Tag: Rome

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...

b. 63 BC?d. , March, 12 BC, Campania [Italy] powerful deputy of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. He was chiefly responsible for the victory over Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and during Augustus' reign he suppressed rebellions, founded colonies, and administered various parts of th...

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For the moment Caesar's fall produced sheer paralysis. The conspirators imagined that they were going to restore the senatorial republic mid general acclamation. The enemy they had most to fear was Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony, ca. 83-30 BC), consul designate and a favourite lieutenant of the murder...

YearNameNotes49 BC44 BCJulius CaesarDied March 14, 44 BC.Murdered by Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus.44 BC31 BCMarc Antony31 BC14 ADAugustus (Octavianus)Died August 19, 14 AD.14 AD37 ADTiberiusDied March 16, 37 AD.37 AD41 ADGaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula)Died January 24, 41 AD.Widely regar...

Caesar went on, after the the conference of Luca to reduce the whole of Gaul to submission in the course of three campaigns - justified by initial aggression from the barbarians. The two following years were occupied with expeditions and campaigns of an experimental kind. In 55 BC a fresh invasion ...

Ancient History Sourcebook:Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Divus Claudius, c. 110 CE. 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 Roma ...

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 (...

In 74 BC Marcus Antonius, father of the famous Mark Antony, had been given special powers to suppress the large-scale piracy in the Mediterranean. But his attempts had ended in dismal failure. After Antonius' death, the consul Quintus Metellus was set upon the same task in 69 BC. Matters indeed did ...

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Romans believed religion was very important. They believed that gods were responsible for putting them on Earth and controlling their lives. How did Romans practice religion? There were two parts of Roman religion, household religion and the state religion. Household religion included worshipping go...

The Roman civilization was one of the most influential in world history, and its impact can still be felt today in areas such as politics, architecture, language, and law. The Roman Republic, which was established in 509 BCE, was the first known republic in the world, and it laid the foundation for ...