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Africa, Roman  

William Nassau Weech, Brian Herbert Warmington, and R. J. A. Wilson

Online publication date:
Mar 2016
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
The *Punic Wars made Rome heir to the Carthaginian empire. In 146 bce she left most territory in the hands of *Masinissa's descendants, but formed a new province (Africa) in the most fertile part. ... More

Alba Fucens  

T. W. Potter

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Mar 2016
Subject:
Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
Alba Fucens, a Latin colony of 6,000 (see ius latii) founded by Rome in 303 bce, on a hill above the Fucine lake (see fucinus lacus) in central Italy. It was connected to Rome by the *via ... More

alcoholism, Roman  

John Maxwell O'Brien and Barney Rickenbacker

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Mar 2016
Subject:
Latin Literature, Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
The ancient Romans were as interested in the harmful effects of excessive drinking and chronic intoxication as their Greek counterparts. In On the Nature of Things, *Lucretius writes that wine's fury ... More

Antium  

Edward Togo Salmon and T. W. Potter

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
Antium (mod. Anzio), in *Latium. It was occupied from at least the 8th cent. bce by people with a material culture resembling that of Rome itself. It was certainly Latin in the 6th cent. bce (Dion. ... More

Arverni  

John Frederick Drinkwater

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
Arverni, an advanced iron age people, occupying modern Auvergne, who contested the primacy of Gaul with the *Aedui (Caes. BGall. 1. 31. 3). In 207 bce they treated with *Hasdrubal (2) (Livy 27. 39. ... More

Britain, Roman  

Martin Millett

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
The province of Britannia. The oldest name of the island known to us is *Albion; the earliest form of the present name, Πρεττανία, was used by the Greeks. The Latin Britannia was in use by the 1st ... More

Capitol/Capitolium  

Albert William van Buren, Ian Archibald Richmond, John North, and John Patterson

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
Capitol, Capitolium, or mons Capitolinus, the smallest of the *Seven hills of Rome: an isolated mass with two peaks, conventionally known as Capitolium proper and Arx. Legend associated the hill with ... More

Cestius Epulo, Gaius, senator  

Nicholas Purcell

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
Significant only as the builder of the conspicuous pyramid tomb beside the via Ostiensis at Rome (later built into the Porta S. Paolo). The tomb, with its grandiose Egyptian aspirations, and an ... More

cohors  

Henry Michael Denne Parker, George Ronald Watson, and Jonathan Coulston

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Dec 2015
Subject:
Roman History and Historiography, Roman Material Culture
In the early Roman republic the infantry provided by the allies were organized in separate cohortes of varying strength, each under a Roman or native *praefectus. In the legions the cohort was first ... More

collegium  

Piero Treves, Cyril Bailey, and Andrew Lintott

Online publication date:
Mar 2016
Subject:
Roman History and Historiography, Roman Law, Roman Material Culture, Roman Myth and Religion
(1) Magisterial or priestly: a board of officials. (2) Private: any private association of fixed membership and constitution (see clubs, roman).The principle of collegiality was a standard feature of ... More

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