Questions tagged [roman-republic]
Questions about the period of ancient Roman civilization when the government operated as a republic from 509 BC to 27 BC.
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Can the Notitia Dignitatum help identify colors for Late Republic/Early Imperial Roman Shields?
Traditionally Hollywood has showed us red shields for the Legions, but of course Hollywood only pays historical fact-checkers to say they have one, not to do what the fact-checkers say! The actual ...
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Were there Roman "weekly executions" in Judea?
I'm down in the moderate unpleasantness that is the US state of Florida. Not having anything better to do, I pop down to the local amateur library and pick something out.
Most of it consisted of ...
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What ancient sources discuss the importance of the Sacred fire of Vesta and why it needed to stay alight?
Dionysius of Halicarnassus in Roman Antiquites touches on, in brief, that the entiguishing of the flame was an omen for the destruction of the city.
There are many indications, it seems, when a ...
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How were Patrician families determined during the Roman Kingdom/Republic?
I'm looking for some clarification on how patrician families were determined considering their outsized influence on Roman history. I read some sources state that a patrician family is a family that ...
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Is Zonaras' epitome of Cassius Dio the fullest surviving ancient annalistic account of Roman history for the period 292–265 BC?
Is the Byzantine historian Zonaras' epitome of Cassius Dio's Roman History (as presented alongside Dio's fragments in the Loeb edition of the Roman History) our fullest surviving ancient annalistic ...
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What is the latest case of employment of Cretan archers in Antiquity?
It is known that Cretan archers were widely used (presumably as mercenaries) across Mediterranean by Greek armies and were occasionally included in Roman armies of Republic and of Imperial period. I ...
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How did the civil calendar evolve?
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When did the lunar-inspired subdivisions of months - the kalends, nones, and ides - and the system of counting down to them, fall into disuse, to be replaced with the modern system of ...
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A comparison between the reforms of Athens and Rome
Question: What made it possible that, during the times of Solon, Athens underwent reforms characterized by isonomia, — that is, equality among citizens, — whereas their approximately contemporary ...
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What was the Constitutional Basis for Gaius Julius Caesar's Dictatorship
In the early republic, a dictator was usually appointed for a reason such as presiding over an election or defending the city against a foreign invasion.
I remember reading somewhere that Sulla's ...
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Any physical or chemical evidence of an RRC 1/1 coin being earlier than 280BCE?
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Is anyone aware of any physical or chemical evidence of an RRC 1/1 coin being earlier than 280BCE?