plebeian
... (comitia) Any gathering of the Roman People convoked to deal with governmental, legislative, judicial, or electoral matters. In the time of Marius and Sulla there were three true Assemblies—of the Centuries, the Whole People, and the Plebs. The Centuriate Assembly (comitia centuriata) marshaled the ...
... (comitia) Any gathering of the Roman People convoked to deal with governmental, legislative, judicial, or electoral matters. In the time of Marius and Sulla there were three true Assemblies—of the Centuries, the Whole People, and the Plebs. The Centuriate Assembly (comitia centuriata) marshaled the ...
The Rise of the Roman Republic - WW
... • Made up 95% of Rome’s population • Had little say in government • Could not hold high offices • Had to serve in the Roman Army ...
... • Made up 95% of Rome’s population • Had little say in government • Could not hold high offices • Had to serve in the Roman Army ...
Partisan Politics in the Last Decades of the Roman Republic
... of being burned by the flames of the verdict by which Lucius Scipio was condemned." The Petillian Law related to the handling of booty obtained from the various campaigns in Asia Minor. On the status of bakers. cf. Pliny, Natural History xviii, xi. 107. "There were no bakers at Rome until the war wi ...
... of being burned by the flames of the verdict by which Lucius Scipio was condemned." The Petillian Law related to the handling of booty obtained from the various campaigns in Asia Minor. On the status of bakers. cf. Pliny, Natural History xviii, xi. 107. "There were no bakers at Rome until the war wi ...
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC – 430 BC
... Now I would imagine that many believe that money is everything in the world, and that rank and ability are inseparable from wealth. Let them observe that Cincinnatus, the one man in whom Rome placed all her hope of survival, who was at that moment working a little three-acre farm west of the Tiber R ...
... Now I would imagine that many believe that money is everything in the world, and that rank and ability are inseparable from wealth. Let them observe that Cincinnatus, the one man in whom Rome placed all her hope of survival, who was at that moment working a little three-acre farm west of the Tiber R ...
053MariusSullaPompeyTrans
... The people made Marius consul a second time, even though it was against Roman law to allow a man absent from Rome (Marius was in Africa) to serve two consecutive terms as Consul. Marius returned to Rome in January and displayed Jugurtha in a parade after he had accepted his consulship. Sulla was bec ...
... The people made Marius consul a second time, even though it was against Roman law to allow a man absent from Rome (Marius was in Africa) to serve two consecutive terms as Consul. Marius returned to Rome in January and displayed Jugurtha in a parade after he had accepted his consulship. Sulla was bec ...
Wong Ruth Roman Research Paper - 2010
... When Marius was a consul, he saw the changes that needed to be made in the army, and worked on it. The first thing he changed was the way soldiers were recruited. He wanted more soldiers than what the senate had authorized (Dillon et al. 448), so he moved away from the traditional way of recruiting ...
... When Marius was a consul, he saw the changes that needed to be made in the army, and worked on it. The first thing he changed was the way soldiers were recruited. He wanted more soldiers than what the senate had authorized (Dillon et al. 448), so he moved away from the traditional way of recruiting ...
Western Civ. IE
... The Senate was made up of the great men of Rome and was basically a self-perpetuating body. Its membership was chosen by two officers called censors, who were themselves members of the Senate. One could become a senator only after holding a magistracy. Since all of the members of the Senate had held ...
... The Senate was made up of the great men of Rome and was basically a self-perpetuating body. Its membership was chosen by two officers called censors, who were themselves members of the Senate. One could become a senator only after holding a magistracy. Since all of the members of the Senate had held ...
The Succession of Power after the Death of Commodus
... It needs to be should be considered why, along with his patron, (Claudius Pompeianus) Pertinax indicated M’. Acilius Glabrio, a senator, with whom he had no close relationship. First of all, the nomination of Glabrio can be explained by the “ancient” status of his family. As early as in 191 B. C., M ...
... It needs to be should be considered why, along with his patron, (Claudius Pompeianus) Pertinax indicated M’. Acilius Glabrio, a senator, with whom he had no close relationship. First of all, the nomination of Glabrio can be explained by the “ancient” status of his family. As early as in 191 B. C., M ...
