The History of Rome, Book II
... Lucanian canton there is evidence that it had a democratic government in time of peace, and it was only in the event of war that the magistrates appointed a king, that is, an official similar to the Roman dictator. The Sabellian civic communities, such as those of Capua and Pompeii, in like mann ...
... Lucanian canton there is evidence that it had a democratic government in time of peace, and it was only in the event of war that the magistrates appointed a king, that is, an official similar to the Roman dictator. The Sabellian civic communities, such as those of Capua and Pompeii, in like mann ...
Historia - Franz Steiner Verlag
... relatively late writers such as Valerius Antias could have departed radically from the received tradition and hoped to get away with it’. Equally, Rome’s very first historian, Fabius Pictor was not in a position to make things up either; his contemporaries would have been ‘familiar with the main ele ...
... relatively late writers such as Valerius Antias could have departed radically from the received tradition and hoped to get away with it’. Equally, Rome’s very first historian, Fabius Pictor was not in a position to make things up either; his contemporaries would have been ‘familiar with the main ele ...
Rise of the Roman Republic Student Text
... consuls held seats in the Senate, so this change also allowed plebeians to become senators. Finally, in 287 B.C.E., the plebeians gained the right to pass laws for all Roman citizens. Now, assemblies of all Roman citizens, such as the Citizens’ Association, could approve or reject laws. These plebei ...
... consuls held seats in the Senate, so this change also allowed plebeians to become senators. Finally, in 287 B.C.E., the plebeians gained the right to pass laws for all Roman citizens. Now, assemblies of all Roman citizens, such as the Citizens’ Association, could approve or reject laws. These plebei ...
Studies of power: The Augustine Principate
... A further indicator of Augustus’ supreme power was his relationship with the army. The Second Settlement with the Senate gave Augustus complete control of the army, which he then used to consolidate his power. “Caesar would obviously have absolute power in all matters for all time because he control ...
... A further indicator of Augustus’ supreme power was his relationship with the army. The Second Settlement with the Senate gave Augustus complete control of the army, which he then used to consolidate his power. “Caesar would obviously have absolute power in all matters for all time because he control ...
Electoral abuse in the late Roman Republic
... Republic in its sickbed, and it was the Augustan pretense of “restoring” them that helped supply the Republic’s death-blow. This certainly is not a claim that electoral abuse “caused” the failure of the Roman Republic. Centuries of learned scholars have spent lifetimes on that question. The usual s ...
... Republic in its sickbed, and it was the Augustan pretense of “restoring” them that helped supply the Republic’s death-blow. This certainly is not a claim that electoral abuse “caused” the failure of the Roman Republic. Centuries of learned scholars have spent lifetimes on that question. The usual s ...
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... his persona, like every other man's, had two sides, though in him it stretched to extremes. There was something of Jekyll and Hyde in Pompey. One side, the bright side, shows him as a great man who was brilliant, patriotic and talented. The other, the dark side, shows him as a wilful monster: cruel, ...
... his persona, like every other man's, had two sides, though in him it stretched to extremes. There was something of Jekyll and Hyde in Pompey. One side, the bright side, shows him as a great man who was brilliant, patriotic and talented. The other, the dark side, shows him as a wilful monster: cruel, ...
The Second Punic War: The Turning Point of an Empire
... events traditionally cited as the final decline and fall of the Republic beginning with the election of Tiberius Gracchus to tribune in 133 BC and concluding with the recognition of Augustus in 27 BC. The primary source Plutarch is used for this comparison whenever possible and is further supplement ...
... events traditionally cited as the final decline and fall of the Republic beginning with the election of Tiberius Gracchus to tribune in 133 BC and concluding with the recognition of Augustus in 27 BC. The primary source Plutarch is used for this comparison whenever possible and is further supplement ...
Some Minor Magistrates of the Roman Republic
... 180 of the individuals who held the curule and plebeian aedileships in the period prior to the passage of the Lex Villia Annalis alone. Their names are frequently preserved by Livy, most often during his standard, annalistic accounts of the magistrates elected in each year and their assignments. Bo ...
... 180 of the individuals who held the curule and plebeian aedileships in the period prior to the passage of the Lex Villia Annalis alone. Their names are frequently preserved by Livy, most often during his standard, annalistic accounts of the magistrates elected in each year and their assignments. Bo ...
