Hadrian and the Limits of Empire: The Emperor Hadrian Presided over the Roman Empire at Its Height, Defined Its Borders and Was One of the Most Cultured Rulers of the Ancient World. Neil Faulkner Revisits His Legacy, as the British Museum Opens a Major Exhibition on His Life and Times ...
Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, was ultimately defeated by Octavian (63 BC-14 AD), who later became known as Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. While Cleopatra famously killed herself by snakebite on 30 BC, Augustus, bringing Egypt under direct Roman ...
Although Julius Caesar is largely considered to be Rome's first individual ruler since the days of the last king of Rome,Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), in all but name, it was not until he was succeeded by his nephew Octavian, whom he adopted as his son, that the time ...
An additional factor in Louis's thinking was the prevailing contemporary European principle to assure socio-political stability, cuius regio, eius religio ("whose realm, his religion"), the idea that the religion of the ruler should be the religion of the realm (as originally confirmed in ...
our calendar comes from the one adopted by the Roman ruler Julius Caesar. The names of several months come from Latin. August honors Caesar Augustus. September comes from Latin words meaning “the seventh month.” (The Roman year started in March, so September was the seventh month.) October...
Like all young Israeli girls, Mary might have thought about being the mother of the Messiah, the Anointed One who would lead the Jews out of bondage and be the great ruler of Israel and the Savior of the whole world. Never in Mary’s wildest dreams could she imagine what her life would...
I THE NATIVE RULER : Five Men Character Studies From the Roman EmpireCharlesworth, Martin Percival
Justinian II was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty. Although possessed of a despotic temperament and capable of acts of cruelty, Justinian was in many ways an able ruler, who recovered for the empire areas of Macedonia that had previous
The final ruler of the Byzantine Empire was Constantine XI Palaiologos, who bravely led the defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD. Despite his efforts, the city fell, bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire. Political and Legal Systems ...
5505. Chapter 28b- The Roman Builders 5606. Chapter 28c- The Roman Gladiators 5707. Chapter 28d- The Gladiator School 5808. Chapter 29- The Punic Wars 5909. Chapter 30a- Life on the Ganges River 6010. Chapter 30b- The Castes of Ancient India ...