Plutarch
... - Took Sulla on as Legate, in preparation reorganised army - continued with voluntary recruitment - introduced new training methods and innovations in organisation and weaponry Marius’ Military reforms - volunteers taken on for 16 year periods, military thus became a semi professional career, the tr ...
... - Took Sulla on as Legate, in preparation reorganised army - continued with voluntary recruitment - introduced new training methods and innovations in organisation and weaponry Marius’ Military reforms - volunteers taken on for 16 year periods, military thus became a semi professional career, the tr ...
1 Fernando Contreras Rodrigo, Regine Müller, Francisco Valle
... family at a moment in the history of the Republic of Rome where there was social and political crisis and upheaval. These were years of transition and change aimed at transforming the then obsolete and archaic Republic into what would later culminate in the new Imperial Regime. The way these reforms ...
... family at a moment in the history of the Republic of Rome where there was social and political crisis and upheaval. These were years of transition and change aimed at transforming the then obsolete and archaic Republic into what would later culminate in the new Imperial Regime. The way these reforms ...
OCR Textbook - John D Clare
... between him and Minucius, they decided to divide the army rather than sharing the command. Minucius fell into a trap set by Hannibal on hilly, broken ground suited to his ambushes and Minucius’ forces were saved only by the arrival of Fabius’ army (Polybius 3. 104-105). However, Fabius’ term of offi ...
... between him and Minucius, they decided to divide the army rather than sharing the command. Minucius fell into a trap set by Hannibal on hilly, broken ground suited to his ambushes and Minucius’ forces were saved only by the arrival of Fabius’ army (Polybius 3. 104-105). However, Fabius’ term of offi ...
2011 Senior External Examination Ancient History Paper Two
... My earliest inclinations led me, like many other young men, to throw myself wholeheartedly into politics. There I found many things against me. Self-restraint, integrity, and virtue were disregarded; unscrupulous conduct, bribery, and profitseeking were rife. And although, being a stranger to the vi ...
... My earliest inclinations led me, like many other young men, to throw myself wholeheartedly into politics. There I found many things against me. Self-restraint, integrity, and virtue were disregarded; unscrupulous conduct, bribery, and profitseeking were rife. And although, being a stranger to the vi ...
Roman Republic - Hewlett
... Tribunes eventually gained power to veto, or overrule actions by the Senate and other government officials There were ten tribunes ...
... Tribunes eventually gained power to veto, or overrule actions by the Senate and other government officials There were ten tribunes ...
The Acquisition of Empires: Bidding for Rome 193 A.D.
... the following year; but in the meantime both Pertinax and his successor Julianus were overthrown, and Dio thus assumed the office under Septimius Severus. The mild course of the new ruler at the outset of his reign, taken in connexion with his past record, was such as to win the enthusiastic admirat ...
... the following year; but in the meantime both Pertinax and his successor Julianus were overthrown, and Dio thus assumed the office under Septimius Severus. The mild course of the new ruler at the outset of his reign, taken in connexion with his past record, was such as to win the enthusiastic admirat ...
Stage 6: Sulla
... Numidians, Jugurtha. This victory helped boost his political career and earned him a statue in the Roman forum. In 104 BC, Sulla again served under Marius in campaigns against Celtic-German tribes. Again the Romans won this war and Marius and Sulla became even more famous. Upon returning to Rome, Su ...
... Numidians, Jugurtha. This victory helped boost his political career and earned him a statue in the Roman forum. In 104 BC, Sulla again served under Marius in campaigns against Celtic-German tribes. Again the Romans won this war and Marius and Sulla became even more famous. Upon returning to Rome, Su ...
Lauren Z, age 15 - Ancient Coins for Education
... the treasury – he devalued the denarius when the economy went into recession, and then raised taxes to compensate for his excessive building projects! He convicted Cornelia, head of the Vestal Virgins, of “immoral behavior,” and buried her alive for the offense. His lust for power and fame grew unch ...
... the treasury – he devalued the denarius when the economy went into recession, and then raised taxes to compensate for his excessive building projects! He convicted Cornelia, head of the Vestal Virgins, of “immoral behavior,” and buried her alive for the offense. His lust for power and fame grew unch ...
1200 Beginning of the first iron age. The Latini migrate to Italy from
... 753 – Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus; Rome as a kingdom 753-715 – reign of Romulus 750 - Founding of the Cumae as a Greek trading station. 730 - Date of founding of the city of Rhegium by people from Chalcis. 715 - Date of the death of Romulus. 715-673 – reign of Numa Pompilius ...