Virtus in the Roman World - The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg
... tradition. 137 This code included the sacred duty “not to flee” battle and to hold formation. 138 Rosenstein suggests the Romans would have adopted this code from early experiences with the Greek citystates in southern Italy, and to an even larger extent from emulation of Pyrrhus during the Pyrrhic ...
... tradition. 137 This code included the sacred duty “not to flee” battle and to hold formation. 138 Rosenstein suggests the Romans would have adopted this code from early experiences with the Greek citystates in southern Italy, and to an even larger extent from emulation of Pyrrhus during the Pyrrhic ...
The Second Punic War June 2013
... fighting off continuing criticism from some elements within Senate; gradual wearing down of Hannibal could only be endured with man ‘not easily persuaded’ he was wrong at the helm (given losses suffered by and appeals from allies etc.; also thirst for retribution in Rome) • Tarentum: another side to ...
... fighting off continuing criticism from some elements within Senate; gradual wearing down of Hannibal could only be endured with man ‘not easily persuaded’ he was wrong at the helm (given losses suffered by and appeals from allies etc.; also thirst for retribution in Rome) • Tarentum: another side to ...
The praetor as a promoter of bonum commune
... law not so much of a state that is Christian, but one that builds its collective identity based on the Christian tradition8. Thus, it is not unreasonable to ask whether the Romans appreciated the value of the common good, and what endeavours were made to pursue the concept. In attempting to answer t ...
... law not so much of a state that is Christian, but one that builds its collective identity based on the Christian tradition8. Thus, it is not unreasonable to ask whether the Romans appreciated the value of the common good, and what endeavours were made to pursue the concept. In attempting to answer t ...
The Second Punic War June 2015
... kind’ (Plautus); no good would come from this ‘hot-headed young man’; Senate went along with Fabius (although people as whole angry); Fabius then tried to persuade Crassus (Scipio’s co-Consul) to veto Scipio’s leadership of army (failed in this) and not to vote any funds for an African campaign (suc ...
... kind’ (Plautus); no good would come from this ‘hot-headed young man’; Senate went along with Fabius (although people as whole angry); Fabius then tried to persuade Crassus (Scipio’s co-Consul) to veto Scipio’s leadership of army (failed in this) and not to vote any funds for an African campaign (suc ...
Essay One - Crassus Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the thr
... Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the three informal "triumvirs" who helped brin g an end to the Republic, unlike Pompey and Caesar, is a man about whom not much is known. Unlike h is counterparts, little has been written about him, either at the time of his life or in more contem porary accounts of t ...
... Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the three informal "triumvirs" who helped brin g an end to the Republic, unlike Pompey and Caesar, is a man about whom not much is known. Unlike h is counterparts, little has been written about him, either at the time of his life or in more contem porary accounts of t ...
the mos maiorum - RomanEmpire.net
... “For who is there so worthless and lazy that he would not wish to know how and under what kind of government the Romans have brought under their sole rule almost the whole of the inhabited world in less than fifty-three years; for nothing like this has ever happened before. Or who can be so devoted ...
... “For who is there so worthless and lazy that he would not wish to know how and under what kind of government the Romans have brought under their sole rule almost the whole of the inhabited world in less than fifty-three years; for nothing like this has ever happened before. Or who can be so devoted ...
Περίληψη : Χρονολόγηση Γεωγραφικός Εντοπισμός Mithridatic War III
... At this point Mithridates was abandoned by his erstwhile ally Tigranes, King of Armenia, not to mention that the Parthians also began negotiating with Pompey. He was obliged therefore to flee to Colchis. Pompey sent a force in pursuit but himself turned into Armenia. He overthrew Tigranes but then r ...
... At this point Mithridates was abandoned by his erstwhile ally Tigranes, King of Armenia, not to mention that the Parthians also began negotiating with Pompey. He was obliged therefore to flee to Colchis. Pompey sent a force in pursuit but himself turned into Armenia. He overthrew Tigranes but then r ...
Περίληψη : Χρονολόγηση Γεωγραφικός Εντοπισμός Mithridatic War III
... At this point Mithridates was abandoned by his erstwhile ally Tigranes, King of Armenia, not to mention that the Parthians also began negotiating with Pompey. He was obliged therefore to flee to Colchis. Pompey sent a force in pursuit but himself turned into Armenia. He overthrew Tigranes but then r ...
