Historia Augusta: modern name of a collection of (bogus) biographies of Roman emperors of the second and third centuries.The collection of biographies of Roman emperors called Historia Augusta consists of the lives of most rulers from Hadrian (117-138) to Carinus…
Homo novus ("new man"): Latin indication for the first member of a Roman family to be elected consul.In a society in which ancient families had great privileges, it was quite something when someone without long list of noble ancestors reached…
Honorius: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r.395-423).
Honorius
Names:
9 September 384: Flavius Honorius
January 393: Flavius Honorius Augustus
15 August 423: natural death
co-emperor of…
Hoplites (Greek: Ὁπλιτης): ancient Greek soldiers, armed with spears and shields.
A running hoplite (without greaves)
The hoplites were the main soldiers of…
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus (c.14-69): Roman senator, commander of the Rhine army during the Batavian revolt. His reputation has suffered severely from the biased description of his campaigns in the Rhineland by the Roman historian Tacitus.
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