The Ara Pacis Augustae: Visual Rhetoric in Augustus
... Bizzell and Herzberg go on to elaborate on the causes behind the change in the practice of rhetoric: ‘‘Octavian consolidated his power by reducing the Senate to a powerless advisory body and accepting from it the title Augustus, which made him officially a demigod. The reign of Imperial Rome, Rome g ...
... Bizzell and Herzberg go on to elaborate on the causes behind the change in the practice of rhetoric: ‘‘Octavian consolidated his power by reducing the Senate to a powerless advisory body and accepting from it the title Augustus, which made him officially a demigod. The reign of Imperial Rome, Rome g ...
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... intrigue, and seem often to find great difficulty in saying anything at all complimentary about their subjects. Yet the evidence shows that the empire was kept on a steady keel, despite the eccentricities of individual ...
... intrigue, and seem often to find great difficulty in saying anything at all complimentary about their subjects. Yet the evidence shows that the empire was kept on a steady keel, despite the eccentricities of individual ...
Augustus and the Architecture of Masculinity By Katie Thompson
... however, it is important to understand Augustus‟s personal agenda of establishing his absolute authority in Rome and the social ideals of masculinity that he had to maintain. Manliness was the driving force behind the Roman elite. It shaped legislation, social hierarchy, and sexual protocol. The se ...
... however, it is important to understand Augustus‟s personal agenda of establishing his absolute authority in Rome and the social ideals of masculinity that he had to maintain. Manliness was the driving force behind the Roman elite. It shaped legislation, social hierarchy, and sexual protocol. The se ...
understanding roman inscriptions
... as well as the day-to-day lingua franca of much of the eastern Mediterranean world. Many ‘Roman’ inscriptions from these lands were inscribed in Greek. There are bilingual, even trilingual texts, in the manner of the well-known Rosetta Stone. 4 Local languages and scripts such as Punic, Thracian and ...
... as well as the day-to-day lingua franca of much of the eastern Mediterranean world. Many ‘Roman’ inscriptions from these lands were inscribed in Greek. There are bilingual, even trilingual texts, in the manner of the well-known Rosetta Stone. 4 Local languages and scripts such as Punic, Thracian and ...
AH2 option 2 Augustus
... largely through spoils of conquest of vast overseas territories; armies increasingly loyal to them rather than the Senate (hope of booty and land on retirement, largely made up of landless former peasants who were alienated from the rest of society). Competition for power and prestige was an integra ...
... largely through spoils of conquest of vast overseas territories; armies increasingly loyal to them rather than the Senate (hope of booty and land on retirement, largely made up of landless former peasants who were alienated from the rest of society). Competition for power and prestige was an integra ...
Names of Historians for Different Periods of Ancient Rome
... The Republican Wall Circuit The oldest wall circuit is a matter of conjecture but certainly would have encircled the city’s earliest settlements which would include the Capitoline and Palatine hills. The Servian walls were erected by Servius Tullius, a 6th century B.C. king, who ruled Rome well b ...
... The Republican Wall Circuit The oldest wall circuit is a matter of conjecture but certainly would have encircled the city’s earliest settlements which would include the Capitoline and Palatine hills. The Servian walls were erected by Servius Tullius, a 6th century B.C. king, who ruled Rome well b ...
KINSHIP AND POWER
... phalus in the house hearth as the father of Servius. He was also substituted in some versions of the story by a client of Tarquinius.8 When the child was born the queen Tanaquil adopted him. For Festus Servius Tullius was spurius, meaning an unlawful child, i.e. the child of an unknown father. He qu ...
... phalus in the house hearth as the father of Servius. He was also substituted in some versions of the story by a client of Tarquinius.8 When the child was born the queen Tanaquil adopted him. For Festus Servius Tullius was spurius, meaning an unlawful child, i.e. the child of an unknown father. He qu ...
A rough schedule
... How did Augustus become sole ruler of the Roman empire? What were the main problems facing him in the aftermath of the civil wars? How is his triumph presented by the sources? What don’t they say about it? Notes Fourteen years of rivalry and intermittent reconciliations culminated with Antony divorc ...
... How did Augustus become sole ruler of the Roman empire? What were the main problems facing him in the aftermath of the civil wars? How is his triumph presented by the sources? What don’t they say about it? Notes Fourteen years of rivalry and intermittent reconciliations culminated with Antony divorc ...
