- CUNY Academic Works
... the magister equitum, did what was necessary to resolve the need that had created him, after which he resigned immediately, restoring Rome to stability and normality at the earliest possible moment by eliminating the dictatorship along with the crisis that spawned it. Iron precedent bound the consul ...
... the magister equitum, did what was necessary to resolve the need that had created him, after which he resigned immediately, restoring Rome to stability and normality at the earliest possible moment by eliminating the dictatorship along with the crisis that spawned it. Iron precedent bound the consul ...
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 ...
Honors Thesis
... either as legate or quaestor, but there is not enough evidence to confirm or reject this idea. 23 In short, the sources do not tell us how Pompey and Gabinius made their connection. It may have occurred as late as the year of Gabinius’ tribunate. What is known is that Gabinius was an invaluable asse ...
... either as legate or quaestor, but there is not enough evidence to confirm or reject this idea. 23 In short, the sources do not tell us how Pompey and Gabinius made their connection. It may have occurred as late as the year of Gabinius’ tribunate. What is known is that Gabinius was an invaluable asse ...
A Novus Homo in Arpinum to a Cicero in Rome
... preparing his skills of speech, although an incomplete picture. Cicero makes no mention of any military service, however, we know from Plutarch that Cicero served under Sulla in the wars against the Marsians.5 This time of youth which Cicero speaks of would have been one of the most important times ...
... preparing his skills of speech, although an incomplete picture. Cicero makes no mention of any military service, however, we know from Plutarch that Cicero served under Sulla in the wars against the Marsians.5 This time of youth which Cicero speaks of would have been one of the most important times ...
ROMANS ON PARADE: REPRESENTATIONS OF ROMANNESS IN
... Whether or not the author is representing the Romans in a particular way through his descriptions must be taken into account when one tries to figure out how the Romans were representing themselves and others. Although the sources of our knowledge of triumphs may cause further complications to that ...
... Whether or not the author is representing the Romans in a particular way through his descriptions must be taken into account when one tries to figure out how the Romans were representing themselves and others. Although the sources of our knowledge of triumphs may cause further complications to that ...
the poison king
... Social War, Italians revolt against Rome First Mithradatic War Nicomedes VI attacks Pontus at Rome’s instigation. Mithradates sweeps to victory, liberating Anatolia, hailed as savior. Makes Monime his queen, Pergamon center of new empire Civil Wars in Rome Mithradates orders massacre of 80,000 Roman ...
... Social War, Italians revolt against Rome First Mithradatic War Nicomedes VI attacks Pontus at Rome’s instigation. Mithradates sweeps to victory, liberating Anatolia, hailed as savior. Makes Monime his queen, Pergamon center of new empire Civil Wars in Rome Mithradates orders massacre of 80,000 Roman ...
the sertorian wars, the seeds of a nation
... and tied them off to use as air bladders. The strongest and best swimmers floated the bladders downstream at night to the dam, filled them with water, then slipped past the guard, penetrating the wall where the water would normally have come in. Having resupplied the town with water, the empty bladd ...
... and tied them off to use as air bladders. The strongest and best swimmers floated the bladders downstream at night to the dam, filled them with water, then slipped past the guard, penetrating the wall where the water would normally have come in. Having resupplied the town with water, the empty bladd ...
anthony tropolle life of cicero
... the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain its tears when the head of Cicero was seen there, upon the spot from wh ...
... the intervening history of the Roman Empire, he relates, in pathetic words, the death of Cicero. "It was the custom in Rome to put up on the rostra the heads of those who had been slain; but now the city was not able to restrain its tears when the head of Cicero was seen there, upon the spot from wh ...
Discontents at Rome: 63 BC By EH Campbell
... progeny, who increased because they were exempt from military service. Thus certain powerful men became extremely rich and the race of slaves multiplied throughout the country, while the Italian people dwindled in numbers and strength, being oppressed by penury, taxes, and military service. If they ...
... progeny, who increased because they were exempt from military service. Thus certain powerful men became extremely rich and the race of slaves multiplied throughout the country, while the Italian people dwindled in numbers and strength, being oppressed by penury, taxes, and military service. If they ...
The Early Career of Marius
... family: Tevopevoi; 8e yovecov 7tavxdt7raaiv dSoEcov ... ('Born of quite humble parents Plut. Mar. 3.1).15 Marius' background was unknown because he did not have senatorial antecedents in Rome, and hence there was no public record, particularly from epigraphic sources, for a writer to consult at firs ...
... family: Tevopevoi; 8e yovecov 7tavxdt7raaiv dSoEcov ... ('Born of quite humble parents Plut. Mar. 3.1).15 Marius' background was unknown because he did not have senatorial antecedents in Rome, and hence there was no public record, particularly from epigraphic sources, for a writer to consult at firs ...
- 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 ...
The Military Reforms of Gaius Marius in their Social, Economic, and
... training and equipment, and improved tactics. He gives accounts of the battles of Aquae Sextiae, Vercellae, and Triboli River, and both engagements at the gates when first Marius and then Sulla forced their way into Rome. Appian portrayed Marius as a the leading popularis at Rome during this period, ...
... training and equipment, and improved tactics. He gives accounts of the battles of Aquae Sextiae, Vercellae, and Triboli River, and both engagements at the gates when first Marius and then Sulla forced their way into Rome. Appian portrayed Marius as a the leading popularis at Rome during this period, ...
Metellus and the Head ofSertorius
... (Appian SC 1.95.441; cf. Oros. 5.21.10). His brother Quintus may be numbered among the proscribed for the same reason; also Perperna’s nephew (Appian SC 1.114.533) who probably started his career on bis uncle’s staff in Sicily in 83/2 2 IfOctavius Graecinus, C. Tarquitius Priscus, and the Instei bro ...
