International Journal of Arts and Humanities(IJAH)
... anything could be bought (Sallust, The War with Jugurtha, 8.1). Sallust here indicated that there were corrupt files of ‘new men and nobles’ that would not limit their corrupting influence to Rome but also swayed their allies. ‘They were intriguers at home’ and were ‘rather notorious than respected’ ...
... anything could be bought (Sallust, The War with Jugurtha, 8.1). Sallust here indicated that there were corrupt files of ‘new men and nobles’ that would not limit their corrupting influence to Rome but also swayed their allies. ‘They were intriguers at home’ and were ‘rather notorious than respected’ ...
ROME, 63 - Rackcdn.com
... Sallust continued, “... and it was just down that same street that, exactly 350 years later, the consul Opimius caved in the skull of the tribune Gaius Gracchus. History moves in cycles, as they say. As I was finishing my Massic wine (a foul vintage; not like the sweet Rhaetic that you are serving t ...
... Sallust continued, “... and it was just down that same street that, exactly 350 years later, the consul Opimius caved in the skull of the tribune Gaius Gracchus. History moves in cycles, as they say. As I was finishing my Massic wine (a foul vintage; not like the sweet Rhaetic that you are serving t ...
The Seed of Principate: Annona and Imperial Politics
... frumentationes to its recipients, the praefectus annonae from his headquarters in the Porticus Minucia Frumentia appointed a regular day each month and regular places, presumably either the horreae themselves or various portici.27 While the precise qualifications to receive public grain varied, all ...
... frumentationes to its recipients, the praefectus annonae from his headquarters in the Porticus Minucia Frumentia appointed a regular day each month and regular places, presumably either the horreae themselves or various portici.27 While the precise qualifications to receive public grain varied, all ...
The Caecilii Metelli: A textbook example of success
... If you want to get to know the most important, most affluent and thus also most powerful families of the Roman Republic, you do not get around the Caecilii Metilli. The family had connections to the highest political circles, not least due to the fact that their daughters were married to public char ...
... If you want to get to know the most important, most affluent and thus also most powerful families of the Roman Republic, you do not get around the Caecilii Metilli. The family had connections to the highest political circles, not least due to the fact that their daughters were married to public char ...
The Role of the Visual Arts in the Transition from Republic to Empire
... was not direct. Octavian did not assume the role of tyrant like his late adoptive father, but he also did not step down and return total control to the Senate. Some supported the prospect of a monarch, but majority opposed it, making it impractical for Octavian to keep too much authority outright. H ...
... was not direct. Octavian did not assume the role of tyrant like his late adoptive father, but he also did not step down and return total control to the Senate. Some supported the prospect of a monarch, but majority opposed it, making it impractical for Octavian to keep too much authority outright. H ...
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... Broadly, the government of the Republic was made up of three elements: the ‘executive branch’ comprised the ‘magistrates’, of whom the consuls were the most significant; two consuls were elected each year, and they possessed military authority, known as imperium. The consuls formulated policy after ...
... Broadly, the government of the Republic was made up of three elements: the ‘executive branch’ comprised the ‘magistrates’, of whom the consuls were the most significant; two consuls were elected each year, and they possessed military authority, known as imperium. The consuls formulated policy after ...
Polis - Sociostudies.org
... legitimacy are absolute (Fried 1968: 146; Jackman 1993: 40). They always depend on the situation and circumstances. These considerations should allow us to formulate the criteria whereby we can decide whether the city-states and citizens-states of classical Antiquity were ‘real’ states, or not4. Fir ...
... legitimacy are absolute (Fried 1968: 146; Jackman 1993: 40). They always depend on the situation and circumstances. These considerations should allow us to formulate the criteria whereby we can decide whether the city-states and citizens-states of classical Antiquity were ‘real’ states, or not4. Fir ...
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... legitimacy are absolute (Fried 1968: 146; Jackman 1993: 40). They always depend on the situation and circumstances. These considerations should allow us to formulate the criteria whereby we can decide whether the city-states and citizens-states of classical Antiquity were ‘real’ states, or not4. Fir ...
... legitimacy are absolute (Fried 1968: 146; Jackman 1993: 40). They always depend on the situation and circumstances. These considerations should allow us to formulate the criteria whereby we can decide whether the city-states and citizens-states of classical Antiquity were ‘real’ states, or not4. Fir ...
