Each chapter opens with a map of the extent of the Roman Empire alongside colour timelines, offering readers a way to orient themselves as they explore the history of the period. New family trees of some of the most influential dynasties in Rome help to trace the often complicated ...
In the world of ancient Rome, spirits were known as numina (sing. numen). These were divine spirits or powers that were present everywhere in life, people, and places. They were not anthropomorphic at first. Originally, Romans may have believed that a numen was a place itself, such as a...
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An antique map of Ancient Rome. An ancient Roman triumph parade through a triumphal arch like the arch of Constantine (this thumbnail is a section!) Several triumphal arches pictures are shown further below. An antique print of the Ancient Roman Pantheon in Rome. An ancient Roman triumph ...
The earliest Latins, when Rome was but a small city forming part of a Latin league, goddesses such as Vesta, goddess of the hearth and Diana, goddess of chastity were at the core of official cults, both were of Italic/Indo-European origin. READ MORE...
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Rome began its struggle with Carthage in 264 BC for control over the Mediterranean Sea. At the time, Carthage was the world’s dominant sea power and ruled the central and western Mediterranean absolutely, while Rome dominated over the Italian peninsula. ...
, The Oxford History of the Classical World (1986). Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger (eds.), Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome, 3 vol. (1988), discusses the geography, inhabitants, arts, language, religion, politics, technology, and economy of the area from the ...
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