What happened to all the notable Roman families?
The gens originally held a governance function, then that governance function was absorbed into Roman governance. After the Imperial period, the functions were no longer relevant. There …
ancient rome - History Stack Exchange
Dec 19, 2020 · Some notable examples would be the Julia gens (Caesar's origins) who emigrated from Alba Longa before Tullus Hostilius destroyed it and the Furia gens (Marcus Camillus' …
ancient history - Who were some Greek Plebeian Gentes, …
Jul 14, 2017 · The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology (W.B. Stanford Memorial Lectures)", Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, 2006. The Wikipedia list of …
What is the history of "Translation is like a woman" quote?
Apr 10, 2024 · Lors que la version de Lucien de M. d'Ablancourt parut, bien des gens se plaignirent de ce qu'elle n'étoit pas fidèle. Pour moi je l'appelai la belle infidèle, qui étoit le nom …
In the early Roman Republic, did every patrician family have at …
The first gens you mentioned was in my question and did have a consular tribune: The gens Foslia, later Folia, was a patrician family at Rome. The first of the gens to appear in history …
Why did Roman women have no praenomen? - History Stack …
Feb 27, 2020 · In a recent question it was noted, as is well known, that Roman girls were not given praenomen, but took the feminine form of their father's gens - eg Valeria, Cornelia. I …
What was the death toll during the Inquisition?
Aug 8, 2017 · I'm researching about the death toll during the Inquisition, I'm particularly interested in what happened from 12th to the 15th century but not exclusively to this period. One part of …
What is the oldest known international sporting event?
We know that modern Olympics are very popular international sporting events. What is the earliest known (documented) instance of an international sporting event? Let us define an …
europe - How did Western leaders justify NATO's eastwards …
May 5, 2020 · Western leaders apparently promised Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand eastwards and threaten Soviet security interests. Leaders named include …
What did Richelieu mean by his "six lines" quote?
Aug 3, 2015 · Cardinal Richelieu is frequently quoted as saying, If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. What …