Cicero`s (S)Trumpet: Roman Women and the Second Philippic By
... Besides misrepresenting some of Antony‘s military and political actions, Cicero‘s Second Philippic includes the common and expected Roman Oratorical attacks on his youthful lasciviousness and dissipation.7 Outlining and exaggerating male debauchery was a standard tactic in public Oratory. As Jasper ...
... Besides misrepresenting some of Antony‘s military and political actions, Cicero‘s Second Philippic includes the common and expected Roman Oratorical attacks on his youthful lasciviousness and dissipation.7 Outlining and exaggerating male debauchery was a standard tactic in public Oratory. As Jasper ...
Layout 2 - McGill University
... of larger works (Livy’s Periochae) or else are so brief as to be of little use to historians (Veilleius, Valerius Maximus). The two principal sources upon which we must rely for any understanding of the years between 133 and 123 are the biographies of the Gracchi written by Plutarch most likely towa ...
... of larger works (Livy’s Periochae) or else are so brief as to be of little use to historians (Veilleius, Valerius Maximus). The two principal sources upon which we must rely for any understanding of the years between 133 and 123 are the biographies of the Gracchi written by Plutarch most likely towa ...
Print this article - New Jersey Studies
... colleges. In both settings, reading and writing Greek and Latin was the standard prerequisite for a path to prestige. What better way to learn these languages than to read their best practitioners, who could at the same time provide models from history of virtue and vice? John Witherspoon, long-time ...
... colleges. In both settings, reading and writing Greek and Latin was the standard prerequisite for a path to prestige. What better way to learn these languages than to read their best practitioners, who could at the same time provide models from history of virtue and vice? John Witherspoon, long-time ...
May 2013 - CSUN ScholarWorks - California State University
... standardizing the usage of such terms as “clientela” and “factio” to explain those alliances on which Roman aristocratic families depended to further their political aims. And whereas before the populares and the optimates had been anachronistically referred to as “political parties,” they were now ...
... standardizing the usage of such terms as “clientela” and “factio” to explain those alliances on which Roman aristocratic families depended to further their political aims. And whereas before the populares and the optimates had been anachronistically referred to as “political parties,” they were now ...
The Senatus Consultum Ultimum and its Relation to
... The third clear declaration of the SCU is against Caesar in 49, shortly prior to his famed crossing of the Rubicon. The chain of events leading to Caesar crossing the Rubicon are not only welldocumented, but also well-known. Regrettably, the most comprehensive extant source for this time period is C ...
... The third clear declaration of the SCU is against Caesar in 49, shortly prior to his famed crossing of the Rubicon. The chain of events leading to Caesar crossing the Rubicon are not only welldocumented, but also well-known. Regrettably, the most comprehensive extant source for this time period is C ...
Τόπος και Χρόνος Γέννησης Τόπος και Χρόνος Θανάτου Κύρι
... those enlightened personalities who pursued the Greek tradition, which projected as a model the human being endowed with many capabilities and many interests. More than anything else, he was a real mentor to Marcus Aurelius. The emperor's correspondence with him remains one of the most important sou ...
... those enlightened personalities who pursued the Greek tradition, which projected as a model the human being endowed with many capabilities and many interests. More than anything else, he was a real mentor to Marcus Aurelius. The emperor's correspondence with him remains one of the most important sou ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... estimates of those presenting a ‘high count’ and those favouring a ‘low count’ are of an entirely different order of magnitude, which has significant implications for our understanding of many related aspects of Roman economy and society. A factor of approximately three divides the ‘low count’ from ...
... estimates of those presenting a ‘high count’ and those favouring a ‘low count’ are of an entirely different order of magnitude, which has significant implications for our understanding of many related aspects of Roman economy and society. A factor of approximately three divides the ‘low count’ from ...
Studies of power: The Augustine Principate
... power. “Caesar would obviously have absolute power in all matters for all time because he controlled the state finances… and also because he commanded the soldiers” (source 10). Cassius here suggests another reason why Augustus’ power must be considered greater than that of his colleagues. Control o ...
