Go to Arachnion nr. 4 - contents or to Arachnion - home page Arachnion n. 2.1, May 1996 Two Small Thoughts on 'Cilnius Maecenas'[*] di CHRIS J. SIMPSON (Wilfrid Laurier/McMaster Universities, Canada) My first thought: although apparently overlooked by White, it is well-known that in a letter Augustus addressed his friend Maecenas as Cilniorum smaragde[1]. Cilnius is also the nomen given by Tacitus (Ann. VI, 11, 3) Cilnium Maecenatem equestris ordinis[2]. A long-standing and con ...

Steve Juanico Dr. Martin Pine ACE Social Science Seminar 015 19 December 1997 The reforms of Augustus solved the major problems of the late Roman Republic. Show fully how 4 major reforms of Augustus solved the problems of the late Roman Republic. Two of the most destructive problems facing the late Roman Republic were the instability and disunity caused by incessant civil wars ...

AUGUSTUS: IMAGES OF POWER Mark Morford, Classics Department, University of Virginia To view larger images, click on the small images at the head of each section. Part 1: The Mausoleum (1-7) 1. The Campus Martius was a large low-lying area north of the Capitolium, lying outside the pomerium. Here the Roman people met under arms and practiced military training. Towards the end of the Republic the southern part became built up, and Augustus and his assistant, Agrippa, added many bui ...

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Return to Roman Britain Boudica (Boudicca) "...a terrible disaster occurred in Britain. Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon the Romans by a woman, a fact which in itself caused them the greatest shame....But the person who was chiefly instrumental in rousing the natives and persuading them to fight the Romans, the person who was thought worthy to be their leader and who dir ...

CALIGULA: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND March, 37 CE: At about 25 years old, Caligula was named Rome's third emperor, the first direct descendant of Augustus to take the throne (click here for a coin on which Caligula emphasizes this relationship). The reign began with good feelings all around, since Caligula declared an amnesty for all Romans imprisoned or exiled under Tiberius, posthumously restored honor to his mother and brothers, and stopped the treason trials, getting rid of the informers in ...

Cicero (c. 106-43 B.C.) Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC and was murdered on December 7, 43 BC. His life coincided with the decline and fall of the Roman Republic, and he was an important actor in many of the significant political events of his time (and his writings are now a valuable source of information to us about those events). He was, among other things, an orator, lawyer, politician, and philosopher. Making sense of his writings and understanding his philosophy ...

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Portraits of the Roman Emperors Select the Thumbnail for a larger image. Julius Caesar (Vatican) Augustus Togate (Pontifex maximus)(Paris, Louvre) Augustus of Primaporta (Vatican) Trajan Hadrian (Vatican) Marcus Aurelius Equestrian portrait of Marcus Aurelius, bronze (Rome, Museo Conservatori) General (Antoninus Pius?) of the Antonine era (Vatican) Philippus Arabus c244-249 AD (Vatican Museums) The Tetrarchs, now part of the structure of San Marco, Venice porphyry early fourth century AD Colossal statue of Constantine (Rome, Museo Conservatori)

JULIUS CAESAR: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 102/100 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar was born (by Caesarean section according to an unlikely legend) of Aurelia and Gaius Julius Caesar, a praetor. His family had noble, patrician roots, although they were neither rich nor influential in this period. His aunt Julia was the wife of Gaius Marius, leader of the Popular faction. c. 85 BCE: His father died, and a few years later he was betrothed and possibly married to a wealthy young woman, Cossutia. This betro ...

Nero burning rome and ancient roman politics Legend tells us of how Nero played his violin during th burning of Rome. Here is a look at the ancient roman politics which brought about this legend. In the year 64 CE, a fire broke out which would destroy the greatest city in the Roman world and forever cast a shadow of villany upon the man who ruled that city. What followed the burning of Rome would be one of the darkest chapters of Roman history, ending the line of conquering Caesars and ...

Pertinax, the roman emperor from 192-193 a.d. Pertinax reigned as the Roman Emperor for only eighty-seven days. He was known as a modest and respectful leader that was killed by the avarice of his praetorians. On August 1, 126 A.D. Publius Helvius Pertinax was born in Ligurian town of Alba Pompeia, which was roughly thirty-five mile southeast of Turin in the northwest part of Italy. Helvius Successus, his father, was a freed slave. It is believed that his father named him Pertinax to ...

Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors DIR Atlas Constantius I Chlorus (305-306 A.D.) Michael DiMaio, Jr. Salve Regina University Constantius' Early Life and Marriage Born March 31st, Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantius may have come into the world ca. 250. His family was from Illyricum. In the army he served as a protector, tribunus, and a praeses Dalmatiarum. During the 270s or the 280s, he became the father of Constantine by Helena, his fir ...

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families Pull-down menus in frames: vertical click here; horizontal click here; full scrolling menu click here;scroll down the page for non-frames access. Welcome to De Imperatoribus Romanis ("On the Rulers of Rome")! WHAT IS DIR? DIR is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). The encyclopedia consists of (1 ...

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families Pull-down menus in frames: vertical click here; horizontal click here; full scrolling menu click here;scroll down the page for non-frames access. Welcome to De Imperatoribus Romanis ("On the Rulers of Rome")! WHAT IS DIR? DIR is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). The encyclopedia consists of (1 ...

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