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| ARTICLES RELATED TO triumph | | | |  triumph: Encyclopedia II - Lusitania - Origin of the nameThe etymology of Lusitania, like the origin of the Lusitani, is unclear. The name may be of Celtic origin: Lus and Tanus, "tribe of Lusus". others say that Lusitania means "City of light".
Ancient Romans, such as Pliny the Elder (Natural History, 3.5) and Varro (cited by Pliny), speculated that the name Lusitania was of Roman origin, as when Pliny says lusum enim liberi patris aut lyssam cum eo bacchantium nomen dedisse lusitaniae et pana praefectum eius universae: that Lusitania takes its nam ...
See also:Lusitania, Lusitania - Origin of the name, Lusitania - Lusitanians, Lusitania - The war with Rome, Lusitania - Roman province Read more here: » Lusitania: Encyclopedia II - Lusitania - Origin of the name |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This office brought with it membership in the senate. He drew the lots and was assigned with a quaestorship in Hispania Ulterior, a Roman province roughly situated in modern Portugal and southern Spain. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but while in Hispania he had the now famous encounter with a statue of Alexander the Great. Perhaps because of his weakened emotion ...
See also:Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - Early life, Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum, Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate and the Gallic War, Julius Caesar - The civil war, Julius Caesar - After the war, Julius Caesar - Assassination, Julius Caesar - Detailed account, Julius Caesar - Aftermath, Julius Caesar - Caesar as Jesus?, Julius Caesar - Caesar's literary works, Julius Caesar - Military career, Julius Caesar - Caesar's name, Julius Caesar - Caesar's family, Julius Caesar - Chronology, Julius Caesar - Honours, Julius Caesar - Notes Read more here: » Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum |
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| | | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Bardas Phocas - First rebellion Bardas's father, Leon Phocas, was a Cappadocian curopalates and brother to the Emperor Nicephorus Phocas. Even as a young man, Bardas gained a reputation for his great expertise in the science of war:
According to the historians, this man Bardas reminded people of his uncle, the emperor Nicephorus, for he was always wrapped in gloom, and watchful, capable of foreseeing all eventualities, of comprehending everything at a glance. Far from being ignorant of warlike manoeuvres, there was no aspect of siege warfare, no trick of am ...
See also:Bardas Phocas, Bardas Phocas - First rebellion, Bardas Phocas - Phocas vs. Sklerus, Bardas Phocas - Second rebellion, Bardas Phocas - Progeny Read more here: » Bardas Phocas: Encyclopedia II - Bardas Phocas - First rebellion |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This office brought with it membership in the senate. He drew the lots and was assigned with a quaestorship in Hispania Ulterior, a Roman province roughly situated in modern Portugal and southern Spain. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but while in Hispania he had the now famous encounter with a statue of Alexander the Great. Perhaps because of his weakened emotion ...
See also:Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - Early life, Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum, Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate and the Gallic War, Julius Caesar - The civil war, Julius Caesar - After the war, Julius Caesar - Assassination, Julius Caesar - Detailed account, Julius Caesar - Aftermath, Julius Caesar - Caesar's literary works, Julius Caesar - Military career, Julius Caesar - Caesar's name, Julius Caesar - Caesar's family, Julius Caesar - Chronology, Julius Caesar - Honours, Julius Caesar - Notes Read more here: » Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Agrigentum - Siege of Agrigentum In 262 BC, the Romans sent a full-scale army to Sicily, commanded by the two consuls Lucius Postumius Megellus and Quintus Mamilius Vitulus, comprising the four consular legions and allied alae (cavalry formations) in a total of 40,000 men. This was the response to the major recruiting and training being held in the Carthaginian side. Supported by Syracuse, now an official ally of Rome, the consular army marched in June to Agrigentum on the south-western coast of Sicily. This city was intended to act as base camp for the expected Carthaginian army, but at the time was occup ...
See also:Battle of Agrigentum, Battle of Agrigentum - Prelude, Battle of Agrigentum - Siege of Agrigentum, Battle of Agrigentum - Battle of Agrigentum, Battle of Agrigentum - Aftermath Read more here: » Battle of Agrigentum: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Agrigentum - Siege of Agrigentum |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Claudius - Family and early life Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He was the third child of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, the two older children being Germanicus and Livilla. Antonia may have had two other children as well, but both died young.
His maternal grandparents were Mark Antony and Octavia, Caesar Augustus' sister. His paternal grandparents were Livia, Augustus' third wife, and Tiberius Claudius Nero. During his reign, Claudius revived the rumor that his father Dru ...
