Fides Romana - Otago University Research Archive
... in general was reluctant to subjugate and oversee foreign lands. His thesis supports that of ‘defensive imperialism’.1 Rome did not set out to conquer the world. But at the same time, the Roman state desired to control it. According to Badian, to fulfil this desire for superiority, without the burd ...
... in general was reluctant to subjugate and oversee foreign lands. His thesis supports that of ‘defensive imperialism’.1 Rome did not set out to conquer the world. But at the same time, the Roman state desired to control it. According to Badian, to fulfil this desire for superiority, without the burd ...
cicero and the roman civic spirit in the middle aces and early
... pursued literary aims in his ' otium '. If he attained to highest activity in solitude, this could only mean that he devoted his ' otium ' to consideration of the vast plans which guided him in building up the Roman Empire. ' In otio de negotio cogitabat.' Cicero himself, in his long enforced ' otiu ...
... pursued literary aims in his ' otium '. If he attained to highest activity in solitude, this could only mean that he devoted his ' otium ' to consideration of the vast plans which guided him in building up the Roman Empire. ' In otio de negotio cogitabat.' Cicero himself, in his long enforced ' otiu ...
University of Alberta Bithynia - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
... In each section details are added which round out the whole picture. For example, the first chapter deals with the pre-Roman history of Bithynia, but also includes a section on the geography of the province, as well as a history of her most important cities. The second chapter chronicles the Roman ...
... In each section details are added which round out the whole picture. For example, the first chapter deals with the pre-Roman history of Bithynia, but also includes a section on the geography of the province, as well as a history of her most important cities. The second chapter chronicles the Roman ...
Boethius, Bk I - Pitzer College
... Christianity in Boethius’s day was different: It wasn't nearly as powerful as it would eventually become It was beset by divisions. Not just between the two Churches, but between groups with very different religious ideologies. First of all, there were fights over the appropriate books of the Bible. ...
... Christianity in Boethius’s day was different: It wasn't nearly as powerful as it would eventually become It was beset by divisions. Not just between the two Churches, but between groups with very different religious ideologies. First of all, there were fights over the appropriate books of the Bible. ...
Heroes of the Colosseum
... Emperors – staged venationes featuring exotic animals – lions, hippopotamus, crocodiles. On one occasion, Caesar deployed some 400 lions imported primarily from North Africa and Syria and also introduced the first giraffe. Not only did the people of Rome enjoy seeing these strange beasts, but even b ...
... Emperors – staged venationes featuring exotic animals – lions, hippopotamus, crocodiles. On one occasion, Caesar deployed some 400 lions imported primarily from North Africa and Syria and also introduced the first giraffe. Not only did the people of Rome enjoy seeing these strange beasts, but even b ...
Warped Intertextualities: Naevius and Sallust
... carefully exaggerates the peaceful country atmosphere and the idyllic landscape dominated by farmers: ‘pleni agri, apertae domus’ (..). The simple farmer who was also a fierce soldier was an important figure in idealised Roman views of their ancestors. The initial response of the country peopl ...
... carefully exaggerates the peaceful country atmosphere and the idyllic landscape dominated by farmers: ‘pleni agri, apertae domus’ (..). The simple farmer who was also a fierce soldier was an important figure in idealised Roman views of their ancestors. The initial response of the country peopl ...
spectacles of death in ancient rome
... 1992 at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association a joint panel on the Roman arena (abstracted in AJArch. 97 (1993) 304–6) showed that the scholarly community was ready for new perspectives on spectacles. As I was working on the project, impress ...
... 1992 at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association a joint panel on the Roman arena (abstracted in AJArch. 97 (1993) 304–6) showed that the scholarly community was ready for new perspectives on spectacles. As I was working on the project, impress ...
Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
... 1992 at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association a joint panel on the Roman arena (abstracted in AJArch. 97 (1993) 304–6) showed that the scholarly community was ready for new perspectives on spectacles. As I was working on the project, impress ...
... 1992 at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association a joint panel on the Roman arena (abstracted in AJArch. 97 (1993) 304–6) showed that the scholarly community was ready for new perspectives on spectacles. As I was working on the project, impress ...
In Death, Immortality - Trinity College Digital Repository
... to end on the high note of praise for Rome. To virtually sum up the Numantines, Appian writes: “First of all, all those who wished to killed themselves, each in his own way; the rest came out on the third day to the place that had been appointed, an appalling spectacle and looking altogether inhuman ...
