The Caecilii Metelli - BYU ScholarsArchive
... to ask specific questions, 7 it is especially well-suited to a study of the Caecilii Metelli and their social and political connections. While one must avoid relying on unsubstantiated theories or ideas that are not supported by the evidence, this caution should not prevent reasonable constructions ...
... to ask specific questions, 7 it is especially well-suited to a study of the Caecilii Metelli and their social and political connections. While one must avoid relying on unsubstantiated theories or ideas that are not supported by the evidence, this caution should not prevent reasonable constructions ...
- CUNY Academic Works
... Hannibal, the Roman dictatorship is profoundly misunderstood. Perplexed by the idea of the Roman Republic—a state born out of the rejection of the preeminence of any one man—nonetheless investing the power of the state in a single unelected individual, and reacting to the anomalous first-century BCE ...
... Hannibal, the Roman dictatorship is profoundly misunderstood. Perplexed by the idea of the Roman Republic—a state born out of the rejection of the preeminence of any one man—nonetheless investing the power of the state in a single unelected individual, and reacting to the anomalous first-century BCE ...
Book 1
... walls. The battle resulted in favour of the Latins, but it was the last mortal act of Aeneas. His tomb - whatever it is lawful and right to call him - is situated on the bank of the Numicius. He is addressed as "Jupiter Indiges." [1.3]His son, Ascanius, was not old enough to assume the government; ...
... walls. The battle resulted in favour of the Latins, but it was the last mortal act of Aeneas. His tomb - whatever it is lawful and right to call him - is situated on the bank of the Numicius. He is addressed as "Jupiter Indiges." [1.3]His son, Ascanius, was not old enough to assume the government; ...
View - OhioLINK ETD
... Rufus was tribune, the tribunate was the stepping-stone for a serious political career, although it was introduced as a way of giving a voice and protection to Roman citizens. However, because the cursus honorum, or political ladder of offices, was a pyramid it was not likely all ten tribunes in a g ...
... Rufus was tribune, the tribunate was the stepping-stone for a serious political career, although it was introduced as a way of giving a voice and protection to Roman citizens. However, because the cursus honorum, or political ladder of offices, was a pyramid it was not likely all ten tribunes in a g ...
Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284
... Table E. The Acilii (Glabriones et Aviolae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Anicii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Bruttii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Table E. The Acilii (Glabriones et Aviolae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Anicii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Bruttii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Power and Status in the Roman Empire, ad 193–284
... Table E. The Acilii (Glabriones et Aviolae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Anicii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Bruttii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Table E. The Acilii (Glabriones et Aviolae) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Anicii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table E. The Bruttii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
74938 - Radboud Repository
... Translations are taken from the LCL, unless otherwise noted. The numbering of Dio‟s Roman History follows the LCL edition. „193/205‟ means that a person held a post for an unspecified period between 193 and 205. „193-205‟ means that a person held an office from 193 until 205. ...
... Translations are taken from the LCL, unless otherwise noted. The numbering of Dio‟s Roman History follows the LCL edition. „193/205‟ means that a person held a post for an unspecified period between 193 and 205. „193-205‟ means that a person held an office from 193 until 205. ...
мнемон - Центр антиковедения СПбГУ
... pirates – was sent to Spain as proconsul with an army, his main area of operation was the province of Hispania citerior whereas the commanderin-chief in Spain, the proconsul Metellus, held the province of Hispania ulterior.12 So we have two formally equal commanders, who are both proconsuls in one w ...
... pirates – was sent to Spain as proconsul with an army, his main area of operation was the province of Hispania citerior whereas the commanderin-chief in Spain, the proconsul Metellus, held the province of Hispania ulterior.12 So we have two formally equal commanders, who are both proconsuls in one w ...
Some Minor Magistrates of the Roman Republic
... favour of a greater emphasis upon the individual aristocrats competing for high office, and the strategies which they pursued to achieve social distinction and win the support of their peers and the very narrow electorate upon which their success depended. In parallel with this approach, the legal a ...
