great twisted golden necklace‚ and a tunic of many colors‚ over which was a thick mantle‚ fastened by a brooch. Now she grasped a spear‚ to strike fear into all who watched her…" -Dio Cassius. Two Roman historians‚ Tacitus and Dio Cassius wrote written accounts of Boudicca. Tacitus was against the Roman imperial system so his perception of Boudicca in his writings gives her a positive light. Dio Cassius was all for the imperial system‚ therefore his writings portray Boudicca in a savage and brutal
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What evidence is there for how women could influence political events in Rome? The ideal Roman woman’s role was exemplified by Cornelia Scipionis Africana‚ the loyal wife and mother who manages the household. Cornelia is known as the seamless example of a picture perfect woman: “It is reported that as Cornelia‚ their mother‚ bore the loss of her two sons with a noble and undaunted spirit” 9. She was famous for her dignified behaviour after her sons were murdered. This is the ideal political mother
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foreign soil against the might of Rome can at times be seen as beyond Hannibal’s control. Hannibal’s overall war strategy in Italy‚ or lack thereof‚ can be seen as a strong contributing factor to Carthage’s ultimate defeat in the Second Punic War. Livy describes‚ “Hannibal…without orders from the senate‚ crossed both the Alps and the Ebro.” Demonstrating his defiance of Carthaginian Government’s ambitions against Rome. Ultimately‚ Hannibal sought not to destroy Rome but to “create a balance of power
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In his letter 6.16‚ Pliny the Younger tells the story of the demise of his uncle‚ Pliny the Elder‚ to his historian friend‚ Tacitus. Throughout his story‚ Pliny makes his uncle seem like a larger than life hero who can do no wrong. Pliny the Younger uses a laudatory and slightly boastful tone to show his respect and reverence for his uncle‚ who Pliny believes should be immortalized in history forever. Pliny the Younger first begins to show his respect for Pliny the Elder as soon as Mount Vesuvius
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Boudica (a mother‚ wife‚ and leader) was able to show her incredible magnitude of strength through almost beating Rome in a battle sparked by her resentment towards their poor treatment. Lizzie and Jane‚ from Pride and Prejudice‚ and Boudica can be compared and contrasted based on their actions and feelings towards people they resent. In order to understand Boudica’s life‚ background on what was going on between Britain and Rome is needed. In 55 BC‚ Julius Caesar made an attack into Britain that
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successful bait for civilians. Indeed‚ he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace. Then he gradually pushed ahead and absorbed the functions of the Senate‚ the officials‚ and even the law. Opposition did not exist “as said by Tacitus Although Octavian had laid down power he was still able to win power back from the Senate and people. With the extreme precision of these events of the laying down of power Octavian was able to gain two major powers which gave him control of Rome
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Boudicca’s Revenge Boudicca is one of history’s most powerful and respected women. According to historians her story was nearly lost until it was retold by a man named Tacitus‚ whose work‚ the Annals (109 AD)‚ was rediscovered in 1360. However‚ her story was not regarded until it became popular during the reign of another queen who headed an army against another foreign invasion‚ Queen Elizabeth I. (Parke 1) Despite my efforts I could not find very much information on the life of Boudicca before
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take a look at Tacitus for an example. Cornelius Tacitus was proconsul of Asia for two years and authored two works that survive today only in portions. The Annals was his second work and consisted of 16 volumes in which he rather meticulously covers Roman history from Augustus through Nero. The portion of the Annals that is of interest to us was most likely written around 115 CE. The passage comes in the context of a discussion of the great fire of Rome under Nero’s reign. Here Tacitus reports that
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help declining Roman civilian population. Tacitus‚ a Roman historian‚ further explains how imperialism aided the deterioration of the Roman Empire in Agricola‚ “ To plunder‚ butcher‚ steal‚ these things they misname empire: they make a desolation and they call it peace.”[2] Rome’s imperialistic behavior created too many enemies and too few allies. Rome did not settle down to rebuild and recolonize land they conquered but instead left the land to decay. Tacitus thought that Rome had the incorrect concept
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However‚ they were also put into bogs‚ so the reasons behind the different types of executions‚ as recorded by Tacitus‚ don’t exactly explain why they were both hung and interred in a bog. If a hanging were a way to create a public example‚ why would the body then be hidden immediately? Why not just leave it out for people to see? Tacitus also records that one of several punishments for adulterous women was to have their hair shaved off. Because of its reliance on records
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