Tacitus

In this essay we shall discuss the Romans’ reaction to Greek culture whilst comparing their relations with other cultures. Therefore, it shall be necessary to consult both ancient and modern scholarship. In order to understand the Roman attitude to the Greeks we need to explore the various things which Rome absorbed from the Greeks into its own culture. Amongst these are the conflation of traditional Roman deities with their Greek counterparts, inspirations for literature and the social…

The roman republican aristocratic virtues change from Republic to empire in subtle ways. These are evident with close examination in areas such as how the Roman Aristocrat thought of war and what he attempted to get out of it; holding office and the ages they could hold them and finally the way they acknowledged their superiority or inferiority to others. To be a Roman aristocrat during the republic meant reaching a certain ideal of what the appropriate aristocrat spent his time doing. War was…

In this chapter, I will investigate the various meanings of auctoritas through the works of Latin authors. The theme of my chosen vocabulary is the language of power and thus it is necessary to compare actual power to the air or appearance of power. The word derives from the Latin agent noun ‘auctor’ which is itself derived from ‘augeo’ meaning to ‘increase’ and the suffix ‘-tās’ which forms abstract nouns (LS 1879). I will be contrasting the use of auctoritas with that of imperium from the…

The esteemed historian, Scullard (2011), wrote that Agrippina "meant to rule through her son” as she desired to do so with Claudius. The highly respected historian, Tacitus (Annals, 68, 13.1) asserted that “the worse her complaints got, the more intense became his passion until overwhelmed by his love he stopped obeying his mother and turned to Seneca.” This perspective is supported by the accurate ancient historian…

forces or death in combat and one Lucius Caedicius may have made it back to a Roman camp with a band of survivors. Tacitus as well, relying on reports from survivors and veteran's of a later campaign, writes that the legions under Germanicus finding the site saw ramparts where it looked clearly like defensive works were built, indicating much more than an hour-long battle (to be fair Tacitus may have mistaken the partially fallen German wall used to cover their ambush for the army's defensive…

Frederick Jackson Turner, in a series of articles beginning in the 1890s and continuing for over three decades, illustrated the influence of American Westward expansion, western culture, and sectionalism on American Society. In his paramount work “The Significance of Westward Expansion,” originally published in 1893, Turner examines the importance of the Frontier on nineteenth century American institutions and culture. According to Turner, historians should view the events and advancements which…

Mekejla Bushati Mr.Linton Global 9 3 January 2017 The spread of ideas, technologies and cultural beliefs from one group of people to another is known as cultural diffusion. Cultural Diffusion helped people learned how certain things are done and learn things that they did not know. They learned things such as trade and different types of religions. Cultural diffusion helps all different types of areas and cultures combine and develop into one. Rome has used cultural diffusion to learn things…

gladiator, “pushing the public persona required for an emperor to an extreme that conservative Roman values… found disgraceful” (Futrell 37). It began within the walls of the Vatican valley where he “[drove] his horses, remote from the public eye” (Tacitus Annals 14.22). But this soon changed and he was often seen, as Dio put it, “publicly [singing] to the lyre… [driving] a chariot,…

Evaluate the impact of the construction of the Colosseum, otherwise known as the Amphitheatrum Flavium, on the Roman Empire. The Colosseum, or Amphitheatrum Flavium, is the largest amphitheatre in the world, and was constructed from 70-79AD by Emperor Vespasian as a gift to the Roman people, before its completion by his successor and heir Titus in 80AD. Within it, a multitude of games and events were staged for the many days of celebration within the Roman calendar, as well as events for public…

Christianity in Rome was persecuted in its start for several reasons including that it was a threat to the Pax Romana, and it was an easy target to use as a scapegoat. For example, The Life of Tiberius Caesar, written in 100 CE by Suetonius states the persecution of Christians by an emperor “He abolished foreign cults [from Rome], especially the Egyptian and the Jewish rites, compelling all who were addicted to such superstitions to burn their religious vestments and all their paraphernalia.”…