It was an extremely popular time of year across the Roman Empire. 这个节日是整个罗马帝国一年中最重要的时间段。 Unpopular in his own lifetime due to his wretched excesses, his coins are among the most collected of any Roman emperor. 在他自己的一生不受欢迎由于他的可怜的暴行,他的硬币是最收...
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For the remainder of the Roman Republic, and well into the Imperial Period, Cincinnatus continued to be seen as the quintessential Roman cultural hero and model of virtue: an aristocratic man who was a talented soldier, general, and politician who put the interests of Rome first, above his ow...
In that same year, he was granted an additional share of the emperor's proconsular power, yet another step to the ultimate power. However, there are many who argue that Tiberius was just keeping Sejanus in check and as unsuspicious as possible, as he was already suspected of treason. Tibe...
There has always been a large community of Piedmontese people in Rome, arriving in successive waves. This migration began in 1870, the year of the Breach of Porta Pia, and continued at least until the fall of the Monarchy in 1946.
The family take a holiday every year to Wales and every year I do a little work while I’m there, because I’m so permanently busy. This year, I said ‘No.’ I would not work while we were away. I was going to actually relax. With a sort of half-hearted hope that I might ...
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If the latter is the case, this beginning of a new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent is a most appropriate time to eschew fanaticism and pseudo-Catholicism and to return to the heart of the Catholic Faith: Our Lord, the Blessed Trinity, the reading of Sacred Scripture, exclus...
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"[Attis reveals to Dionysos the will of Fate on his Indian War :] ‘The war shall not end until the four Seasons complete he sixth year. So much the eye of Zeus and the threads of the unturning Moira (Fate) have granted to the will of Hera; in the seventh lichtgang which follows...