Ancient Rome

Pelopidas With Marcellus (Comparison)

A comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus reveals intriguing parallels and contrasts between these two influential figures from ancient history, both of whom played significant roles in their respective city-states, Thebes and Rome. Here's a concise comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus: Pelopidas: Era: Pelopidas lived in ancient Thebes during the 4t...

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Sertorius With Eumenes (Comparison)

Plutarch's Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes is a short essay in which he compares and contrasts the lives and careers of two famous generals: Quintus Sertorius (c. 126–73 BC) of Rome and Eumenes of Cardia (c. 362–316 BC) of Greece. Both Sertorius and Eumenes were brilliant military leaders who played a key role in the history of their respective...

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Ides of March

In 44 BC, at the celebration of the Lupercalia, Julius Caesar, seated in a gilded chair at the front of the Rostra, publicly refused the diadem of kingship presented to him by Antony. He already exercised the power of dictator, and many regarded the gesture as nothing more than pretense. Indeed, for Appian, "the difference it made was only of a wor...

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Mausoleum of Augustus and the Res Gestae

The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Res Gestae Courtesy of Professor John Paul Adams, Department of Modern and Classical Languages & Literatures at the California State University at Northridge. [Rome] [Political Resources]...

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The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

"This is the home page of the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy." [Rome] [Literary Resources]...

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Josephus' References to Crucifixion

Crucifixion in Antiquity - The Jewish Roman World of Jesus by Joe Zias. "Undoubtedly, one of the cruelest and most humiliating forms of punishment in the ancient world was, according to ancient sources, crucifixion. The Jewish historian Josephus best described it following the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 66-70 as "the most wretched of de...

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Index of Images from Vergil

MSS VAT. lat. 3225 and 3867. [Rome] [Literary Resources]...

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Imperial Battle Map Index by Hugh Elton,

Cartography by Christos Nüssli Courtesy of the De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors . [Rome] [Military History]...

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Agis

This work is provided bythe Internet Classics Archive [Rome] [Literary Resources] [Plutarch]...

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Artaxerxes

Artaxerxes is a name that belongs to several Persian kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire in ancient Persia. The most notable of these kings were Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes II, and Artaxerxes III, who played significant roles in Persian history and were known for their reigns during the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Here's a brief description of the Ac...

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