Settling the Wandering Kingdom: The Establishment of
... but after every one there seems to be just as many “barbarians” in positions of power as before. This is shown by the discrimination that Stilicho faces from the Italian Senators, though even after his death the magister militum was still a barbarian. This problem would haunt Alaric and his attempts ...
... but after every one there seems to be just as many “barbarians” in positions of power as before. This is shown by the discrimination that Stilicho faces from the Italian Senators, though even after his death the magister militum was still a barbarian. This problem would haunt Alaric and his attempts ...
Negotiating Julio-Claudian Memory
... that served as associative stimuli for historical events, people, and places.4 This is evident in the Roman orator Cicero’s philosophical text De Finibus. Cicero’s character, Piso, states, “Whether it is a natural instinct or a mere illusion, I can’t say; but one’s emotions are more strongly aroused ...
... that served as associative stimuli for historical events, people, and places.4 This is evident in the Roman orator Cicero’s philosophical text De Finibus. Cicero’s character, Piso, states, “Whether it is a natural instinct or a mere illusion, I can’t say; but one’s emotions are more strongly aroused ...
Les Horaces (The Horatii) by Pierre Corneille
... this choice — after all, she’s not married yet! — why not get herself out of the awful bind she finds herself in? Camilla thinks that this would be immoral behavior. Her avowals of love ...
... this choice — after all, she’s not married yet! — why not get herself out of the awful bind she finds herself in? Camilla thinks that this would be immoral behavior. Her avowals of love ...
Roman Imports in the Space of Southern Dacia (2 century BC – 1
... and Greek civilizations, the author insisting mainly on the Greek factor which was better known due to the greater number of archaeological discoveries in Dobrogea and elsewhere. However, the volume Dacia. The ancient civilizations from the Carpathians-Danube countries consists of a chapter wholly d ...
... and Greek civilizations, the author insisting mainly on the Greek factor which was better known due to the greater number of archaeological discoveries in Dobrogea and elsewhere. However, the volume Dacia. The ancient civilizations from the Carpathians-Danube countries consists of a chapter wholly d ...
Tilburg University The jurisdiction of the pontiff in the Roman
... without them. This book is dedicated to my parents, two extraordinary persons, Lut and Ivo, who have given me their love and have imparted to me the love of learning. I am proud to be their son. ...
... without them. This book is dedicated to my parents, two extraordinary persons, Lut and Ivo, who have given me their love and have imparted to me the love of learning. I am proud to be their son. ...
History of Roman Literature from its Earliest
... from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John ...
... from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John ...
Text Commentary Project Vergil, Aeneid: II.771-795
... Upon his deathbed, Vergil requested that his unfinished manuscript be burned, but after his death on September 21, 19 BC, it was published. When Vergil began writing the Aeneid in 29 BC, Rome was experiencing a period of peace after decades of civil war, brought to an end in 31 BC by Octavian's defe ...
... Upon his deathbed, Vergil requested that his unfinished manuscript be burned, but after his death on September 21, 19 BC, it was published. When Vergil began writing the Aeneid in 29 BC, Rome was experiencing a period of peace after decades of civil war, brought to an end in 31 BC by Octavian's defe ...
Rome`s vestal virgins: public spectacle and society
... as a collective unifier through creating and reinforcing a commonly experienced emotion across rigid social divides, including class, gender, and legal status among others. They also reinforced this sentiment and help to foster a Roman identity. Furthermore, spectacles associated this identity with ...
... as a collective unifier through creating and reinforcing a commonly experienced emotion across rigid social divides, including class, gender, and legal status among others. They also reinforced this sentiment and help to foster a Roman identity. Furthermore, spectacles associated this identity with ...
Culture and Collective Memory in Ancient Republicanism
... Draft Version: Not for quotation or citation without the author’s permission. “Republicanism” names a large, ambitious, and internally diverse tradition of political theory and practice. In an important series of studies, Quentin Skinner (1978, 1984, 1998) has shown that in early modernity the “neo- ...
... Draft Version: Not for quotation or citation without the author’s permission. “Republicanism” names a large, ambitious, and internally diverse tradition of political theory and practice. In an important series of studies, Quentin Skinner (1978, 1984, 1998) has shown that in early modernity the “neo- ...
Ancient Rome Resource Pack
... included are links to two webquests on Ancient Rome. The pack will concentrate on the mythical founding of Rome, the expulsion of the Kings, the rise of the Roman Republic and the values it held, its territorial expansion and a detailed examination of the Punic Wars. Also offered are links to materi ...
