Honors Thesis
... however, they never served together during that time. It is highly unlikely that Gabinius made substantial connections with Pompey at this time, since they seem to be constantly in different parts of the empire. It is possible that Gabinius joined Pompey in Spain, either as legate or quaestor, but ...
... however, they never served together during that time. It is highly unlikely that Gabinius made substantial connections with Pompey at this time, since they seem to be constantly in different parts of the empire. It is possible that Gabinius joined Pompey in Spain, either as legate or quaestor, but ...
Caesar`s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar`s Elite
... thousand men would lose their lives in this valley. The men of the 10th Legion would have had no illusions. They knew that some of them would probably perish in the battle that lay ahead. Yet, to Romans, nothing was more glorious than a noble death. And if the men of this legion had to die, there wa ...
... thousand men would lose their lives in this valley. The men of the 10th Legion would have had no illusions. They knew that some of them would probably perish in the battle that lay ahead. Yet, to Romans, nothing was more glorious than a noble death. And if the men of this legion had to die, there wa ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... But of course, the faults that remain are my own. Several other academics have lent their assistance doing the three years. I would like to thank Jacob Isager, who introduced me to Gurval’s book many years ago and has helped in numerous ways, especially on Nicopolis and Apollo. The Department of Cla ...
... But of course, the faults that remain are my own. Several other academics have lent their assistance doing the three years. I would like to thank Jacob Isager, who introduced me to Gurval’s book many years ago and has helped in numerous ways, especially on Nicopolis and Apollo. The Department of Cla ...
File - Imperium
... In writing these books I have relied heavily on classical sources. Even then, Caesar and other classical authors colored and propagandized their personal accounts of the events they describe. Recorded Roman history is full of holes, and modern authors usually can only fill those holes with informed ...
... In writing these books I have relied heavily on classical sources. Even then, Caesar and other classical authors colored and propagandized their personal accounts of the events they describe. Recorded Roman history is full of holes, and modern authors usually can only fill those holes with informed ...
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... In teaching History, there is always a major problem to be confronted: there isn’t any date at which you can begin. You try to start with a given year, but in order to understand what happened then you need to find out the background to the events of that year, which might mean going back decades. In ...
... In teaching History, there is always a major problem to be confronted: there isn’t any date at which you can begin. You try to start with a given year, but in order to understand what happened then you need to find out the background to the events of that year, which might mean going back decades. In ...
- 123deurmat.nl
... Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus was a complex character, and in many ways an enigma. Better known to the English-speaking world as Pompey the Great, 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 brig ...
... Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus was a complex character, and in many ways an enigma. Better known to the English-speaking world as Pompey the Great, 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 brig ...
(Vol. 4)ã
... Letters to his Friends, l. 2. epist. 17.} for Bibulus had set the Parthians at odds with one another. He befriended with Ornodophantes, who was a noble man and an enemy of Orodes. He persuaded him by messengers who went between them that he should make Pacorus the king and that with his help he shou ...
... Letters to his Friends, l. 2. epist. 17.} for Bibulus had set the Parthians at odds with one another. He befriended with Ornodophantes, who was a noble man and an enemy of Orodes. He persuaded him by messengers who went between them that he should make Pacorus the king and that with his help he shou ...
From Germanicus to Corbulo: The Evolution of Generalship under
... Tacitus’ Annales present a comprehensive account of the formative early years of the Roman principate. A constant theme throughout the work is the Roman people’s attempts to cope with their uncertainty concerning what exactly the change from republic to principate – the change from new office-holde ...
... Tacitus’ Annales present a comprehensive account of the formative early years of the Roman principate. A constant theme throughout the work is the Roman people’s attempts to cope with their uncertainty concerning what exactly the change from republic to principate – the change from new office-holde ...
Sejanus and the Chronology of Christ`s Death
... assigned to handle the situation and restore the city. He did such an effective job that Tiberius ordered a statue of Sejanus in his honor be erected at the site of the new theater.8 Thus, Sejanus's early career gave clear evidence of excellent administrative ability. Always looking for someone who ...
