Roman Republic
There are 821 items in Roman Republic:
Censor
Censor: Roman magistrate. He was responsible for the public moral and had to put out to tender projects that were to be financed by the state. …
Chaeronea, Dedication to Alexander Severus, whose name has been erazed |
Cicero |
Cicero on Damocles
The Roman politician and philosopher Cicero tells the famous story about the tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse and his courtier Damocles, which he had read in the History of Timaeus of Tauromenium. The anecdote is often told as a reminder…Cilicia
Cilicia: ancient name of what is now southern Turkey. The Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered this country, and after the fall of the Achaemenid empire, Cilicia belonged to the Seleucid and Roman Empires. It was well-known for its iron…Cilician Pirates
Cilician Pirates: group of buccaneers, destabilizing force in the eastern Mediterranean world in the late second and early first centuries BCE. …Appius Claudius Caudex
Appius Claudius Caudex: Roman senator, played a role in the first part of the First Punic War (264-241). The Strait of…Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (†208 BCE): Roman commander, well-known for the capture of Syracuse. Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by…
Portrait of Marcellus on a coin minted by one of his descendants |
Cleitor, Relief with portrait of Polybius (cast) |
Cleopatra VII Philopator |
Cleopatra VII Philopator |