... At this point Mithridates was abandoned by his erstwhile ally Tigranes, King of Armenia, not to mention that the Parthians also began negotiating with Pompey. He was obliged therefore to flee to Colchis. Pompey sent a force in pursuit but himself turned into Armenia. He overthrew Tigranes but then r ...
Morey, William Carey. Outlines of Roman History. New York
... Although he was brutal to his enemies, Sulla was very generous to his friends and to his thousands of military supporters. Sulla always kept his loyal armies intact so that he could use them for invasions or to defend him. Sulla was one of the first Roman leaders not to completely disband the army w ...
... Although he was brutal to his enemies, Sulla was very generous to his friends and to his thousands of military supporters. Sulla always kept his loyal armies intact so that he could use them for invasions or to defend him. Sulla was one of the first Roman leaders not to completely disband the army w ...
ancient rome from the earliest times down to
... So far as we know, the early inhabitants of Italy were divided into three races, the IAPYGIAN, ETRUSCAN, and ITALIAN. The IAPYGIANS were the first to settle in Italy. They probably came from the north, and were pushed south by later immigrations, until they were crowded into the southeastern corner ...
... So far as we know, the early inhabitants of Italy were divided into three races, the IAPYGIAN, ETRUSCAN, and ITALIAN. The IAPYGIANS were the first to settle in Italy. They probably came from the north, and were pushed south by later immigrations, until they were crowded into the southeastern corner ...
From Princeps to Emperor
... Senate, while Piso was appointed by Tiberius. When Germanicus died, two of his assistants, Quintus Servaeus and Quintus Veranius, brought charges against Piso in Rome. At the end of the trial, Piso was convicted of bribery of the soldiers, abandonment of the province, insults against the command ...
... Senate, while Piso was appointed by Tiberius. When Germanicus died, two of his assistants, Quintus Servaeus and Quintus Veranius, brought charges against Piso in Rome. At the end of the trial, Piso was convicted of bribery of the soldiers, abandonment of the province, insults against the command ...
Forerunners of the Gracchi
... of poor men on the list, with an attendant decrease of the well-to-do men in the first class who had a weighted vote in the centuriate assembly."7 This was a crisis in voters as well as in recruits, for the two groups were drawn from the same lists. The difficulty of finding recruits became apparent ...
... of poor men on the list, with an attendant decrease of the well-to-do men in the first class who had a weighted vote in the centuriate assembly."7 This was a crisis in voters as well as in recruits, for the two groups were drawn from the same lists. The difficulty of finding recruits became apparent ...
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD
... confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no ...
... confederacy, Veii, Volaterrae, Caere, and Clusium. This people also formed scattering settlements in other parts of Italy, but gained no ...
The Professionalization of the Roman Army in the Second Century BC
... Finally, this dissertation could not have been completed without the understanding and support which my wife Judith gave me over the years. ...
... Finally, this dissertation could not have been completed without the understanding and support which my wife Judith gave me over the years. ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 02F - The
... important allies); by the end of 216 with Hannibal’s forces dispersed well away from Rome Fabius seems to have achieved his initial aim of saving the city Roman Senate: areas for discussion could include the clear existence of pro and anti Fabius factions throughout the period, perhaps best exempl ...
... important allies); by the end of 216 with Hannibal’s forces dispersed well away from Rome Fabius seems to have achieved his initial aim of saving the city Roman Senate: areas for discussion could include the clear existence of pro and anti Fabius factions throughout the period, perhaps best exempl ...
Postumius` speech of Livy and Bacchanalian Affair
... contribution to the creation of the story about Bacchanalia. The annalist’s father, Aulus Postumius Luscus, was a praetor in 185 B.C., a time when the republican authorities had still been taking actions against the Bacchants. He also had family connections with Spurius Postumius Albinus, a consul ...
... contribution to the creation of the story about Bacchanalia. The annalist’s father, Aulus Postumius Luscus, was a praetor in 185 B.C., a time when the republican authorities had still been taking actions against the Bacchants. He also had family connections with Spurius Postumius Albinus, a consul ...