Roman Republic
There are 821 items in Roman Republic:
Cumae
Cumae: Greek town in Italy, best-known for its prophetess, the Sibylla.History Relief with a home-coming hero Metal trade between the Etruscans and…
Cumae, Relief with an Amazon |
Cursus honorum
Cursus honorum: the "sequence of offices" in the career of a Roman politician. A Roman magistrate and two lictors carrying fasces In…Cybele
Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη): Anatolian mother goddess, also worshipped in Greece and the Roman Empire. Ostia, Statue of Cybele The Great Mother was the…Cyclopes
Cyclopes (Greek Κύκλωπες): name of mythological giants who had one round eye, set in the middle of the forehead. The most famous story about a Cyclops is Homer’s tale of Polyphemus, who was blinded by Odysseus.Homeric shepherds …Cynoscephalae (197 BCE)
Battle of Cynoscephalae: decisive battle during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE), in which the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus overcame the Macedonian king Philip V. …
Cynoscephalae, Possible location of the battle |
Cynoscephalae, Probable site of a Roman camp, north of Zoodochos |
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica or Pentapolis: the northeastern part of modern Libya, with five - later: six - ancient Greek cities: Euhesperides (modern Benghazi), Taucheira, Barca, Ptolemais, Apollonia, and its capital Cyrene. …
Cyrene, Inscription with the will of Ptolemy VIII Physcon |
Cyzicus
Cyzicus (Greek Κύζικος): Mysian town in the Propontis. The closest modern village is Aşağıyapıcı, the nearest modern city is Erdek.History A sixth-century kouros…Darius of Pontus
Darius: king of Pontus (r.39-37 BCE).The kingdom of Pontus, once a powerful state in Anatolia, had come to an end: its king Mithridates VI Eupator had waged endless wars, but had been defeated by the Roman commanders Lucullus and Pompey…