The Battle of Ilipa
The Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC was in my opinon Scipio’s masterpiece. If Rome had ten years earlier been terribly defeated at Cannae by Hannibal, then Scipio had spent ... Read More The post The Battle...
View ArticleThe Battle of Zama
The Battle of Zama in the summer of 202 BC marked the end of the power of the great Hannibal Barca. With its greatest son, also Carthage should be at ... Read More The post The Battle of Zama appeared...
View ArticleThe Battle of Cynoscephalae
Had Roman involvement in Illyria and the Macedonian alliance with Carthage in the Second Punic War (right after Cannae!) not made Rome and Macedon the best of friends, then peace ... Read More The post...
View ArticleCato the Elder
Life: 234-149 BC Also known as “Cato the Censor“ The progress from quaestor to consul via offices of aedile and praetor was a natural one and came more quickly to ... Read More The post Cato the Elder...
View ArticleThe Late Roman Republic
Period: 123 – 23 BC The story of the late Roman republic is essentially a tragic one. Yet the various causes for the demise of the republic are far from ... Read More The post The Late Roman Republic...
View ArticleTiberius Gracchus
Life: 168-133 BC Early Life Tiberius and his brother Gaius Gracchus were to be two men who should become famous, if not infamous, for their struggle for the lower classes ... Read More The post...
View ArticleGaius Gracchus
Life: 159-121 BC After the violent death of Tiberius Gracchus, the Gracchus family wasn’t finished yet. Gaius Gracchus, a flamboyant and powerful public speaker, was to be a far more ... Read More The...
View ArticleGaius Marius, the 1st one to shake the Roman Republic
Life: 157 – 86 BC Gaius Marius was of humble beginnings, having been born near the town of Arpinum in Latium. First serving in Spain, Marius was essentially a military ... Read More The post Gaius...
View ArticleSulla
Life: 138-78 BC Name: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Early Life Lucius Cornelius Sulla stemmed from a good, though not very wealthy Roman family. He came to prominence most of all in ... Read More The post...
View ArticleMarcus Licinius Crassus
Life: 115 – 53 BC Crassus grew up as the son of a consul and distinguished general. His career to fame and phenomenal wealth began as he started purchasing the ... Read More The post Marcus Licinius...
View ArticlePompey
Life: 106 – 48 BC Name: Gnaeus Pompeius MagnusAlso called: Pompey the Great Despite his family’s connections to Cinna (an ally of Sulla’s enemy Marius), Pompey raised an army and ... Read More The post...
View ArticleGaius Julius Caesar
Life: 100 – 44 BC Caesar was tall, fair-haired, well built and of sound health. though he did suffer from the occasional epileptic fit. The historian Suetonius writes about Julius ... Read More The...
View ArticleMarcus Furius Camillus
Life: c. 446 – 365 BC “alter conditor Romae” by ‘Andraeus Papadopolus Dacicus Maximus’ Overview M. Furius Camillus was the most illustrious member of the family of Furia and is ... Read More The post...
View ArticleThe Alliance between Marcus Antoninus and Cleopatra VII
by Andrew Mason What was the basis for the alliance behind those two great personalities of antiquity, Marcus Antoninus (Antony) and Cleopatra VII? What drew them together and what were ... Read More...
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