... (Appian SC 1.95.441; cf. Oros. 5.21.10). His brother Quintus may be numbered among the proscribed for the same reason; also Perperna’s nephew (Appian SC 1.114.533) who probably started his career on bis uncle’s staff in Sicily in 83/2 2 IfOctavius Graecinus, C. Tarquitius Priscus, and the Instei bro ...
Ostroff_Michael_201609_Master of Arts - MacSphere
... studying its various appearances in the literary sources that survive, as well as the epigraphical record of the second century, and, beginning in the first century, using numismatics to establish or at least estimate the number and frequency of salutations that occurred during the Republican era, t ...
... studying its various appearances in the literary sources that survive, as well as the epigraphical record of the second century, and, beginning in the first century, using numismatics to establish or at least estimate the number and frequency of salutations that occurred during the Republican era, t ...
Ibid. - meguca.org
... the sternest laws of the Roman people. They would, in effect, be declaring civil war. Yet this was a catastrophe for which the legionaries, by marching to the border, had shown themselves fully steeled. As they stamped their feet against the cold, they waited for the trumpeters to summon them to act ...
... the sternest laws of the Roman people. They would, in effect, be declaring civil war. Yet this was a catastrophe for which the legionaries, by marching to the border, had shown themselves fully steeled. As they stamped their feet against the cold, they waited for the trumpeters to summon them to act ...
Thesis
... theme throughout the conspiracy, just as Catiline’s greed and vain ambition would be the center of Cicero’s speeches against him. 1The tense climate of 63 B.C. was rife with the names of not only Cicero and Catiline, but also of Cato, Pompey, Crasus and Caesar, men with names much more widely associ ...
... theme throughout the conspiracy, just as Catiline’s greed and vain ambition would be the center of Cicero’s speeches against him. 1The tense climate of 63 B.C. was rife with the names of not only Cicero and Catiline, but also of Cato, Pompey, Crasus and Caesar, men with names much more widely associ ...
мнемон - Центр антиковедения СПбГУ
... 77 BC Pompey – ten years before he got the command against the 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 ...
... 77 BC Pompey – ten years before he got the command against the 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 ...
467 Appendix 3A, VI, Attachment 5, Detail A MITHRIDATES and
... of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome, presumably to protect it against Mithridates, who nevertheless occupied it.” In 73 b.c. Mithridates VII was driven back by Roman consul Lucullus, who occupied Pontus while Mithridates retreated to the court of Tigranes. Lucullus won one battle with Tigrane ...
... of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome, presumably to protect it against Mithridates, who nevertheless occupied it.” In 73 b.c. Mithridates VII was driven back by Roman consul Lucullus, who occupied Pontus while Mithridates retreated to the court of Tigranes. Lucullus won one battle with Tigrane ...
The Mithridatic Wars
... provinces and protectorates in Gaul, Greece, and Macedonia. The Republic held some territory and had minor interests in Asia Minor and the Middle East as well, but Roman attention and commitment to these regions would only take true form through the Mithridatic Wars. Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysus ...
... provinces and protectorates in Gaul, Greece, and Macedonia. The Republic held some territory and had minor interests in Asia Minor and the Middle East as well, but Roman attention and commitment to these regions would only take true form through the Mithridatic Wars. Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysus ...
The Caecilii Metelli: A textbook example of success
... If you want to get to know the most important, most affluent and thus also most powerful families of the Roman Republic, you do not get around the Caecilii Metilli. The family had connections to the highest political circles, not least due to the fact that their daughters were married to public char ...
... If you want to get to know the most important, most affluent and thus also most powerful families of the Roman Republic, you do not get around the Caecilii Metilli. The family had connections to the highest political circles, not least due to the fact that their daughters were married to public char ...
View - OhioLINK ETD
... from pro-Sullan sources make these documents problematic. Appian, one of the other main sources, wrote histories a few decades after Plutarch, with whose chronology he conflicts in key instances. Appian rarely mentions his sources. These two later authors provide the most cohesive narrative of 88. C ...
... from pro-Sullan sources make these documents problematic. Appian, one of the other main sources, wrote histories a few decades after Plutarch, with whose chronology he conflicts in key instances. Appian rarely mentions his sources. These two later authors provide the most cohesive narrative of 88. C ...
Some Minor Magistrates of the Roman Republic
... by what it was in itself, but as opening the path for men who had risen from the ranks to consulships and triumphs. The patricians on the other hand were indignant; they felt that they were not so much giving a share of the honours of the State as losing them altogether. "If," they said, "this is th ...
... by what it was in itself, but as opening the path for men who had risen from the ranks to consulships and triumphs. The patricians on the other hand were indignant; they felt that they were not so much giving a share of the honours of the State as losing them altogether. "If," they said, "this is th ...
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla - International World History Project
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never been a ...
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never been a ...
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs Of Ancient History
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never be ...
... It would be scarcely possible for anyone writing on the period embraced in this volume, to perform his task adequately without making himself familiar with Mr. Long's 'History of the Decline of the Roman Republic' and Mommsen's 'History of Rome.' To do over again (as though the work had never be ...
The Fall of the Roman Republic
... presided over meetings of the concilium plebis. The decisions of this body (plebiscita) bound the plebs and from early times could, if the consuls agreed, be passed through the state’s decisionmaking machinery to become law. The tribunes were to become extremely significant in the factional in-fight ...
... presided over meetings of the concilium plebis. The decisions of this body (plebiscita) bound the plebs and from early times could, if the consuls agreed, be passed through the state’s decisionmaking machinery to become law. The tribunes were to become extremely significant in the factional in-fight ...