UGC 111 Professor David Buell Lecture 8: Ancient Greece Part 1: Minoans and Mycenaeans Hellas – Greece Greece controlled parts of the Mediterranean Dictaean Mounatins – Crete Plains and valleys separated Communication was poor Greece was politically fragmented Mountainous; Suitable land and tree crops Olive‚ vines Suitable land for pastoral activities (herding of sheep and goat) Mediterranean Sea Situated within a close distance of the sea Sea faring people; trade network with Italy
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after the death Roscius Amerinus had his inheritance taken from him and was accused of murdering his father. The trial took place in 80BC; Sulla had recently resigned his dictatorship and taken up the position of Consul‚ resulting in a large amount of political context surrounding the trial. During his time as dictator (end of 82BC until the end of 81BC) Sulla enacted several reforms on the republic which had their impact on the case of Pro Roscio. Many of the reforms were enacted to restore power
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political career. This will attempt to determine how much his success relied on his personal characteristics or because of his he was able achieve his successes due to his personal attributes or because of his political relations with noblemen such as Sulla‚ Caesar and Cicero. While Pompey’s family was extremely wealthy it was not one of the ancient families that dominated Roman politics. Pompey’s family was relatively from the plebeian rather than the patrician class; Pompey’s father Strabo was the
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Roman society. Boys of prominent families‚ as early as the age of seven would often attend business meetings‚ greet senators and listen to debates with their father (38). Julius was also the nephew of a highly respected man by the name of Gaius Marius. Marius Gaius gained political power in Rome by the way of being a prominent general in the Roman army and consul of Rome (99). This relationship would serve as a great benefit to Julius later in his life. With this form of upbringing‚ and his close connection
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Formative influences 1. Phoenicians were traders and the greatest colonies they had was Carthage and when the home land fell to the Persian. Carthage became the greatest city. 2. Greeks they colonized near Sicily and the closet colony to Rome was Napal. They had a huge influence on literacy but the influence was not direct 3. Etruscans had the largest influences on Rome but no one knows where they came from‚ much like Greeks they had city-states. Were superior in metal working‚ had great resources
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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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6/14/12 History: a study of the past Civilization: an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. Historian: Someone who studies the past Archaeologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at artifacts Fossil: Natural remains Artifact: Man-made remains Anthropologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at the culture of ancient civilizations Paleontologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at fossils
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Around when Caesar was twenty Sulla the Ruler of Rome sent out men including General Pompey. During this entire ordeal‚ ceasar and his wife Cornelia were fearing for their lives and the lives of all the other Romans including Cornelia’s father‚ who was the arch enemy of Sulla. While caesar was trying to help Lucius Cornelius Cinna‚ who was his wife’s father‚ escape they were caught by Pompey‚ Ceasar told Cinna to leave on his horse FAST. After he got away Caesar tried to fight them off but he was
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How democratic was the Roman Republic in the 1st Century BC? By Joe Harris F6 Plan – 1500 words Introduction: 150 words Para 1: 250 words – Tribunes: Peoples voice in the tribunes/stripped under sulla Para 2: 250 words – Democratic institutions: voting‚ law courts Para 3: 250 words – Biased towards the aristocracy Para 4: 250 words – corruption/ voting syndicates Para 5: 250 words – relative to other empires of the time Conclusion: 150 words Introduction: The definition of a democracy:
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his strong efforts to strengthen the senate‚ restrict the power of the tribunes and curb the influence of the magistrates. By increasing the numbers of the Senate to 300 as well as allowing the inclusion of individuals from the Equestrian class‚ Sulla hoped to supply an adequate amount of jurors to the courts as the courts were in control of the senate. He also tried to prevent political interference from the Senate by recruiting ex-quaestors‚ thus overcoming the power of the censors and placing
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