From the Gracchi to Nero: a history of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68, Teil 68The standard textbook for the central period of Roman history. Covers the decline and fall of the Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. |
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... a praenomen, he twice refused the title of Pater Patriae, and above all he
avoided the consulship which he held only three times (in 18, 21 and 31), on
each occasion to honour his colleague (respectively Germanicus, Drusus and
Sejanus).
... a praenomen, he twice refused the title of Pater Patriae, and above all he
avoided the consulship which he held only three times (in 18, 21 and 31), on
each occasion to honour his colleague (respectively Germanicus, Drusus and
Sejanus).
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the content of this 'verbosa et grandis epistula' gradually unfolded, Sejanus found
himself tricked: it ended not with honours for Sejanus but by denouncing him as a
traitor. The Senate then condemned him; he was strangled in prison and his ...
the content of this 'verbosa et grandis epistula' gradually unfolded, Sejanus found
himself tricked: it ended not with honours for Sejanus but by denouncing him as a
traitor. The Senate then condemned him; he was strangled in prison and his ...
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The widow of Sejanus, before committing suicide, revealed in a letter to Tiberius
that eight years earlier Sejanus had seduced Livilla and that they had poisoned
Tiberius' own son Drusus. For nine months the emperor refused to leave his villa;
...
The widow of Sejanus, before committing suicide, revealed in a letter to Tiberius
that eight years earlier Sejanus had seduced Livilla and that they had poisoned
Tiberius' own son Drusus. For nine months the emperor refused to leave his villa;
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Inhalt
ROME ATTHE CROSSROADS i | 1 |
THE GRACCHI | 22 |
THE RISE AND FALL OF MARIUS | 42 |
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From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 Howard Hayes Scullard Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1982 |
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