... 753 – Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus; Rome as a kingdom 753-715 – reign of Romulus 750 - Founding of the Cumae as a Greek trading station. 730 - Date of founding of the city of Rhegium by people from Chalcis. 715 - Date of the death of Romulus. 715-673 – reign of Numa Pompilius ...
File - EDSS World History to the 16th Century
... There was a tradition in certain provinces of the Empire of worshipping rulers. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that some areas in the East began to treat Augustus as a god, not long after the battle of Actium. Despite Augustus' opposition to being granted divine honours (he insisted tha ...
... There was a tradition in certain provinces of the Empire of worshipping rulers. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that some areas in the East began to treat Augustus as a god, not long after the battle of Actium. Despite Augustus' opposition to being granted divine honours (he insisted tha ...
Marius and Sulla
... needed a military man. Marius had left his veterans in Numidia to control the natives, so there was a shortage of manpower to raise legions. To collect men for fighting the Germans, Marius used the roman mob as a source of soldiers. He used the landless headcount, those that had lost their farms to ...
... needed a military man. Marius had left his veterans in Numidia to control the natives, so there was a shortage of manpower to raise legions. To collect men for fighting the Germans, Marius used the roman mob as a source of soldiers. He used the landless headcount, those that had lost their farms to ...
HIS 28 – Part 15
... fought in Rome’s armed forces must be land owners, however modest their holdings. ii) Marius began to draw his fighting men from citizens who did not meet the basic census requirements and they tended not to be demobilized any longer at the end of the campaigning season either but remained enrolled ...
... fought in Rome’s armed forces must be land owners, however modest their holdings. ii) Marius began to draw his fighting men from citizens who did not meet the basic census requirements and they tended not to be demobilized any longer at the end of the campaigning season either but remained enrolled ...
What was the Nobilitas?*
... consulship. Matthias Gelzer mentioned just five individuals (seven times in all) as new men in the period dicussed here (366 to 215 B.C.), but apparently none of their families were eminent at all during the period. It was one of the merits of Friedrich M〓nzer's thesis that it insisted that some gen ...
... consulship. Matthias Gelzer mentioned just five individuals (seven times in all) as new men in the period dicussed here (366 to 215 B.C.), but apparently none of their families were eminent at all during the period. It was one of the merits of Friedrich M〓nzer's thesis that it insisted that some gen ...
The Roman Republic
... to the American Checks and Balances system). Magistrates usually serve for only one term. This is supposed to prevent one person from having too much power. Tablets called the Twelve Tables were posted outside the Forum. They were there to show that no one can claim they don’t know the law. It was s ...
... to the American Checks and Balances system). Magistrates usually serve for only one term. This is supposed to prevent one person from having too much power. Tablets called the Twelve Tables were posted outside the Forum. They were there to show that no one can claim they don’t know the law. It was s ...
Pompey`s Eastern Command
... whatever people he wished.....Pompey....would also openly speak in slighting terms of what Lucullus had done....whereas he himself had a real war to deal with.” ...
... whatever people he wished.....Pompey....would also openly speak in slighting terms of what Lucullus had done....whereas he himself had a real war to deal with.” ...
Cursus Honorum
... career as the inferior offices of the Cursus Honorum were not rewarded financially. A young candidate running for one of the offices needed to use his money strategically. One possibility for a candidate was taking on a priestly office and, in this function, entertaining the Roman people royally. Th ...
... career as the inferior offices of the Cursus Honorum were not rewarded financially. A young candidate running for one of the offices needed to use his money strategically. One possibility for a candidate was taking on a priestly office and, in this function, entertaining the Roman people royally. Th ...
AQA Classical Civilization revision
... Spain (According to Livy, he made Hannibal swear an oath of animosity towards Rome when he was a boy) Spent most of his life in Spain with the military. Was elected military commander by his troops when Hasdrubal the fair ( Hannibal’s brother in Law, not brother) was assassinated. Besieged and ...
... Spain (According to Livy, he made Hannibal swear an oath of animosity towards Rome when he was a boy) Spent most of his life in Spain with the military. Was elected military commander by his troops when Hasdrubal the fair ( Hannibal’s brother in Law, not brother) was assassinated. Besieged and ...