Roman Republic
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Carthage (Phoenician Kart hadašt, "new city"): important ancient city, close to modern Tunis.Texts on Carthage The foundation legend (by Justin) The story of Hanno The battle of Himera Carthage's Constitution (Aristotle) The Carthaginian-Syracusan peace of 405 (Diodorus) The Philaeni (Sallust) Timoleon's defeat of the Carthaginians (Plutarch) The First…Spalatum (Split)
Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split.History Ruins of Spalatum today s.III-II BCE:…Sparta
Sparta (Greek Σπάρτα): one of the main city-states of ancient Greece, leader of the Peloponnesian League. The city-state is also called Lacedaemon.History …Spartacus
Spartacus: leader of an army of runaway slaves that shook Italy in 73-71 BCE. He was defeated by the Roman general Crassus.Italian slavery The Roman economy was based on agriculture and war. For centuries, a Roman citizen was a peasant and…Stoa
Stoa (Greek: στοά): long, free-standing, covered arcade, closed on one side, and with an open front and a roof supported by columns. …Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet
The collection of this museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquities focuses on Cyprus and Egypt, but there are also departments of Persian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Islamic antiquities. …Strabo of Amasia
Strabo of Amasia (c.62 BCE - c.24 CE): Greek geographer, one of the most important sources for ancient topography and history. Portrait…Suetonius on the death of Caesar
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Julius Caesar On…Suetonius, Caesar's Funeral
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.On 15 March 44 BCE, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered. A few days later, he was cremated on the Roman…Suovetaurilia
Suovetaurilia: Roman sacrifice of a pig (sus), a sheep (ovis) and a bull (taurus) to a fertility deity Suovetaurilia A suovetaurilia was a…
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