State Impact in Imperial northern Italy by Carolynn
... Polyb. 2.18. The terms “Celt” and “Gaul” are not, of course, without their problems (see Williams 2001a on the historical problems of the terms as well as the relationship of the terms to modern political and popular culture). In this paper the term “Celt” is used in its modern sense to describe peo ...
... Polyb. 2.18. The terms “Celt” and “Gaul” are not, of course, without their problems (see Williams 2001a on the historical problems of the terms as well as the relationship of the terms to modern political and popular culture). In this paper the term “Celt” is used in its modern sense to describe peo ...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 3
... History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 3 tractable disposition received the fair impression of their judicious precepts, and the absence of passion might easily be mistaken for the strength of reason. His preceptors gradually rose to the rank and consequence of ministers of state: ...
... History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 3 tractable disposition received the fair impression of their judicious precepts, and the absence of passion might easily be mistaken for the strength of reason. His preceptors gradually rose to the rank and consequence of ministers of state: ...
The Propaganda of Vespasian
... accounts of him. Finally, Pliny provides a list of consulships and battles, explaining how they helped Vespasian successful secure his throne 1. Suetonius (c.69/75 -after 130) was a Roman equestrian and a historian. He was born just as Vespasian was starting his reign or halfway through it, however ...
... accounts of him. Finally, Pliny provides a list of consulships and battles, explaining how they helped Vespasian successful secure his throne 1. Suetonius (c.69/75 -after 130) was a Roman equestrian and a historian. He was born just as Vespasian was starting his reign or halfway through it, however ...
i Caligula Unmasked
... Again, the DSM- IV specifies conditions that a person must meet in order to be classified as having a “Schizoid Personality Disorder”, and Caligula, according to the literary accounts, does not seem to fall under this category well either.16 As for psychopathy, or antisocial personality disorder, it ...
... Again, the DSM- IV specifies conditions that a person must meet in order to be classified as having a “Schizoid Personality Disorder”, and Caligula, according to the literary accounts, does not seem to fall under this category well either.16 As for psychopathy, or antisocial personality disorder, it ...
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... tion, and celebrated. with lavilhpraise.' ·HiS.soft I~~~~~" and tractable. dispolrition: .rocei\ted-the. fait itnpression.oi1heir j.odicious,p~cepts;aiid the absence,ot passion might.~astJ,:be: mist.ken for th~ streDgth. 0(' ~eason. 'Hts;,reCe~fo.s graduaUy rose tc)'therank'and,oobseq1lenceofministe ...
... tion, and celebrated. with lavilhpraise.' ·HiS.soft I~~~~~" and tractable. dispolrition: .rocei\ted-the. fait itnpression.oi1heir j.odicious,p~cepts;aiid the absence,ot passion might.~astJ,:be: mist.ken for th~ streDgth. 0(' ~eason. 'Hts;,reCe~fo.s graduaUy rose tc)'therank'and,oobseq1lenceofministe ...
Rome`s Role in Imperial Propaganda and Policy
... went through a process whereby the Eternal City gradually became a peripheral capital, no longer functioning as the seat of a resident emperor. In the midst of what has become known as the “third-century crisis” the empire witnessed a succession of emperors who, having been elevated by their army fa ...
... went through a process whereby the Eternal City gradually became a peripheral capital, no longer functioning as the seat of a resident emperor. In the midst of what has become known as the “third-century crisis” the empire witnessed a succession of emperors who, having been elevated by their army fa ...
the roman sun: symbolic variation in ancient solar - UvA-DARE
... the Republican Sol, Imperial Sol, and also Sol within Mithraism. By analyzing the manner in which scholars like Franz Cumont, Roger Beck, and Gaston Halsberghe characterized and compartmentalized Sol, we can then deconstruct those narratives and in turn focus on coming to terms with variation in exp ...
... the Republican Sol, Imperial Sol, and also Sol within Mithraism. By analyzing the manner in which scholars like Franz Cumont, Roger Beck, and Gaston Halsberghe characterized and compartmentalized Sol, we can then deconstruct those narratives and in turn focus on coming to terms with variation in exp ...
NERO - Shadows Government
... symbolize ancient Rome. Whilst it cannot be denied that Nero’s reign saw many excesses and contained many actions for which there can be no justification, yet his was a government that was not lacking in achievement. For one thing, Nero may have been an inadequate ruler, but for a time, at least, he ...
