Tag: Rome

Plutarch's Lives: Tiberius Gracchus Having completed the first two narratives, we now may proceedto take a view of misfortunes, not less remarkable, in theRoman couple, and with the lives of Agis and Cleomenes,compare these of Tiberius and Caius. They were the sons ofTiberius Gracchus, who, though h...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Domitianus, c. 110 C.E. I. DOMITIAN was born on the ninth day before the Kalends of November of the year when his father was Consul-elect and was about to enter on the office in the following month [October 24, 51 C.E.], in a street of the sixt...

Roman Law One of the greatest legacies of Rome is their legal system. The development of Roman law began with the Twelve Tables in the mid-fifth century B.C. During a period of over 1000 years, the Roman jurists created a rich literature about all aspects of law: property, marriage, guardianship and...

Slaves were trained as gladiators, and in 73 BC such a slave, a Thracian named Spartacus, broke out of a gladiator training camp at Capua and took refuge in the hills. The number of his band swelled rapidly and he kept his men well in hand and under strict discipline and routed two commanders who we...

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However, to the south things were different. The princes of Judaea had been allies of Rome for half a century. But Judaea was suffering a civil war between the two brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus. Pompey was hence asked to help quell their quarrels and help decide the matter of rule over Judaea (...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Nero, c. 110 C.E. Translated by J. C. Rolfe. [Arkenberg Introduction]. Rolfe's annotations appear in brackets with no attribution; mine are noted. I have also replaced modern place names, as used by Rolfe, with those in use by the Romans and He ...

The Provinces 1) Baetica (Hispania)19) Noricum37) Cappadocia2) Lusitania (Hispania)20) Pannonia38) Pontus3) Tarraconesis (Hispania)21) Dalmatia39) Armenia Inferior4) Narbonensis (Gallia)22) Dacia40) Sophene5) Aquitania (Gallia)23) Moesia41) Osroene6) Lugdunensis (Gallia)24) Thracia42) Commagene7) B...

In Greece meanwhile the by now miserably disorganized Achaean League had extended its jurisdiction over the Peloponnes, though Sparta refused submit to such ambitions and appealed to Rome. The senate dispatched commissioners to the council of the Achaean League assembled at Corinth to. To prevent fu...

With Pompey about to return to Rome, no one knew what the conqueror of the east intended to do. Both Cicero and Caesar wanted his alliance. But Caesar knew how to wait and turn events in his favour. At present Crassus with his gold was more important then Pompey with his men. The money of Crassus en...

BC300Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvus VQuintus Appuleius Pansa299Titus Manlius TorquatusMarcus Fulvius Paetinus298Lucius Cornelius Scipio BarbatusGnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus297Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus IIIIPublius Decius Mus III296Appius Claudius Caecus IILucius Volumnius II295Quintus Fab...

Tiberius and his brother Gaius Gracchus were to be two men who should become famous, if not infamous, for their struggle for the lower classes of Rome.They themselves though originated from Rome's very elite. Their father was a consul and military commander and their mother was from the distinguishe...