... favour of a greater emphasis upon the individual aristocrats competing for high office, and the strategies which they pursued to achieve social distinction and win the support of their peers and the very narrow electorate upon which their success depended. In parallel with this approach, the legal a ...
The Senatus Consultum Ultimum and its Relation to
... itself. The SCU was an emergency decree which empowered particular magistrates (generally the reigning consuls) to resolve a social or political crisis through military means, often for the sake of expediency as well as suppression of sedition. The function of the SCU, to this end, was to resolve cr ...
... itself. The SCU was an emergency decree which empowered particular magistrates (generally the reigning consuls) to resolve a social or political crisis through military means, often for the sake of expediency as well as suppression of sedition. The function of the SCU, to this end, was to resolve cr ...
Rome and Italy
... deed”. Such was the sense of shame amongst men at that time that this, I suppose, was thought to impose a legal sanction which would be sufficiently binding. Today hardly anyone would seriously utter such a threat’), yet he did believe that strong, authoritative measures could correct and improve be ...
... deed”. Such was the sense of shame amongst men at that time that this, I suppose, was thought to impose a legal sanction which would be sufficiently binding. Today hardly anyone would seriously utter such a threat’), yet he did believe that strong, authoritative measures could correct and improve be ...
Politics and policy: Rome and Liguria, 200-172 B.C.
... scrutiny than they have received. The entire third chapter is devoted to the development of the Ligurian frontier. In his introduction, Dyson writes: Growing out of events, attitudes, and accumulated experience were policy and institutions. The Roman Republic provides a fascinating study of a highly ...
... scrutiny than they have received. The entire third chapter is devoted to the development of the Ligurian frontier. In his introduction, Dyson writes: Growing out of events, attitudes, and accumulated experience were policy and institutions. The Roman Republic provides a fascinating study of a highly ...
Annals 15 and the Annalistic Tradition: Structuring
... the traditional form. Syme writes that “the annalistic framework, it might seem, is a primary obstacle: it breaks and disperses a genuine theme or sequence, it juxtaposes unrelated items in mere enumeration . . . Tacitus himself deplores the restriction.” 16 However, the importance of Nero in the na ...
... the traditional form. Syme writes that “the annalistic framework, it might seem, is a primary obstacle: it breaks and disperses a genuine theme or sequence, it juxtaposes unrelated items in mere enumeration . . . Tacitus himself deplores the restriction.” 16 However, the importance of Nero in the na ...
Historia - Franz Steiner Verlag
... the first. He was now merely a suffect consul.12 Moreover, Horatius was said only to have been appointed after the death of Brutus, and so in Livy’s version of events he did not hold office, even as suffect consul, alongside the founder of the Republic. Brutus’ first colleague was, according to Livy ...
... the first. He was now merely a suffect consul.12 Moreover, Horatius was said only to have been appointed after the death of Brutus, and so in Livy’s version of events he did not hold office, even as suffect consul, alongside the founder of the Republic. Brutus’ first colleague was, according to Livy ...
1 The Roman gens` influence on loci of power in
... early Republic. Due to a lack of material relating to the lower magistracies during this period, it is hard to involve them in such a discussion. There is not enough information on priestly offices during the early Republic to be able to determine whether the gens had influence on these institutions ...
... early Republic. Due to a lack of material relating to the lower magistracies during this period, it is hard to involve them in such a discussion. There is not enough information on priestly offices during the early Republic to be able to determine whether the gens had influence on these institutions ...
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE EARLY ROMAN DICTATORSHIP
... This war strained the magisterial structure of the Roman polity more than any conflict in its history up to that point. The Romans confronted this challenge by employing the office of dictator. In fact, during the twenty-three-year conflict, the consular fasti, annual lists of magistrates recorded f ...
... This war strained the magisterial structure of the Roman polity more than any conflict in its history up to that point. The Romans confronted this challenge by employing the office of dictator. In fact, during the twenty-three-year conflict, the consular fasti, annual lists of magistrates recorded f ...
Electoral abuse in the late Roman Republic
... Electoral abuse inured the Romans to their weakened constitution, made alternatives more conceivable, emboldened and enabled the despots, and gave Augustus and his supporters a ready platform. Thus escalating attacks on electoral form were both an effect, and one of the many causes, of the Republic’ ...
