Introduction – Ammianus Marcellinus: A Historian in a Time of Crisis Ammianus Marcellinus was one of the last great voices of classical Roman historiography. A former soldier and eyewitness to …
Introducion Publius Cornelius Tacitus stands among the greatest Roman historians. A man of letters, law, and politics, Tacitus was not just chronicling events—he was dissecting the soul of Rome. Living …
Introduction Titus Livius, better known simply as Livy, stands among the most influential historians of ancient Rome. Writing during a transformative era—from the collapse of the Roman Republic to the …
Who Were the Carthaginians? For centuries, Carthage stood in the imagination of historians and the public alike as the exotic, defiant foe of ancient Rome — a seafaring civilization founded …
Caesar’s Death The leaders of the conspiracy against Caesar were former Pompey’s soldiers Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, and they were joined by Caesar’s men led by Decimus …
Caesar and Rome During the Civil War Before the dictatorship and even during the civil war, upon entering the city, Caesar began his work on the reorganization of the Roman …
Caesar in Greece Propaganda in this war brought great results, starting with Caesar’s gentle treatment of prisoners after Corfinium, and the release of the army in Spain, and ending with …
Plutarch is even today one of the most influential voices from antiquity, whose work has passed the test of time for nearly two millennia. Best known for Parallel Lives and …
Meeting in Lucca While Caesar was in Gaul, the situation in Rome was not calming down at all. Pompey was given the task of supplying the city with grain, and …
The Civil War – Caesar in Italy The civil war had begun, and Pompey was in Rome. The consuls authorized Pompey to take command of the two legions stationed in …
Gaul Gaul is an ancient geographical area that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Rhine River in the east, while it was bordered in the north …
Triumvirate – Reasons For the Alliance Gnaeus Pompey returned from the East as a victor over Mithridates and at that time was the most influential person in Rome. However, as …
His Early Troubles Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, politician and writer whose emergence marked a complete turnaround in the Roman state system from the rule of the Senate …
This series of articles will try to explain the reasons for the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Roman Empire. It will use respectable sources and …
