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For those not a part of the Julio-Claudian Iconography group, I'll post this post here because I want as many opinions as possible... Caesarion. You've got to...
<<Also I wonder - if he wasn't Caesar's son, then whose?>> The sources I have read did not seem to doubt that he was Caesar's but if memory serves he was...
Just went for the first time yesterday. FABULOUS place. Six major sections: Nubia (aka Kush), Egypt, the Levant (Israel), Anatolia (Hittites), Mesopotomia...
Amicus, Good point, I think in India he may have been safe, although this was such a hot political issue he may have been caught and killed? ... From:...
I think that slave would have needed to have looked a whole bunch like Caesar, otherwise no one would have been fooled when Caesarion grew up. I recall reading...
Hello. While this topic is not entirely Roman, it does have some Roman connections, so I decided to see if anyone on this board had an opinion on it. I've been...
I am not sure Caesarion was`Caesar's only son. He had a`daughter, Julia, who married Pompey. But he apparently fathered children in Gaul on Gallic women, and...
I wonder what Octavian would have done if either of Octavia's children by Antony had been a boy... That boy would have been Augustus' equal closest living male...
Have you read some of this crap? Honestly, despite some of the contributors claims to having knowledge and understanding of the Roman Principate, not a single...
<<The Roman state was a 'Principate', ruled by a 'Princeps', the first among many, although he shares traits with the concept of an 'Emperor', it is entirely...
I doubt anybody at the time but the Romans of the post-Republic period themselves would have referred to it as anything but an empire, don't you think?...
This is a response for both Michael and Kim. It seems that the term that writers such as Tacitus and Suetonius and Velleius Paterculus use is 'State'. Both...
True, perhaps the ancient civilizations caused the earthquakes. You know the Earth trying to shake off those blasted fleas. ;) -- ... Legio XX VV Tony Dah m ...
Dear Barry, Thank you for your reasoned response. It seems you make an argument for it being thus that the Romans did not view themselves as an empire. ...
For all we know the naquda in the star gates that enabled civilization to flourish actually triggers earthquakes. On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:10 PM, P. Dominus...
Hello Kim, I actually believe that the word 'empire' (their lands) is fair to describe what the Romans had, but, what I was trying to say about the Wikipedia...
More on: Huge statue of Roman ruler found BBC, 25 August 2008 Parts of a giant, exquisitely carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius...
<< the concept of 'Princeps' is different to that of 'Emperor' or 'King'.>> If we are speaking of the Post-Augustus Roman State, I am not sure that I agree...
Are you sure that the Roman Emperors (as we call them) were "merely just another Roman citizen, who just happened to have all the various powers that Augustus...
Sept. 13-14. "This 2-day festival in Chicago's Grant Park celebrates the music, dance, and traditions of the 7 original Celtic nations: Ireland, Scotland,...
G'day. I'll respond as I get to each part. ... * Yes, in theory, that's all the ruler of the Roman world was - another citizen. (Expect references soon). Did...
Hi Michael, Well, he certainly wasn't a 'King'. The Latin word for that was 'Rex', ie. 'Rex Iuba' (King Juba II of Mauretania). And the concept of 'King' was...
In the citation of sources, more precise page references would have been preferable to the "if." typically used in German scholarship. Also, the inaccurate and...
A rose by any other name still a rose. Both the Romans of antiquity and we Moderns nowadays can call the Roman post-Republican leader whatever they then or we...
<<An emperor by any other name is still an emperor. >> I agree completely. To say that they did not have that title but were only "princeps" is playing with...
I see. So following that logic... Lenin was a Tsar. And so was Stalin. I mean after all, their position and power were more or less the same as a Tsar. So...
<<An emperor by any other name is still an emperor. >> Sorry, but this isn't as clever as it would like to be. ... A rose is a definite thing - you can go and...
Barry, You're arguing semantics and missing the point. In fact, you didn't even address my most recent remarks. You strike me as arguing for arguing sake. That...