... Electoral abuse inured the Romans to their weakened constitution, made alternatives more conceivable, emboldened and enabled the despots, and gave Augustus and his supporters a ready platform. Thus escalating attacks on electoral form were both an effect, and one of the many causes, of the Republic’ ...
Who Was Publius—The Real Guy?
... However, upon the death of Brutus, who was killed in the Etruscan battle and whom the Romans esteemed as “the father of their liberty,” the people feared that Publius might become a tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constr ...
... However, upon the death of Brutus, who was killed in the Etruscan battle and whom the Romans esteemed as “the father of their liberty,” the people feared that Publius might become a tyrant because he remained in power as consul without calling for the election of a second consul. Publius had constr ...
CHAPTER 7, SECTION 3
... Things We Already Know • Prior to 367 B.C.E. and The Law of the Twelve Tables, plebeians could not be senators or consuls. • Patricians gave in to these demands because plebeians refused to fight in Rome’s wars. • Patricians were becoming increasingly rich, taking over plebeian land and bringing in ...
... Things We Already Know • Prior to 367 B.C.E. and The Law of the Twelve Tables, plebeians could not be senators or consuls. • Patricians gave in to these demands because plebeians refused to fight in Rome’s wars. • Patricians were becoming increasingly rich, taking over plebeian land and bringing in ...
Pompey the Great
... Second and third consulships and Spanish command Consulships within 3 years of each other. Spain governed in absentia, given a five year command instead of the usual one year. Given sole consulship by Senate. Spanish command extended for a further ...
... Second and third consulships and Spanish command Consulships within 3 years of each other. Spain governed in absentia, given a five year command instead of the usual one year. Given sole consulship by Senate. Spanish command extended for a further ...
The Patricians Create a Republic
... 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 plebeian assemblies also nominated the c ...
... 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 plebeian assemblies also nominated the c ...
Chapter 33 – The Rise of the Roman Republic What were the
... the “fathers of the state,” the men who advised the Etruscan king. Patricians controlled the most valuable land. They also held the important military and religious offices. Free non-patricians called plebeians were mostly peasants, laborers, craftspeople, and shopkeepers. The word plebeian comes fr ...
... the “fathers of the state,” the men who advised the Etruscan king. Patricians controlled the most valuable land. They also held the important military and religious offices. Free non-patricians called plebeians were mostly peasants, laborers, craftspeople, and shopkeepers. The word plebeian comes fr ...
Rise of the Roman Republic Student Text
... Rome was now a republic, but the patricians held all the power. They made sure that only they could be part of the government. Only they could become senators or consuls. Plebeians had to obey their decisions. Because laws were not written down, patricians often changed or interpreted the laws to be ...
... Rome was now a republic, but the patricians held all the power. They made sure that only they could be part of the government. Only they could become senators or consuls. Plebeians had to obey their decisions. Because laws were not written down, patricians often changed or interpreted the laws to be ...
Ch. 18 Cultural Worksheet
... York; and the Society of the Cincinnati which, in turn, lent its name to the U.S. city of Cincinnati, Ohio. George Washington was often compared to Cincinnatus for his willingness to give up near-absolute power once the crisis of the American Revolution had passed and victory had been won, and the S ...
... York; and the Society of the Cincinnati which, in turn, lent its name to the U.S. city of Cincinnati, Ohio. George Washington was often compared to Cincinnatus for his willingness to give up near-absolute power once the crisis of the American Revolution had passed and victory had been won, and the S ...
The Constitution of the Roman Republic: A Political Economy
... behavior in the last century and eventually dictatorship. There are three reasons why such an analysis contributes to the literature. First, classicists have been cautious about speculating about the functions of the Roman constitution because of the paucity of sources. Nonetheless, they have tried ...
... behavior in the last century and eventually dictatorship. There are three reasons why such an analysis contributes to the literature. First, classicists have been cautious about speculating about the functions of the Roman constitution because of the paucity of sources. Nonetheless, they have tried ...