Concepts

On this page, you will find an overview of the mental concept of Antiquity, from acropolis to ziggurat, from ephor to tetrarch, from barbarian to tyrant.

There are 132 items in Concepts:

Colonia

Colonia: settlement of Roman citizens. Originally, coloniae were founded in enemy territory; later, colonia became a honorific title.The first coloniae Rome's…

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Consul

Consul: Roman magistrate, comparable with a prime minister or a president. Under the empire, the office was prestigious but unimportant. A…

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Corinthian League

Corinthian League (338 BCE): confederation of Greek cities, meant by king Philip of Macedonia to control Greece, and used by Alexander the Great in his war against the Achaemenid Empire. …

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Corvus

Corvus ("raven" or "crow"): a sort of crane, used to board an enemy ship. Model of the "corvus" by Martin Lokaj During…

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Damnatio Memoriae

Damnatio memoriae: modern name for the official condemnation of the memory of a Roman emperor by the Senate. It is the opposite of apotheosis, which means that a deceased emperor is believed to have ascended to heaven. …

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Decimation

Decimation: punishment in the Roman army. Of every ten soldiers, one was executed.Decimation was never a common punishment: it was too harsh and would no longer inspire terror if it were applied too often. Our sources only rarely refer to…

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Delian League

Delian League: modern name of the Athenian alliance, founded after the Persian Wars as a military organization directed against the Achaemenid Empire, but converted by the Athenian politician Pericles into an Athenian empire. In the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), the Spartans tried to…

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Devotio

Devotio: the ritual dedication of an enemy, or self-dedication, to the gods of the Underworld. This Roman custom is also known from other ancient nations.Roman Ritual …

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Alexander's successors: the Diadochi

Diadochi ("successors"): name of the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conqueror Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. To settle the question whether his empire should disintegrate or survive as a unity,…

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Diaspora

Diaspora (Greek for "dispersion"): indication for the Jews living outside the land of Israel. The Hebrew word is Tefutsot.Origins of the Dispersion …

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