Bibliography: Primary Sources – Excerpts from the Scipionic Epitaphs (ILS 1-4‚ 6-7) Epitaph for Publius Plautius Pulcher (CIL 14.3607) Funeral oration for Lucius Caecilius Metellus (Plin H.N 7.139) Suetonius. “The Deified Julius Caesar”. Lives of the Caesars. Trans. C. Edwards (United States‚ 2000) 3-42 Tacitus‚ Agricola Secondary Sources – Earl‚ D. The Moral and Political Tradition of Rome (Ithaca 1967)
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spring of 72 BC‚ the slaves left their winter encampments and began to move northwards. At the same time‚ the Roman Senate‚ alarmed by the defeat of the praetorian forces‚ dispatched a pair of consular legions under the command of Lucius Gellius Publicola and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus. The two legions were initially successful—defeating a group of 30‚000 slaves commanded by Crixus near Mount Garganus but then were defeated by Spartacus. These defeats are depicted in divergent ways by the two
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SULLA (Early Life‚ First March on Rome‚ and The First Mithridatic Wars) Sulla was a Roman General‚ who also held the position of counsel twice. For a short period of time‚ he was also considered to be a dictator. He worked side by side with a Spartan General and strategist named Lysander. He passed a series of new reforms to try to regain a balance of power between the senate and tribunes. He shocked the Roman Empire when he resigned as dictator and restored the constitutional government. He was
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main ones can be linked to the Actions and legacy of Sulla‚ Caesars military campaigns and Caesars dictatorship. The decline of the Republic began in the middle of the second century B.C. with political‚ economic‚ and social events. These events in addition to the burdens of civil war on Rome‚ lead to the inevitable failure of the Republic. The first contribution to the fall of the roman republic is linked to the actions and legacy of Sulla. Sulla had a high political position because he raised an
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History 4A Lecture Notes Fall 2012 The Origins of Western Civilization: The Ancient Mediterranean World 8/24/12 Introduction (power point on bspace contains images if desired) * Instructor: Carlos Norena * GSI: Patrick Clark‚ Brendan Haug‚ John Olmsted‚ Norman Underwood * historia (history) – Greek‚ lit. “inquiry‚ learning by inquiry; a [written] account of what has been learned by inquiry” Resources of History (example) * clay prism (Sumerian King List) * marble etchings
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Attempting to regain control of Rome‚ Sulla and his forces faced a senatorial army at Brindisi in 83. Fighting lasted through the summer and fall of 82 at a cost of 50-70 thousand dead in the two armies and another 3000 prisoners executed by Sulla. Sulla further carried out a purge of Rome’s ruling elites. The forced removal and often execution of political rivals in the senate allowed Sulla to refill those positions with his own men. Sulla used this to begin the process of establishing
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crucial and significant during the period of the rise and fall of Rome‚ steadily yet surely he increased ranks within the Roman politics order via Military and Political events. Despite coming form a Cinna family (enemy of Sulla) Pompey became a strong leader along side Sulla. Only to derail from Sulla’s beliefs and order that he so idolised‚ to grow and lead on his own. Pompey’s rise to political power (which was the strongest of powers in Rome) was highly based on his military techniques and
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oligarchies that they were built and inte The Roman and Athenian republican both had a loathing (perhaps the Roman more so) for kingship and oligarchy in any of its forms. The republic fell to the whims of dictators such as the Triumvirs‚ Caesar and Sulla who abused its system‚ and Athens fell prey to tyrants using the turmoil after the Peloponnesian war to their advantage. One major similarity between the two nations is that they both had a growing degree of imperialism late in their republican period
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An explanation for the beginning of the collapse of the Roman Republic The Roman Republic‚ the precursor to the colossal Roman Empire; one that would last (in one form or another) for 1500 years‚ is the first example in European history of the complete collapse of a constitutional system. The Crises of the Roman Republic is contemporarily used to describe an extended period of time where Rome faced political instability and unrest that ended in the demise of all functions of the Republic‚ and
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