... assigned to handle the situation and restore the city. He did such an effective job that Tiberius ordered a statue of Sejanus in his honor be erected at the site of the new theater.8 Thus, Sejanus's early career gave clear evidence of excellent administrative ability. Always looking for someone who ...
Sextus Pompeius: Rebellious Pirate or Imitative Son?
... paternal enemy, Caesar. “Sextus punctiliously insisted on […] his right to take vengeance on the slayers of his father and brother,” and eventually adopted the epithet “pius” to indicate that his subsequent actions against the Caesarians were morally justified (Evans 104). Indeed, according to Syme, ...
... paternal enemy, Caesar. “Sextus punctiliously insisted on […] his right to take vengeance on the slayers of his father and brother,” and eventually adopted the epithet “pius” to indicate that his subsequent actions against the Caesarians were morally justified (Evans 104). Indeed, according to Syme, ...
Context
... man has become so powerful. He blames his and Brutus’s lack of will for allowing Caesar’s rise to power: surely the rise of such a man cannot be the work of fate. Brutus considers Cassius’s words as Caesar returns. Upon seeing Cassius, Caesar tells Antony that he deeply distrusts Cassius. Caesar dep ...
... man has become so powerful. He blames his and Brutus’s lack of will for allowing Caesar’s rise to power: surely the rise of such a man cannot be the work of fate. Brutus considers Cassius’s words as Caesar returns. Upon seeing Cassius, Caesar tells Antony that he deeply distrusts Cassius. Caesar dep ...
i THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROME: AUGUSTUS` PROGRAM TO
... Roman poet Ovid, a contemporary of Vergil, has his own depiction of the Golden Age in his Metamorphoses, which fairly accurately echoes his Greek predecessor. Ovid represents the Golden Age as an era of prosperity, peace and trust. Here laws were unnecessary because everyone was naturally righteous. ...
... Roman poet Ovid, a contemporary of Vergil, has his own depiction of the Golden Age in his Metamorphoses, which fairly accurately echoes his Greek predecessor. Ovid represents the Golden Age as an era of prosperity, peace and trust. Here laws were unnecessary because everyone was naturally righteous. ...
Mason Tjuanta - 2010
... His corruptions eventually lead to a point of a blithe life. Caligula was spending too much on himself and sex. He held gladiator matches that when lost excitement, he ordered his guards to throw the crowd into the pit to be devoured by wild animals. He would sleep with the wives of others and boast ...
... His corruptions eventually lead to a point of a blithe life. Caligula was spending too much on himself and sex. He held gladiator matches that when lost excitement, he ordered his guards to throw the crowd into the pit to be devoured by wild animals. He would sleep with the wives of others and boast ...
Suetonius The Twelve Caesars - Academic Research Collections
... Translation © 2010 A. S. Kline, All Rights Reserved This work MAY be FREELY reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any NON-COMMERCIAL purpose. ...
... Translation © 2010 A. S. Kline, All Rights Reserved This work MAY be FREELY reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any NON-COMMERCIAL purpose. ...
Roman History - Shadows Government
... another, in a virtual transfer of power from King to Senate, was called "the struggle of the orders". In effect, it was simply the recurring pattern of the patrician class attempting to hold onto power, while the plebeians worked to rise to social and political equality. The patricians, while mostly ...
... another, in a virtual transfer of power from King to Senate, was called "the struggle of the orders". In effect, it was simply the recurring pattern of the patrician class attempting to hold onto power, while the plebeians worked to rise to social and political equality. The patricians, while mostly ...
Literature and Its Times Julius Caesar
... (Pompey), and Marcus Licinius Crassus were three of the most powerful senators in Rome. They decided to form a pact to support each other politically. This pact, which became known as the First Triumvirate, allowed each to support the others in accomplishing their respective political goals. Armed w ...
... (Pompey), and Marcus Licinius Crassus were three of the most powerful senators in Rome. They decided to form a pact to support each other politically. This pact, which became known as the First Triumvirate, allowed each to support the others in accomplishing their respective political goals. Armed w ...
The Role of the Visual Arts in the Transition from Republic to Empire
... of 31BCE) was the adoptive son and chosen heir of Julius Caesar. Caesar’s intentions were clear—by naming a successor he meant to continue the autocratic regime he had created—but his untimely death halted the possibility. The assassination of Julius Caesar launched Rome into a period of turmoil. Oc ...