See also:Claudius, Claudius - Claudius' affliction and personality, Claudius - Family and early life, Claudius - Accession as emperor, Claudius - Expansion of the empire, Claudius - Judicial and legislative affairs, Claudius - Public works, Claudius - Claudius and the Senate, Claudius - The Secretariat and centralization of powers, Claudius - Religious reforms and games, Claudius - Marriages and personal life, Claudius - Death deification and reputation, Claudius - Scholarly works and their impact, Claudius - Claudius in fiction, Claudius - Footnotes Read more here: » Claudius: Encyclopedia II - Claudius - Family and early life |
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| | | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Battle of Bosworth Field There is no contemporaneous account of Prince Edmund's life until 21 August 1485. His first appearance on record seems to have been at a feast on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field. There King Richard III of England (cf. Peter Cook) gathered his supporters to make war against Henry Tudor. Lord Edmund Plantagenet, as he then was, arrived in the company of his father the Duke of York and brother, Harry, Earl of March.
However, when Edmund cheered for the King the latter had to enquire as to the former's identity. As his own father ...
See also:Prince Edmund Blackadder, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Battle of Bosworth Field, Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Black Adder, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Service under a regent, Prince Edmund Blackadder - First encounter with Dougal McAngus, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Claiming the throne, Prince Edmund Blackadder - The murder of an Archbishop, Prince Edmund Blackadder - A shrewd prince, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Archbishop of Canterbury, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Assassination attempt, Prince Edmund Blackadder - The next few years, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Engagement, Prince Edmund Blackadder - First attempt at marriage, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Marriage, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Black plague, Prince Edmund Blackadder - A witch-hunt begins, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Introduction to the Witchsmeller, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Accused of being a witch, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Beginning of a witch trial, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Incarceration, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Conclusion of the witch trial, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Awaiting execution, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Failed execution, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Disgruntled Prince, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Recruiting conspirators, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Conspiracy plans, Prince Edmund Blackadder - The Hawk, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Treachery, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Poisoned, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Further comments, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Legacy, Prince Edmund Blackadder - Titles and honours Read more here: » Prince Edmund Blackadder: Encyclopedia II - Prince Edmund Blackadder - Battle of Bosworth Field |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Early life and political debut Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on September 29, 106 BC, as the son or heir of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, an extremely wealthy man from the Italian region of Picenum. Though patrician by birth, their branch of the Pompeius family was traditionally provincial, making them the inevitable subject of prejudice from the Roman elite. His family had only achieved a first consulship some 35 years earlier. He was thus of respectable but somewhat provincial background, a slight taint that clung to him throughout his long competition with the most powerfu ...
See also:Pompey, Pompey - Early life and political debut, Pompey - Sicily and Africa, Pompey - Hispania and Spartacus, Pompey - The Campaign against the Pirates — Pompey in the East, Pompey - Pompey’s Return to Rome, Pompey - Caesar and the First Triumvirate, Pompey - Confrontation to War, Pompey - Civil War, Pompey - Historic View, Pompey - Marriages and Offspring, Pompey - Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career, Pompey - Pompey in Literature and the Arts, Pompey - Notes Read more here: » Pompey: Encyclopedia II - Pompey - Early life and political debut |
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| | | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Vercingetorix - History Between 58 and 53 BC, Julius Caesar had secured domination over the Celtic tribes beyond the Provincia Narbonensis (modern day Provence) through a careful divide and rule strategy. Previous attempts at revolt, for example that of Ambiorix in 54 BC, had secured only local support, but Vercingetorix, whose father, Celtillus, had been put to death by his own countrymen for seeking kingship over all of Gaul, managed to unify the Gallic tribes against the Romans a ...
See also:Vercingetorix, Vercingetorix - History, Vercingetorix - Popular culture Read more here: » Vercingetorix: Encyclopedia II - Vercingetorix - History |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Tiberius - Early Life Tiberius Claudius Nero was born on 16 November 42 BC to Tiberius Nero and Livia Drusilla. From his birth in a noble family¹, Tiberius was destined for public life. But during his boyhood the old Roman Republican system of rule by Senate and magistrates, which had been tottering for decades, was finally toppled and replaced by an autocracy under the able and ambitious Octavian (later known as Augustus). It proved fateful for Tiberius when, in 39 BC at age three, his mother divorced his father Tiberius Nero and married Octavian, thereby making the infant Tiberius the stepson o ...
See also:Tiberius, Tiberius - Early Life, Tiberius - Heir to Augustus, Tiberius - Early Reign, Tiberius - Tiberius and Sejanus, Tiberius - Final Years, Tiberius - Continuing legacy, Tiberius - Footnotes Read more here: » Tiberius: Encyclopedia II - Tiberius - Early Life |
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| | | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Alexander Suvorov - Scourge of the Poles and the Turks From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimea and in the Caucasus, becoming a lieutenant-general in 1780, and general of infantry in 1783, on the conclusion of his work there. From 1787 to 1791 he again fought the Turks during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and won many victories; he was wounded twice at Kinburn (1787), took part in the siege of Ochakov, and in 1788 won two great victories at Focsani and by the river Rimnik.
