Once obscure, the name Roman has taken off in recent years, no doubt thanks to celebrities like Cate Blanchett and Debra Messing, who both named their sons Roman in 2004. Roman is simple to spell and say and bears resemblance to other popular "R" names, like Rowan and Ronan. Roman is ...
But nowadays the lives of each notorious Roman emperor have come up for re-examination, giving us a more nuanced perspective on their reigns. 6. Caligula – The First Autocrat Roman Emperor Cuirass bust of the emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, 37-41 CE, Ny Carlsberg...
And now universal silence reigns: even the horn-footed steeds refuse to stand, even the fires are quenched in sudden ashes. But slumber woos not the anxious Greeks [the Argives attacked Thebes] to same repose, and the night-wandering, persuasive deity keeps his mists from the camp hard by...
"The sons of Aloeus (Aloadae) held that the Mousai (Muses) were three in number, and gave them the names Melete (Practice), Mneme (Memory), and Aoide (Aeode, Song). But they say that afterwards Pieros (Pierus), a Makedonian (Macedonian) . . . came to Thespiae [in Boiotia] ...
25、l of engineering.countrysidepoverty strickenfamily lifemale-dominatedabsolute obedience by women and other junior family members to their fathers, husbands, brothers and even sonsText Study _II_1.2Text StudyMain IdeasMain IdeasFieldAspectCharactersfamily lifenamesThe Roman males had three names: for...
Following the death of Commodus and the brief reigns of two successors, the next real power in Rome was Septimius Severus, but to secure his throne, he had to put down usurpations by Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus. Niger never managed to secure acceptance by the senate, and so was...
It includes significant biographies of many noteworthy Popes such as Sylvester, Leo the Great, John I, and Silverius and touches upon the reigns of secular rulers such as Constantine I, Attila, Justinian I, and Theodoric. The Liber is a valuable source of information on the various heresies ...
This led to the Christians persecutions in the reigns of Decius and Diocletian. "Pagan Romans believed that society was protected by Pax Deorum meaning the peace or agreement with the gods. The gods protected the land and the people in return for sacrifice and worship. The Christians refused ...
convince us it was issued throughout the reign. Mathisen thought all such combinations under Constantine were vows for five yearssolutaand for ten yearssuscepta, but these had to be bothsuscepta, especially given the short reign of Decentius and the issue of the type early in their reigns....
"You [Dionysos] drive your pair of lynxes with bright coloured reigns. Bacchae and Satyri (Satyrs) are your followers, and that old drunkard [Seilenos (Silenus)] whose stout staff supports his tottering steps, who sits so insecure upon his sagging ass. Wherever your course leads you, young...