... included are links to two webquests on Ancient Rome. The pack will concentrate on the mythical founding of Rome, the expulsion of the Kings, the rise of the Roman Republic and the values it held, its territorial expansion and a detailed examination of the Punic Wars. Also offered are links to materi ...
Pro Roscio Amerino INTRODUCTION
... with his noble patrons and possibly with the support that he had displayed for Sulla's side. Standing in his own community counted too, if he was in a position to deliver votes. See Hellegouarc'h 1963: 202 on gratia and elections, Wiseman 1971: 34–37 for how various aspects of hospitium, amicitia, a ...
... with his noble patrons and possibly with the support that he had displayed for Sulla's side. Standing in his own community counted too, if he was in a position to deliver votes. See Hellegouarc'h 1963: 202 on gratia and elections, Wiseman 1971: 34–37 for how various aspects of hospitium, amicitia, a ...
ALEXANDER YAKOBSON, Cicero, the Constitution and the Roman
... the exigencies of the particular case at hand. 5 He said different, sometimes clearly contradictory, things on different occasions, and took divergent positions on questions that can be defined as constitutional. This does not mean that he was wholly cynical and lacked genuine ‘constitutional’ convi ...
... the exigencies of the particular case at hand. 5 He said different, sometimes clearly contradictory, things on different occasions, and took divergent positions on questions that can be defined as constitutional. This does not mean that he was wholly cynical and lacked genuine ‘constitutional’ convi ...
THE SAMNITE LEGACY: - University of Lethbridge
... Samnites remained unified.2 Descending upon the Samnites with zealous fury, Sulla ostracized or slaughtered every prominent Samnite he came across.3 Sulla’s ethnic cleansing campaign ended Samnite antagonism and resistance to Rome permanently, after which they were fully assimilated into Roman soci ...
... Samnites remained unified.2 Descending upon the Samnites with zealous fury, Sulla ostracized or slaughtered every prominent Samnite he came across.3 Sulla’s ethnic cleansing campaign ended Samnite antagonism and resistance to Rome permanently, after which they were fully assimilated into Roman soci ...
Virgil`s New Myth for Augustan Rome in the Aeneid
... does so by orchestrating a dreamlike pageant for his son in which a succession of famous Romans pass before Aeneas, from Ascanius to Augustus, each presented in a scene or countenance that epitomizes his contribution to the Roman state. The parade of heroes and leaders is intended to be educative an ...
... does so by orchestrating a dreamlike pageant for his son in which a succession of famous Romans pass before Aeneas, from Ascanius to Augustus, each presented in a scene or countenance that epitomizes his contribution to the Roman state. The parade of heroes and leaders is intended to be educative an ...
CORINTH AFTER 44 BC: ETHNICAL AND CULTURAL CHANGES
... There are no obvious answers to Millis’s questions. We could even be contrary and say that each of the questions also contains an answer. The first colonists included freedmen of Greek origin, which is indicated e.g. by the Greek cognomina of some elite members. Cn. Babbius Philinus, who generously ...
... There are no obvious answers to Millis’s questions. We could even be contrary and say that each of the questions also contains an answer. The first colonists included freedmen of Greek origin, which is indicated e.g. by the Greek cognomina of some elite members. Cn. Babbius Philinus, who generously ...
Hadrian`s Wall: Romanization on Rome`s Northern
... and was the first to construct a wall, eighty miles in length, which was to separate the barbarians from the Romans.”3 The remaining written evidence on his construction of the wall is located in epigraphic sources. The question remains of Hadrian’s intentions in the building of the wall. This is no ...
... and was the first to construct a wall, eighty miles in length, which was to separate the barbarians from the Romans.”3 The remaining written evidence on his construction of the wall is located in epigraphic sources. The question remains of Hadrian’s intentions in the building of the wall. This is no ...
A Man For All Seasons
... George Washington is often compared to Cincinnatus. Like his predecessor, he was a farmer and was reluctant to retain power for any longer than necessary. Is Abraham Lincoln often compared to Cincinnatus? No, George Washington is often compared to Cincinnatus. In what way were the two men similar? L ...
... George Washington is often compared to Cincinnatus. Like his predecessor, he was a farmer and was reluctant to retain power for any longer than necessary. Is Abraham Lincoln often compared to Cincinnatus? No, George Washington is often compared to Cincinnatus. In what way were the two men similar? L ...