Roman Republic
There are 821 items in Roman Republic:
Aardenburg, Fort, Tower |
Acragas (Agrigento)
Acragas (Greek Ἀκράγας): Greek town in southern Sicily, modern Agrigento. The so-called Temple of Concord Situated more or less in the center…
Acragas, So-called Tomb of Theron |
Actium (31 BCE)
Naval Battle of Actium (31 BCE): the decive battle in the last of the civil wars of the Roman Republic. Octavian defeated Mark Antony and founded the monarchy. …
Actium, Prow from a ship, found near Actium |
Actium, seen from the air |
Aedile
Aedile: Roman magistrate, responsible for the Games and the maintenance of the temples.The original tasks of the two plebeian aediles are unclear. The name suggests that they had something to do with an aedes ('shrine'), but the Greek translation agoranomos…Aequi
Aequi: ancient people, originally living in the western Apennines. Migrating to eastern Latium, they became one of the four main enemies of archaic Rome. …
Aisne Battlefield |
Alesia (52 BCE)
Siege of Alesia (52 BCE): one of the most important battles during Caesar's conquest of Gaul. After he had taken the Gallic town, only mopping-up operations remained.War in Gaul …
Alesia, Reconstructed siegeworks |
Allia (387 or 386 BCE)
Allia: name of a little river, northeast of Rome, where the Romans suffered a severe military defeat against the Celtic Senones in 387 or 386 BCE. …