In both these battles an Austrian corps under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg participated but at Rimnik Su ...
See also:Alexander Suvorov, Alexander Suvorov - Early life and career, Alexander Suvorov - Scourge of the Poles and the Turks, Alexander Suvorov - Suvorov's Italian campaign, Alexander Suvorov - His progeny and titles, Alexander Suvorov - Assessment, Alexander Suvorov - Note Read more here: » Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia II - Alexander Suvorov - Scourge of the Poles and the Turks |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Vespasian - Family and early career He was born in the Sabine country near Reate. His father, Titus Flavius Sabinus, was an equestrian who worked as a customs official in Asia and a money-lender on a small scale in Aventicum, where Vespasian lived for some time; his mother, Vespasia Polla, was the sister of a Senator.
After prompting from his mother, Vespasian followed his older brother, also called Titus Flavius Sabinus, into public life. He served in the army as a military tribune in Thrace in 36, and the following year was elected quaestor, serving in Crete and Cyren ...
See also:Vespasian, Vespasian - Family and early career, Vespasian - Invasion of Britannia, Vespasian - Continued political career, Vespasian - Great Jewish Revolt, Vespasian - The Year of Four Emperors, Vespasian - Vespasian as Emperor, Vespasian - Views on Vespasian, Vespasian - Sources Read more here: » Vespasian: Encyclopedia II - Vespasian - Family and early career |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Human sacrifice - Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible generally condemns human sacrifice. In Genesis 22 there is a story about the binding of Isaac. In this story, God tests Abraham by asking him to present his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah. No reason is given within the text. Abraham agrees to this command without arguing. According to the text, God does not want Abraham to actually sacrifice his son; it states from the beginning that this is only a test of obedience. The story ends with God stopping Abraham at the last minute and making Isaac's sacrifice unnecessary by providi ...
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Alesia - Siege and battle Alesia was a hill-top fort surrounded by river valleys, with strong defensive features. As a frontal assault would have been suicidal, Caesar decided upon a siege, hoping to force surrender by starvation. Considering that about 80,000 men were garrisoned in Alesia, together with the local civilian population, this would not take long. To guarantee a perfect blockade, Caesar ordered the construction of an encircling set of fortifications, called a circumvallation, around Alesia. The details of this engineering work are known from Caesar's ...
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| | | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Cato the Younger - Cato and the Optimates On his return to Rome in 65 BC, Cato was elected to the position of quaestor. Like everything else in his life, he took great care to study the background necessary for the post, especially the laws relating to taxes. One of his first moves was to prosecute former quaestors for illegal appropriation of funds and dishonesty. Cato also prosecuted Sulla's informers, who had acted as head-hunters during Sulla's tyranny, despite their political connections among Cato's own party and despite the power of Pompey, who had been known as the "teenage ...
See also:Cato the Younger, Cato the Younger - Early life, Cato the Younger - Political beginnings, Cato the Younger - Cato and the Optimates, Cato the Younger - Cato against the triumvirate, Cato the Younger - Cato in Cyprus, Cato the Younger - Cato in the Civil War, Cato the Younger - After Cato, Cato the Younger - Cato's descendants and marriages, Cato the Younger - Chronology, Cato the Younger - Fictional portrayals Read more here: » Cato the Younger: Encyclopedia II - Cato the Younger - Cato and the Optimates |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life Marcus Licinius Crassus was the son of a former consul and censor, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives. He came from a respectable, well-established plebeian family. His father fought in the Social War under Lucius Julius Caesar III, grandfather of Mark Antony. Though his father had celebrated a triumph, Crassus grew up in a small house that was not only home to himself and his parents, but also to his two elder brothers and their families.
Although originally a supporter of Gaius Marius and his Populares party, Crassus's father fought aga ...
See also:Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life, Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt of Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Notes Read more here: » Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia II - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life |
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| | | | | triumph: Encyclopedia II - Fasti - Dies Fasti and the Roman calendar
Fasti - The Roman almanac.
Fasti Diurni, divided into urbani and rustici, were a kind of official year-book, with dates and directions for religious ceremonies, court-days, market-days, divisions of the month, and the like. Until 304 BC the lore of the calendaria remained the exclusive and lucrative monopoly of the priesthood; but in that year Gnaeus Flavius, a pontifical secretary, introduced the custom of publishing in the forum tables containing the requisite information, besides br ...
See also:Fasti, Fasti - Dies Fasti and the Roman calendar, Fasti - The Roman almanac, Fasti - The Roman official chronicles, Fasti - Literary and other uses, Fasti - Ovid's Fasti, Fasti - Modern fasti, Fasti - External link Read more here: » Fasti: Encyclopedia II - Fasti - Dies Fasti and the Roman calendar |
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