... symbolize ancient Rome. Whilst it cannot be denied that Nero’s reign saw many excesses and contained many actions for which there can be no justification, yet his was a government that was not lacking in achievement. For one thing, Nero may have been an inadequate ruler, but for a time, at least, he ...
Pushing the Limit: An Analysis of the Women of the Severan Dynasty
... from biographies written by Cassius Dio and Herodian about the men in their lives. Therefore, in order to look at the women of this time period, this paper first examines the men through whom the information about the Severan women is transmitted. The analysis section of this paper will focus specif ...
... from biographies written by Cassius Dio and Herodian about the men in their lives. Therefore, in order to look at the women of this time period, this paper first examines the men through whom the information about the Severan women is transmitted. The analysis section of this paper will focus specif ...
Pushing the Limit: An Analysis of the Women of the Severan Dynasty
... from biographies written by Cassius Dio and Herodian about the men in their lives. Therefore, in order to look at the women of this time period, this paper first examines the men through whom the information about the Severan women is transmitted. The analysis section of this paper will focus specif ...
... from biographies written by Cassius Dio and Herodian about the men in their lives. Therefore, in order to look at the women of this time period, this paper first examines the men through whom the information about the Severan women is transmitted. The analysis section of this paper will focus specif ...
Augustus - Hirhome.com
... undertook to hand the area back to the senate sooner. Clearly he could not govern all of them personally, still less command the troops stationed there, so he was granted authority to appoint deputies (‘legates’) to serve whatever terms he should fix. The expectation was that he would continue to be ...
... undertook to hand the area back to the senate sooner. Clearly he could not govern all of them personally, still less command the troops stationed there, so he was granted authority to appoint deputies (‘legates’) to serve whatever terms he should fix. The expectation was that he would continue to be ...
Imperial Representations of Clementia: from Augustus to Marcus
... extols Trajan's clemency along with his many other virtues in his Panegyricus. Consequently, modem scholarship on clementia has tended to fall in one of two categories: it considers only the historical and philosophical nature of the virtue with no treatment of the material culture, or, if the mater ...
... extols Trajan's clemency along with his many other virtues in his Panegyricus. Consequently, modem scholarship on clementia has tended to fall in one of two categories: it considers only the historical and philosophical nature of the virtue with no treatment of the material culture, or, if the mater ...
The Seed of Principate: Annona and Imperial Politics
... cetera publicorum fructuum societatibus equitum Romanorum agitabantur (Ann. 4.6), “but grain and revenue of money and the other things of public income were handled by associations of the Roman equestrians.” Most of these grain levies, frumenta vectigales, emerged during the Republic, as the Roman R ...
... cetera publicorum fructuum societatibus equitum Romanorum agitabantur (Ann. 4.6), “but grain and revenue of money and the other things of public income were handled by associations of the Roman equestrians.” Most of these grain levies, frumenta vectigales, emerged during the Republic, as the Roman R ...
Space, Ritual, Event: Constantine`s Jubilee of 326 and its
... Tracing its way between the Palatine and the Caelian Hills, a wide street ran north into the heart of the city. Temples nestled themselves on the hillsides, towering over the street. An aqueduct sliced its way across the valley from right to left. A large paved square lay beyond the road. There, a c ...
... Tracing its way between the Palatine and the Caelian Hills, a wide street ran north into the heart of the city. Temples nestled themselves on the hillsides, towering over the street. An aqueduct sliced its way across the valley from right to left. A large paved square lay beyond the road. There, a c ...
The Coins Speak - Constantine the Great
... importance of his actions. Another important decision Constantine made was turning the city of Byzantium into his new capitol of Constantinople. So, even though the Western Empire eventually fell, it carried on in the east, as the Byzantine Empire centered at Constantinople.6 Constantine may have be ...
... importance of his actions. Another important decision Constantine made was turning the city of Byzantium into his new capitol of Constantinople. So, even though the Western Empire eventually fell, it carried on in the east, as the Byzantine Empire centered at Constantinople.6 Constantine may have be ...
Nero, Capitoline Museums, Rome
... In AD 50 Agrippina persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero as his own son. This meant that Nero now took precedence over Claudius' own younger child Britannicus. It was at his adoption that he assumed the name Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. These names were clearly largely in honour of his maternal grand ...
... In AD 50 Agrippina persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero as his own son. This meant that Nero now took precedence over Claudius' own younger child Britannicus. It was at his adoption that he assumed the name Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. These names were clearly largely in honour of his maternal grand ...