... to end on the high note of praise for Rome. To virtually sum up the Numantines, Appian writes: “First of all, all those who wished to killed themselves, each in his own way; the rest came out on the third day to the place that had been appointed, an appalling spectacle and looking altogether inhuman ...
umi-ku-2467_1 - KU ScholarWorks
... civilizations: since the two cultures had developed in such close proximity there were bound to be similarities. These similarities in culture would have faded into the background with time, forcing some Etruscan rituals into the category of “other” and the rest into the category of “archaic.” By th ...
... civilizations: since the two cultures had developed in such close proximity there were bound to be similarities. These similarities in culture would have faded into the background with time, forcing some Etruscan rituals into the category of “other” and the rest into the category of “archaic.” By th ...
the origins of the protection of literary authorship in ancient rome
... in Greek. It was customary for them to then continue their studies either with Greek philosophers or rhetoricians in Rome, or to attend one of the more renowned schools of philosophy in Greece or Asia Minor. Rhetoric and philosophy both enjoyed special prestige in Roman society and it was these disc ...
... in Greek. It was customary for them to then continue their studies either with Greek philosophers or rhetoricians in Rome, or to attend one of the more renowned schools of philosophy in Greece or Asia Minor. Rhetoric and philosophy both enjoyed special prestige in Roman society and it was these disc ...
Ancient Rome
... Sea. The area is dotted with islands, most of them settled by Greeks. The Aegean area was the site of early Greek civilization. The Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the Balkan Peninsula (modern-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Albania). The Italian and Balka ...
... Sea. The area is dotted with islands, most of them settled by Greeks. The Aegean area was the site of early Greek civilization. The Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the Balkan Peninsula (modern-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Albania). The Italian and Balka ...
Ancient Rome - Core Knowledge® Foundation
... Explain to students that although there were not any political boundaries at the time of the Roman Empire, it is helpful for us when we study the Roman Empire to put some boundaries in where present day countries are, so we can see where things were really taking place. Have students put their copy ...
... Explain to students that although there were not any political boundaries at the time of the Roman Empire, it is helpful for us when we study the Roman Empire to put some boundaries in where present day countries are, so we can see where things were really taking place. Have students put their copy ...
the roman villas of wales - oURspace Home
... another important milestone in the study of villas in Roman Britain. Throughout this work, Percival provides a strong history of the architectural, cultural and economic developments that villa construction prompted within the Roman world, and is particularly informative in regards to the importance ...
... another important milestone in the study of villas in Roman Britain. Throughout this work, Percival provides a strong history of the architectural, cultural and economic developments that villa construction prompted within the Roman world, and is particularly informative in regards to the importance ...
Christianity and Gender in Imperial Roman Policy, 57-235.
... ability of women to use gendered norms to their advantage during times of crisis, even when it appears to be disconnected from issues of gender. ...
... ability of women to use gendered norms to their advantage during times of crisis, even when it appears to be disconnected from issues of gender. ...
Murray2015 - Edinburgh Research Archive
... children towards one another in any period of history, including republican Rome, should be noted at the outset.2 Thus, the title of this thesis is elite father and son relationships in the plural. Social expectations can, however, exert a significant influence on individuals to follow set norms and ...
... children towards one another in any period of history, including republican Rome, should be noted at the outset.2 Thus, the title of this thesis is elite father and son relationships in the plural. Social expectations can, however, exert a significant influence on individuals to follow set norms and ...
Founding fathers: An ethnic and gender study of the Iliadic Aeneid
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
... characters in the Aeneid and giving only limited attention to the second half of the epic. 6 Perhaps because the Dido episode is such fertile ground for intellectual exploration and is just plain fascinating from a literary standpoint, neglect of the second half of the Aeneid, known as the Iliadic ...
Where Titus Quintius Flamininus`s interests in line with those of the
... Ancient sources do not provide a clear answer as to whether Flamininus was indeed following Senatorial orders, or whether he and his consilium invented the specific terms as a negotiating position. Diodorus gives an account of Flamininus’ demands for a Greece left ‘ungarrisoned and autonomous’.10 T ...
... Ancient sources do not provide a clear answer as to whether Flamininus was indeed following Senatorial orders, or whether he and his consilium invented the specific terms as a negotiating position. Diodorus gives an account of Flamininus’ demands for a Greece left ‘ungarrisoned and autonomous’.10 T ...
