Late Roman Republic
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Virtus and Fortuna are the driving forces of history in Florus' History, which is entirely structured and dedicated to the sequence of wars and battles. The descriptions of battles, based on these principles, form a basic narrative in... more
The paper offers several theoretical and methodological criteria to analyse political violence from the tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus (133 B.C.) to the end of Julio-Claudian dinasty and the lex de imperio Vespasiani (68 A.D.).
Despite renewed scholarly attention for the civil wars of the Late Republic, certain fundamental aspects of this period have remained understudied: the mutinies, desertions, and changes of sides which occurred. This political manoeuvring... more
Nell'articolo si esamina la figura di L. Equitius con particolare considerazione del suo status personale e della pretesa di essere il figlio del tribuno della plebe del 134/3 a.C. Ti. Sempronio Gracco. La rivendicazione di Equizio,... more
Esame della carriera, della famiglia e delle importanti relazioni di C. Valerius Triarius, un senatore della tarda età repubblicana originario di Fundi che, entrato in Senato durante la dittatura sillana, rimase fedele alla memoria di... more
This paper aims at analysing informal conversations between senators during the Late Roman Republic through the lens of network theory in order to discern strategies to look for and circulate information. Elite informal conversations... more
A flash conference organized by Carlos Noreña and Liv Mariah Yarrow in response to an April 22, 2020 twitter thread INSCRIPTION AND MORE INFORMATION: https://livyarrow.org/flash-conference/ Session One Saturday, May 2, 2020, 4-6 pm... more
Num L. Octavius a C. Memmio in adulterio deprehensus pernis contusus sit; et praeterea qui fuerint mariti, quique adulteri, quos inibi reperies. Anglice.
Author's version with corrected formatting of his review of Francisco Pina Polo, Alejandro Díaz Fernández, The Quaestorship in the Roman Republic. Klio. Beihefte, 31. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019. 376 p. ISBN 9783110663419 €99,95.... more
Repairing the portico of a building on the island of Issa at his own expense helped the legate Quintus Numerius Rufus, the patron of the city, to enter the history of the Eastern Adriatic coast during Caesar’s administration in the... more