A History of Rome to 565 AD
... chief events of each year. When this custom began is uncertain and it can only be proven for the time when the Romans had commenced to undertake maritime wars. From these pontifical records were compiled the so-called annales Maximi, or chief annals, whose name permits the belief that briefer compil ...
... chief events of each year. When this custom began is uncertain and it can only be proven for the time when the Romans had commenced to undertake maritime wars. From these pontifical records were compiled the so-called annales Maximi, or chief annals, whose name permits the belief that briefer compil ...
The Ruin of the Roman Empire
... also have known some of the native Egyptian language that we now call Coptic; a merchant who ranged so far in the ancient world would surely have made himself understood in many languages and dialects. Businessmen like Cosmas did not concern themselves with the unglamorous bulk cargoes of their worl ...
... also have known some of the native Egyptian language that we now call Coptic; a merchant who ranged so far in the ancient world would surely have made himself understood in many languages and dialects. Businessmen like Cosmas did not concern themselves with the unglamorous bulk cargoes of their worl ...
The Christianization of the Roman Empire Under Constantine
... emperor Numerian in Nicomedia, his troops acclaimed Diocles, commander of Numerian’s bodyguard, as emperor in 284. He promptly changed his name to the more Western and grandiose “Diocletianus.”5 One of Diocletian’s most important innovations, especially relevant to this thesis’s treatment of Constan ...
... emperor Numerian in Nicomedia, his troops acclaimed Diocles, commander of Numerian’s bodyguard, as emperor in 284. He promptly changed his name to the more Western and grandiose “Diocletianus.”5 One of Diocletian’s most important innovations, especially relevant to this thesis’s treatment of Constan ...
analecta romana instituti danici xxxvii
... Abstract. There existed an ancient consensus on the awarding of triumphs, clearly apparent during the Late Republic and Early Empire: a general could expect to triumph after a civil war victory if it could also be represented as being over a foreign enemy. A triumph after a victory in an exclusively ...
... Abstract. There existed an ancient consensus on the awarding of triumphs, clearly apparent during the Late Republic and Early Empire: a general could expect to triumph after a civil war victory if it could also be represented as being over a foreign enemy. A triumph after a victory in an exclusively ...
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... Persia. His soldiers declared Diocletian, who had been the commander of the emperor’s bodyguard, emperor. Over time, Diocletian would establish a tetrarchy of emperors to control the empire, with one Augustus ruling in the West and another in the East. Each Augustus would have a Caesar as a junior e ...
... Persia. His soldiers declared Diocletian, who had been the commander of the emperor’s bodyguard, emperor. Over time, Diocletian would establish a tetrarchy of emperors to control the empire, with one Augustus ruling in the West and another in the East. Each Augustus would have a Caesar as a junior e ...
Was Constantinople founded as a Christian capital?
... Eusebius' description of the city of Constantinople is brief (see Appendix 1). He begins by telling us that Constantine built and furnished many churches throughout the "provinces" that were considered in higher esteem than their predecessors (111:47:2). However it is not clear whether Constantine ...
... Eusebius' description of the city of Constantinople is brief (see Appendix 1). He begins by telling us that Constantine built and furnished many churches throughout the "provinces" that were considered in higher esteem than their predecessors (111:47:2). However it is not clear whether Constantine ...
The Blood of the Martyrs: The Attitudes of Pagan
... subsequent edict could have only been possible when all (or most) freedmen of the empire had become citizens. ...
... subsequent edict could have only been possible when all (or most) freedmen of the empire had become citizens. ...
Galba
... When in AD 68 Gaius Julius Vindex, the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis revolted against Nero, he did not intend to take the throne for himself, for he knew that he didn't command widespread support. Far more he offered the throne to Galba. At first Galba hesitated. Alas, the governor of Aquitania app ...
... When in AD 68 Gaius Julius Vindex, the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis revolted against Nero, he did not intend to take the throne for himself, for he knew that he didn't command widespread support. Far more he offered the throne to Galba. At first Galba hesitated. Alas, the governor of Aquitania app ...
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... 11.8 Tacitus highlights the consequences of Nero's sinful behavior • Nero had not omitted a single abomination which could heighten his depravity, till a few days afterwards he stooped to marry himself to one of that filthy herd • A disaster followed, whether accidental or treacherously contrived b ...
... 11.8 Tacitus highlights the consequences of Nero's sinful behavior • Nero had not omitted a single abomination which could heighten his depravity, till a few days afterwards he stooped to marry himself to one of that filthy herd • A disaster followed, whether accidental or treacherously contrived b ...