WebHistory. Female gladiators rarely appear in Roman histories. When they do, they are "exotic markers of truly lavish spectacle". In 66 AD, Nero had Ethiopian women, men and children fight at a munus to impress King Tiridates I of Armenia. Romans seem to have found the idea of a female gladiator novel and entertaining, or downright absurd; Juvenal titillates …

WebTribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune (Latin: tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power of the Roman Senate and magistrates.These tribunes had the power to convene and preside over the Concilium …

WebThe equites were still drawn from the wealthier classes in Roman society. There was an additional class of troops (Latin: accensi, also adscripticii and later supernumerarii) who followed the army without specific martial roles and were deployed to the rear of the triarii. Their role in accompanying the army was primarily to supply any vacancies that might …

WebThe Dominate, also known as the late Roman Empire is the name sometimes given to the "despotic" later phase of imperial government, following the earlier period known as the "Principate", in the ancient Roman Empire.Until the empire was reunited in 313, this phase is more often called the Tetrarchy.. It may begin with the commencement of the reign of …

WebŻyciorys. Był synem Jakuba, dziedzicznego wójta wolborskiego, używającego przydomka „Fricz”. Przydomek ów pochodził od drugiego imienia jego dziadka, Andrzeja Fryderyka, wywodzącego się prawdopodobnie ze Śląska.Mając 11 lat, Andrzej Modrzewski wyjechał do Krakowa by zostać uczniem tamtejszej szkoły parafialnej. Na studia do Akademii …

WebChivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It was associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlemen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature, particularly the literary …

WebThe Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber.Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.Maxentius drowned in the …

WebA Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many provinces constituting the Roman Empire.. The generic term in Roman legal language was Rector provinciae, regardless of the specific titles, which also reflects the province's intrinsic and strategic status, and …

WebClassics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin.Classics also includes Greco-Roman philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology, art, mythology and society as secondary …

WebThe Latin word imperator derives from the stem of the verb imperare, meaning 'to order, to command'.It was originally employed as a title roughly equivalent to commander under the Roman Republic.Later it became a part of the titulature of the Roman Emperors as part of their cognomen.The English word emperor derives from imperator via Old French: …