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3 giorni fa · Coinage played a vital role in the economic, political, and social fabric of ancient Roman society. As the Roman Republic expanded into a vast empire, its monetary system evolved to keep pace with its growing needs for trade, taxation, and military financing. From the crude bronze chunks of the early days to the intricately designed gold solidi ...
3 giorni fa · The story of the Colosseum begins in the tumultuous year of AD 69, the so-called Year of the Four Emperors. After Vespasian consolidated power as the first ruler of the Flavian Dynasty, he launched a massive building campaign to restore Rome‘s glory after years of turmoil. The centerpiece would be a grand amphitheater on the site of a lake in ...
4 giorni fa · The last civil war of the Roman Republic may be ancient history, but its lessons and implications continue to resonate in our own time. The Roman Republic ended in war. Octavian, Julius Caesar’s anointed heir, defeated Antony and his lover Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, to rise to...
2 giorni fa · Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania. It was under the rule of the Agathyrsi, part of the Dacian Kingdom (168 BC–106 AD), Roman Dacia (106–271), the Goths, the Hunnic Empire (4th–5th centuries), the Kingdom of the Gepids (5th–6th centuries), the Avar Khaganate (6th–9th centuries), the Slavs, and the ...
3 giorni fa · Dr Graham Gibbs, review of The Dutch Republic. Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806, (review no. 30) In April 1616 Hugo Grotius, in his capacity as head of a delegation from the States of Holland to the Amsterdam city council, treated, or subjected, the council to what Jonathan Israel in his 'The Dutch Republic.
1 giorno fa · Animated overview of the Roman territorial history from the Roman Republic until the fall of its last remnant the Byzantine Empire in 1453 at the end of the post-classical era. According to Rome's traditional histories, Tarquin made several attempts to retake the throne, including the Tarquinian conspiracy , which involved Brutus's own sons, the war with Veii and Tarquinii , and finally the ...
2 giorni fa · Ambrose of Milan ( Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius; c. 339 – 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, [a] was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Arianism and paganism. [5]
