relief is carved deeper in the centre to create the image of the horses coming toward the viewer Head of Titus is missing, would have been a portrait carved separately & added to relief. To emphasise him, he is placed high above the ground against empty background – similar to highlighti ...
Was Caesar a man of the people or a power
... important highway. While at the job, he learned engineering skills as a builder of roads and bridges. Travelers spoke highly of his work. If it made him more popular, the costs were not important to Caesar. While curator, Plutarch reports that Caesar spent “vast sums of his own money.” 66 BC – Caesa ...
... important highway. While at the job, he learned engineering skills as a builder of roads and bridges. Travelers spoke highly of his work. If it made him more popular, the costs were not important to Caesar. While curator, Plutarch reports that Caesar spent “vast sums of his own money.” 66 BC – Caesa ...
SOCIETAS VIA ROMANA NEWSLETTER
... managed to destroy their own societies. The political legacy that has endured from Rome, from the Roman people and Roman civilization, was not that rule should be imposed by fasces. Rather, the principles of law, the rule of law, respect for the law, and the underlying principle that law is a compac ...
... managed to destroy their own societies. The political legacy that has endured from Rome, from the Roman people and Roman civilization, was not that rule should be imposed by fasces. Rather, the principles of law, the rule of law, respect for the law, and the underlying principle that law is a compac ...
Reading on the "True Gladiator"
... If the ancient sources can be trusted, Commodus was even more bizarre in real life than he was in the film. Commodus, whose full name was Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, was proclaimed Caesar at age 5 and joint emperor (co-Augustus) at the age of 17, in 177 CE, by his father, Mar ...
... If the ancient sources can be trusted, Commodus was even more bizarre in real life than he was in the film. Commodus, whose full name was Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, was proclaimed Caesar at age 5 and joint emperor (co-Augustus) at the age of 17, in 177 CE, by his father, Mar ...
1.Which of the following best describes the relationship
... the Romans; their dispute highlights a key split between the optimates and populists that would only widen; and their dispute set the precedent for a single man acting against the Roman senate for his own gain. ...
... the Romans; their dispute highlights a key split between the optimates and populists that would only widen; and their dispute set the precedent for a single man acting against the Roman senate for his own gain. ...
Ch 8 Sec 1 Review Questions.notebook
... 2a) What were the important features of the Roman Republic? Wanted some "say" NO KINGS! Senateelected by citizens represented the citizens made laws consulelected by citizens 1 year term 2 of them enforced laws leaders of the gov't had to agree veto power Dictator ...
... 2a) What were the important features of the Roman Republic? Wanted some "say" NO KINGS! Senateelected by citizens represented the citizens made laws consulelected by citizens 1 year term 2 of them enforced laws leaders of the gov't had to agree veto power Dictator ...
