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Rome
The course of study lasted for five years and consisted in the revision and analysis of classical...
Civil wars in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman statesman and general, attempted to take control of...
The Romans and Parthians used internal dissent and succession problems within the Seleucid royal house to bring...
Examining the guilds and professional associations driving ancient commerce in Hellenistic Roman Macedon. Establishment of a New...
Legends aside, Rome’s earliest beginnings are humble and relatively ordinary. The Eternal City Rome is often described...
Originally, the Cybelean cult was brought to Rome during the time of the Second Punic War (218...
Later, more nations recognized the value of Roman culture and came to adopt aspects of it in...
In 264 BCE, Volsinii became one of the last Etruscan cities to fall in the interminable wars...
The dog was a companion, guardian, hunter, professional fighter, tracker, fellow warrior, and sometimes a sacrifice in...
In order to understand the Marian army, one must consider the military structure of pre-Marian times. By...
Because legions were not permanent units until the Marian reforms, hundreds were named and numbered throughout Roman...
Ultimately, it allowed Caesar to overthrow the Roman Republic and led to the establishment of the Imperial...
Dictators were only supposed to be appointed so long as the Romans had to carry on wars...
Domitian’s reign was not only a tale of repression but also one of reform and good government....
Diocletian restructured the Roman government by establishing the Tetrarchy – four men sharing rule over the massive...
There is no evidence concerning the historicity of the Romulus and Remus mythology. Introduction The Romulus and...
By the sixth century gossip and defamation were viable and even preferable weapons against one’s political adversaries....
Airflow, water fountains, and shade. Dark green leaves flutter in the breeze; water splashes in a fountain;...
It led to the rise of Crassus and the devastation of much of southern Italy. By Dr....
We all know how popular gambling is around the whole world. It is one of the most...
Octavian decided he could not simply give up his authority without risking further civil wars amongst the...
Like modern slavery, it was an abusive and degrading institution. Slavery in ancient Rome differed from its...
At the heart of Roman conceptions of citizenship was a covenant between the individual citizen and the...
Cassius Dio is best known for his 80-volume Roman History. Introduction Cassius Dio (c. 164 – c. 229/235...
The city’s monuments (and their ruins) are cues for memory, discourse, and discovery. Views of Rome The...
The causes and attributes of the crisis changed throughout the decades between 134 and 44 BCE. Introduction...
This great empire lay in two continents, Europe and Asia. It lasted from about 500 to 1453...
Rome’s influence lives on in many ways today – in art, architecture and engineering, language and writing,...
Immediately following the deposition of Herod Archelaus in 6 CE as a client king, Judea was turned...