Caesar: Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico
... cruci xion. This episode illustrates the privileged status that upper-class Roman men—eve ...
... cruci xion. This episode illustrates the privileged status that upper-class Roman men—eve ...
(Part 5a)-History Legio XIIII GMV
... where again the German tribes were threatening the frontier. They were replaced in the fortress at Wroxeter by Legio XX Valeria Victrix. The legion remained in Germania Superior until the civil war erupted over Nero’s succession in AD 69 when Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix declared its to support ...
... where again the German tribes were threatening the frontier. They were replaced in the fortress at Wroxeter by Legio XX Valeria Victrix. The legion remained in Germania Superior until the civil war erupted over Nero’s succession in AD 69 when Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix declared its to support ...
Slide 1
... with Roman tradition and behaved as if he were a king. On March 15, 44BCE, a mob of sixty senators stabbed the dictator to death in the Roman Forum. Ironically, Caesar fell to his death at the foot of a statue of Pompey, the general who Caesar defeated. ...
... with Roman tradition and behaved as if he were a king. On March 15, 44BCE, a mob of sixty senators stabbed the dictator to death in the Roman Forum. Ironically, Caesar fell to his death at the foot of a statue of Pompey, the general who Caesar defeated. ...
The Power of Images in the Ag. of Augustus
... warmth and rain, are thus also tokens of increaseand fertility, henceclosely connectedwith the goddessto whom they respectfully turn. This artistic landscapeis not mere scenery,but rather a symbolic setting, whose various elementscould be read one by one, the scaleof any one of them altered by the a ...
... warmth and rain, are thus also tokens of increaseand fertility, henceclosely connectedwith the goddessto whom they respectfully turn. This artistic landscapeis not mere scenery,but rather a symbolic setting, whose various elementscould be read one by one, the scaleof any one of them altered by the a ...
A General`s Self-Depiction: The Political
... his actions. To accomplish this, we must scrutinize his Commentarii de Bello Gallico.1 The first section will offer a brief history of Caesar’s political career up to and during the Gallic Wars. The second section will summarize his account of the British landing, as an example Caesar’s written work ...
... his actions. To accomplish this, we must scrutinize his Commentarii de Bello Gallico.1 The first section will offer a brief history of Caesar’s political career up to and during the Gallic Wars. The second section will summarize his account of the British landing, as an example Caesar’s written work ...
Tyrants and Tyranny in the Late Roman Republic
... same names as before. The younger citizens had been born after Augustus’ victory at Actium, and the older ones were born during the civil wars: who remained who had known the Republic? (Tacitus, Annales I.1-3) Tacitus, Gibbon, and many modern historians agree that Augustus succeeded as a ruler becau ...
... same names as before. The younger citizens had been born after Augustus’ victory at Actium, and the older ones were born during the civil wars: who remained who had known the Republic? (Tacitus, Annales I.1-3) Tacitus, Gibbon, and many modern historians agree that Augustus succeeded as a ruler becau ...
The Antonine Wall: Reasons for the Roman Retreat
... Alcock, Daily life of the pagan Celts, 19; T. G. E. Powell, The Celts, (New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc, 1958) 75 Alcock, Daily life of the pagan Celts, 19-23 ...
... Alcock, Daily life of the pagan Celts, 19; T. G. E. Powell, The Celts, (New York: Frederick A. Praeger Inc, 1958) 75 Alcock, Daily life of the pagan Celts, 19-23 ...
Augustus` Divine Authority and Vergil`s "Aeneid"
... acquires potestas. Vergil predicts the extraordinary spread of the Roman Empire under Augustus, who will "mark the boundaries of the empire with Ocean" (located at the edge of the earth) ( impérium Oceano.. .terminei, Aen. 1.287). In Anchises' prophecy to Aeneas about how far the Roman rule will ext ...
... acquires potestas. Vergil predicts the extraordinary spread of the Roman Empire under Augustus, who will "mark the boundaries of the empire with Ocean" (located at the edge of the earth) ( impérium Oceano.. .terminei, Aen. 1.287). In Anchises' prophecy to Aeneas about how far the Roman rule will ext ...
