Tag: Roman Republic
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Castor and Pollux: The Legendary Twin Horsemen of Rome
Black-figure amphora depicting the Dioscuri on horseback. Dating to circa 500 BC, held in the British Museum In the southern sky during wintertime, near the constellations of Orion and Taurus there are two bright stars. Known in Greek mythology as the Dioscuri, (Dioscuri from the Greek Dioskouroi, meaning “Sons of Zeus”), they were twin supernatural beings who helped save shipwrecked sailors, usually by appearing…
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Hannibal Barca: Enemy of Rome
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps exhibited 1812 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851. Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 The Roman Republic, and subsequently Empire, dominated almost all of the known world from 753 BC to 1453 AD. Throughout that period Rome’s power was always present and…
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Cicero – A New Man
‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need‘ – Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 – 43 BC After building a career as a skillful barrister in the law courts, and putting down the Cataline insurrection, Cicero had not only become a shrewd politican, but one of the best orators and…