... of 31BCE) was the adoptive son and chosen heir of Julius Caesar. Caesar’s intentions were clear—by naming a successor he meant to continue the autocratic regime he had created—but his untimely death halted the possibility. The assassination of Julius Caesar launched Rome into a period of turmoil. Oc ...
(Part 5a)-History Legio XIIII GMV
... uninterrupted line from east to west along the courses of the two rivers. Augustus’ son-in-law, Tiberius Claudius Nero, was to lead a force of eight legions (comprising Legio VIII Augusta from Pannonia; Legio XIIII Gemina, Legio XV Apollinaris and Legio XX Valeria from Illyricum; Legio XXI Rapax fro ...
... uninterrupted line from east to west along the courses of the two rivers. Augustus’ son-in-law, Tiberius Claudius Nero, was to lead a force of eight legions (comprising Legio VIII Augusta from Pannonia; Legio XIIII Gemina, Legio XV Apollinaris and Legio XX Valeria from Illyricum; Legio XXI Rapax fro ...
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... Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus was a complex character, and in many ways an enigma. Better known to the English-speaking world as Pompey the Great, 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 brig ...
... Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus was a complex character, and in many ways an enigma. Better known to the English-speaking world as Pompey the Great, 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 brig ...
Augustus` Divine Authority and Vergil`s "Aeneid"
... divine mission, namely, the foundation of a new city and a new people. Similarly, Augustus had to undertake the civil wars, initially against Caesar's assassins and then against Mark Antony, in order to create the principáte. Both Aeneas and Augustus founded political and cultural order out of disor ...
... divine mission, namely, the foundation of a new city and a new people. Similarly, Augustus had to undertake the civil wars, initially against Caesar's assassins and then against Mark Antony, in order to create the principáte. Both Aeneas and Augustus founded political and cultural order out of disor ...
- onehome
... History has seen Augustus Caesar as Rome’s first emperor, who brought the city and the empire from the chaos of civil war to a system of ordered and stable government. Of the two names by which he is most commonly known, one (Augustus) was granted him by the senate and people in January 27 BC in rec ...
... History has seen Augustus Caesar as Rome’s first emperor, who brought the city and the empire from the chaos of civil war to a system of ordered and stable government. Of the two names by which he is most commonly known, one (Augustus) was granted him by the senate and people in January 27 BC in rec ...
fO*^ .3? - IDEALS @ Illinois
... and scope. Active work upon the present study was begun by us in cooperation in the spring of 1914, and continued, with sion to use ...
... and scope. Active work upon the present study was begun by us in cooperation in the spring of 1914, and continued, with sion to use ...
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 ...
мнемон - Центр антиковедения СПбГУ
... traditional splitting of operation areas and the dimensions of warfare came into more and more contradiction, which means that it became more and more difficult to apply the principle of single command. The main reason for this development was that the geographical dimension of war had changed. In f ...
... traditional splitting of operation areas and the dimensions of warfare came into more and more contradiction, which means that it became more and more difficult to apply the principle of single command. The main reason for this development was that the geographical dimension of war had changed. In f ...
Augustus - Net Texts
... Cassius committed suicide. Mark Antony would later use the examples of these battles as a means to belittle Octavian, as both battles were decisively won with the use of Antony's forces.[73] In addition to claiming responsibility for both victories, Antony also branded Octavian as a coward for handi ...
... Cassius committed suicide. Mark Antony would later use the examples of these battles as a means to belittle Octavian, as both battles were decisively won with the use of Antony's forces.[73] In addition to claiming responsibility for both victories, Antony also branded Octavian as a coward for handi ...
Illyricum (Roman province)
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Illyricum /ɪˈlɪrɨkəm/ was a Roman province that existed between 167 BC and 10 AD, named after conquered Illyria, stretching from the Drin river (in modern north Albania) to Istria (Croatia) in the west and to the Sava river (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the north. Salona (near modern Split in Croatia) functioned as its capital. The province was then divided into Pannonia in the north and Dalmatia in the south.