Augustus Program and Abstracts
... Although being by far the richest and most powerful patron in Rome, and wishing to build up a family dynasty, Augustus had no way of ever excluding the Senate from the government. To avoid unmasking himself as rex, he had to disguise his rule as republican. He required, therefore, the Senators as ba ...
... Although being by far the richest and most powerful patron in Rome, and wishing to build up a family dynasty, Augustus had no way of ever excluding the Senate from the government. To avoid unmasking himself as rex, he had to disguise his rule as republican. He required, therefore, the Senators as ba ...
I Caesar: Hadrian
... powerful eastern legions had already chosen Hadrian. Soon afterwards Hadrian stunned Rome by taking a momentous and far reaching decision: the empire should expand no further." (Narrator) No profit occupying areas of no profit. Hadrian wanted to consolidate ...
... powerful eastern legions had already chosen Hadrian. Soon afterwards Hadrian stunned Rome by taking a momentous and far reaching decision: the empire should expand no further." (Narrator) No profit occupying areas of no profit. Hadrian wanted to consolidate ...
AUGUSTUS, LEGISLATIVE POWER, AND THE POWER OF
... comprehensive programmes of administrative and legal change, they were nominally implemented as popular laws. In the case of Augustus, two narrative traditions are known, namely the Republican one originating from Augustus himself, and the other relying mainly on later Roman historians who depicted ...
... comprehensive programmes of administrative and legal change, they were nominally implemented as popular laws. In the case of Augustus, two narrative traditions are known, namely the Republican one originating from Augustus himself, and the other relying mainly on later Roman historians who depicted ...
English
... praises Romulus for stability in Roman marriage, he refers to adultery. This is proof that adultery did occur in early Rome.12 Plutarch provides further proof in a biography of Romulus.13 He tells of severe laws that Romulus enacted on divorce. These laws denied a wife the right to divorce her husba ...
... praises Romulus for stability in Roman marriage, he refers to adultery. This is proof that adultery did occur in early Rome.12 Plutarch provides further proof in a biography of Romulus.13 He tells of severe laws that Romulus enacted on divorce. These laws denied a wife the right to divorce her husba ...
Chapter 1 - Bolchazy
... aid of Pompey the Great and Crassus. These two senior politicians were enemies, but Caesar reconciled them and brokered a three-way alliance that would be mutually beneficial. (The triumvirate was formed against a mutual enemy, Cato and the optimātēs.) The alliance, which they called “friendship” (a ...
... aid of Pompey the Great and Crassus. These two senior politicians were enemies, but Caesar reconciled them and brokered a three-way alliance that would be mutually beneficial. (The triumvirate was formed against a mutual enemy, Cato and the optimātēs.) The alliance, which they called “friendship” (a ...
Declining Marital and Birth Rates in the Roman Empire.
... This article seeks to answer two interrelated questions. First, how did ancient Roman authors interpret Augustus’ reproductive legislation and his nationalist agenda? Second, how did their lived experiences, historical context, and genre of writing influence their interpretation of Augustus’ reforms ...
... This article seeks to answer two interrelated questions. First, how did ancient Roman authors interpret Augustus’ reproductive legislation and his nationalist agenda? Second, how did their lived experiences, historical context, and genre of writing influence their interpretation of Augustus’ reforms ...
Caesar 2 Essay, Research Paper Many people associate the Ides of
... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Brita ...
... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Brita ...
Rome v Brutus Affidavits
... had just returned from battle in which I defeated Pompey’s sons. I came into Rome at the time of the races of the Feast of Lupercal. A soothsayer came up to me and said, “Beware the Ides of March.” I would never let the public know this, but this scared me. I noticed Cassius watching me, like a lean ...
... had just returned from battle in which I defeated Pompey’s sons. I came into Rome at the time of the races of the Feast of Lupercal. A soothsayer came up to me and said, “Beware the Ides of March.” I would never let the public know this, but this scared me. I noticed Cassius watching me, like a lean ...
Antoninus
... his father died when he was still young. On the death of this grandfather, the maternal grandfather took charge of him. Inheriting the walth of both his grandfathers made Antoninus one of the richest men in Rome. He embarked on the traditional career for a senator, climbing the ladder of various off ...
... his father died when he was still young. On the death of this grandfather, the maternal grandfather took charge of him. Inheriting the walth of both his grandfathers made Antoninus one of the richest men in Rome. He embarked on the traditional career for a senator, climbing the ladder of various off ...