... power. “Caesar would obviously have absolute power in all matters for all time because he controlled the state finances… and also because he commanded the soldiers” (source 10). Cassius here suggests another reason why Augustus’ power must be considered greater than that of his colleagues. Control o ...
augustus Q - Orion Books
... may seem an odd thing to say when talking of 2,000-year-old confl icts and disputes, but history readily excites emotions and even the most sober and serious of scholars is not immune. Julius Caesar has often attracted fawning adulation and bitter loathing, and the same is almost as true of Augustus ...
... may seem an odd thing to say when talking of 2,000-year-old confl icts and disputes, but history readily excites emotions and even the most sober and serious of scholars is not immune. Julius Caesar has often attracted fawning adulation and bitter loathing, and the same is almost as true of Augustus ...
chronicle of parliamentary elections - Inter
... was formed in December. Serbia also saw protracted negotiations for a new government, which was formed almost four months after the January elections and only 30 minutes before new elections would have had to be called. Emerging issues such as the environment and climate change took centre stage in ...
... was formed in December. Serbia also saw protracted negotiations for a new government, which was formed almost four months after the January elections and only 30 minutes before new elections would have had to be called. Emerging issues such as the environment and climate change took centre stage in ...
CICERO AND THE TRIAL OF VERRES1 Toe legal
... Rome. Every five years the censors in Rome called for tenders for the collection of the various taxes in the provinces, and companies of financiers (publicani) bid for the business. Contracts for specific taxes in specific provinces would be issued, and the Roman publicani would then work through of ...
... Rome. Every five years the censors in Rome called for tenders for the collection of the various taxes in the provinces, and companies of financiers (publicani) bid for the business. Contracts for specific taxes in specific provinces would be issued, and the Roman publicani would then work through of ...
Pro Roscio Amerino INTRODUCTION
... The recent past was essential to Cicero's defense; his task was to exploit this past without directly implicating Sulla in the specific case at issue. To elicit emotional support, Cicero refers frequently to the civil war, yet finishes by blaming abuse of Sulla's victory by people such as the T. Ros ...
... The recent past was essential to Cicero's defense; his task was to exploit this past without directly implicating Sulla in the specific case at issue. To elicit emotional support, Cicero refers frequently to the civil war, yet finishes by blaming abuse of Sulla's victory by people such as the T. Ros ...
The Fall of the Roman Republic
... will of the senate, and should not, therefore, be regarded as independent agents in the process of government. Although the consuls were the executive officers of the early republic, other offices were created over the years. This largely reflected the growing weight and complexity of state business ...
... will of the senate, and should not, therefore, be regarded as independent agents in the process of government. Although the consuls were the executive officers of the early republic, other offices were created over the years. This largely reflected the growing weight and complexity of state business ...
How effectively did Augustus use patronage to promote and uphold
... presents the hero Aeneas as a strong and powerful leader.”[3]. Aeneas is represented favourably and it “parallels Augustus in that it portrays his reign in a progressive and admirable light, and allows Augustus to be positively associated with the portrayal of Aeneas.”[4]. Throughout the poem, Aenea ...
... presents the hero Aeneas as a strong and powerful leader.”[3]. Aeneas is represented favourably and it “parallels Augustus in that it portrays his reign in a progressive and admirable light, and allows Augustus to be positively associated with the portrayal of Aeneas.”[4]. Throughout the poem, Aenea ...
Augustus Program and Abstracts
... That Velleius Paterculus was familiar with the Res Gestae has long been established (Woodman, 1983; Hellgouarc’h and Jodry, 1985). This paper further investigates the relationship between the short opus of Velleius (for which no original title survives) and two monumental re-imaginings of Rome’s his ...
... That Velleius Paterculus was familiar with the Res Gestae has long been established (Woodman, 1983; Hellgouarc’h and Jodry, 1985). This paper further investigates the relationship between the short opus of Velleius (for which no original title survives) and two monumental re-imaginings of Rome’s his ...
Sources A–T
... Sulla, however, saw that he was still surrounded on all sides by his enemies who had many armies and large resources at their disposal. He therefore used deceit as well as force in order to gain power. He invited Scipio the other consul, to discuss peace terms and, when Scipio agreed to do so, a num ...
... Sulla, however, saw that he was still surrounded on all sides by his enemies who had many armies and large resources at their disposal. He therefore used deceit as well as force in order to gain power. He invited Scipio the other consul, to discuss peace terms and, when Scipio agreed to do so, a num ...