Republican Rome

Roman Patrons of Greek Communities before the Title πἀτρων

by Dylan Bloy

published in Historia 61.2 (2012) 168-201

Prominent Roman senators acted as patrons of Greek communities thoughout the 2nd century B.C., long before 'patron'... more Prominent Roman senators acted as patrons of Greek communities thoughout the 2nd century B.C., long before 'patron' became a regularly used honorary term for Romans in the Greek East around the beginning of the 1st century B.C. This article draws wherever possible on contemporary epigraphical evidence to reconstruct both the services provided by the patron and the reciprocal honors and material aid he and his family might expect in return. It also provides historical and contextual support for the 2nd century date of an Abderan decree (SIG3 656) that famously transliterates the words 'patronus' and 'atrium' in discussing the activities of Teian ambassadors in Rome.

Lo sfruttamento agricolo e le costruzioni sul pianoro di Centocelle in età repubblicana

by Rita Volpe

R. Volpe, "Lo sfruttamento agricolo e le costruzioni sul pianoro di Centocelle in età repubblicana" in  P. Gioia, R. Volpe (a cura di), Centocelle I. Roma S. D. O. Le indagini archeologiche, Roma 2004, pp. 447-461

Occupavit frequens senatus confirmare M. Tullium Ciceronem urbem atque imperium conservasse (Cic. Dom. 132)

by F. X. Ryan

Quod locus orationis de domo sua Ciceronis, quo verba princeps senatus tradita sunt, adiectivo frequens pro princeps... more Quod locus orationis de domo sua Ciceronis, quo verba princeps senatus tradita sunt, adiectivo frequens pro princeps adiectivo substituto nondum redintegratus est. Latine.

Lo sviluppo della villa nel suburbio di Roma

by Nic Terrenato

Cicero sententiam dicturus alio consulari adsentitur (Cic. Phil. 13.50)

by F. X. Ryan

Quod verba Ciceronis ex Philippica tertia decima, Servilio adsentior, nonnumquam prolata, supplemento egent. Latine. Quod verba Ciceronis ex Philippica tertia decima, Servilio adsentior, nonnumquam prolata, supplemento egent. Latine.

Presenze archeologiche nell'isolato di Palazzo Volpi

by Marina Marcelli

published in C. Strinati (a cura di), "Palazzo Volpi alle Quattro Fontane",  Roma 1991,  pp. 31-36

Further Anent the Honorific princeps huius ordinis (Cic. Pis. 6)

by F. X. Ryan

Quam ob causam Cicero Q. Catulum princeps huius ordinis in senatu nominans duo alia nomina in casu genetivo vitaverit;... more Quam ob causam Cicero Q. Catulum princeps huius ordinis in senatu nominans duo alia nomina in casu genetivo vitaverit; primo autem quaesitum quomodo eundem apud populum iudicesve dixisset. Anglice.

When the Mind of a Senator Strays a sententia (Cic. Phil. 7.1)

by F. X. Ryan

Quid verba animus aberrat a sententia in initio Philippicae septimae significent; atque inibi de exordio prehendendo... more Quid verba animus aberrat a sententia in initio Philippicae septimae significent; atque inibi de exordio prehendendo recensendoque et sermone eorum qui re publica salva in senatu erant. Anglice.

Cn. Pompeius in lacuna dicens (Cic. Dom. 30)

by F. X. Ryan

Quem in modum lacuna capite tricesimo orationis Ciceronis de domo sua expleri possit.  Latine. Quem in modum lacuna capite tricesimo orationis Ciceronis de domo sua expleri possit.  Latine.

A Synthesis on Early Rome

by Nic Terrenato

Riflessioni storico-comparative sul termine "stipendiarius"

by Cristina Soraci

in "Strumenti e tecniche della riscossione dei tributi nel mondo antico". Atti del Convegno Nazionale (Firenze, 6-7 dicembre 2007), a c. di M. Cataudella, A. Greco, G. Mariotta, Padova 2010, 43-80

Da un attento esame delle fonti letterarie appare chiaro che il termine "stipendiarii" possiede una vasta... more Da un attento esame delle fonti letterarie appare chiaro che il termine "stipendiarii" possiede una vasta gamma di significati, non sempre riconducibili all’espressione “individui soggetti al pagamento dello stipendium”; in molti casi, sarebbe più corretto tradurlo col generico “tributari”. In tal senso, vanno rivisti due luoghi comuni della moderna storiografia, secondo cui sia l’espressione ciceroniana "vectigal certum, quod stipendiarium dicitur" sia l’uso del termine "stipendiarii" nella "Naturalis historia pliniana" sarebbero stati inequivocabilmente indice del pagamento, da parte dei provinciali, di un solo tipo di tributo, fisso e in moneta, ossia lo "stipendium".
È più probabile, invece, che "stipendiarii" abbia designato in un primo momento le popolazioni vinte in guerra e soggette al pagamento dello "stipendium" e che in seguito, per estensione, il termine abbia indicato i contribuenti in genere (distinti dalle popolazioni “socie” o “federate”, “libere”, “amiche”), come attestano soprattutto alcuni passi di Cicerone. Questo significato si impose particolarmente tra la fine dell’epoca repubblicana e l’epoca imperiale.

« Portrait d’une cité celtibère sous domination romaine : Contrebia Belaisca à Botorrita (Aragon) », in Ab Aquitania in Hispaniam - Mélanges d’histoire et d’archéologie offerts à Pierre Sillières, Pallas, 82, 2010, p. 291-319

by Nathalie Barrandon

« Les modalités des échanges épistolaires entre les gouverneurs et le Sénat de la deuxième guerre punique à 43 av. J.-C. », in N. Barrandon et F. Kirbihler (dir.), Administrer les provinces de la République romaine, PUR, Rennes, 2010, p. 77-98.

by Nathalie Barrandon

« Le Sénat, les gouverneurs et les cités pérégrines d’Hispanie citérieure aux deux derniers siècles de la République », in N. Barrandon et Fr. Kirbihler (dir.), Les gouverneurs et les provinciaux sous la République romaine, PUR, Rennes, 2011, p. 101-129.

by Nathalie Barrandon

Nuovi rinvenimenti a Piazzale S. Lorenzo

by Massimiliano Munzi

Published in "Fasti Online", 2006.

Finding Libo: Numismatic, Epigraphic and Topographic Evidence for the Cursus Honorum of L. Scribonius L. f. Libo, cos. 34 B.C.E.

by Eric Kondratieff

Currently under review for possible publication (can't say with whom for now).

An examination of numismatic, epigraphic, and topographical evidence that may be used to reconstruct the cursus... more An examination of numismatic, epigraphic, and topographical evidence that may be used to reconstruct the cursus honorum of L. Scribonius Libo, an important but enigmatic member of the circle of Pompeius Magnus and his son, Sextus. It aims to contextualize and, where possible, elucidate aspects of Libo's career within the historical milieu of the 60s – 30s BCE, including: his moneyership and the ideology of his coins in relation to the financial crisis of 63-62; the year(s) and location of his quaestorship; a possible aedileship based on literary evidence; and the year and provincia of his praetorship as deduced from topographical and historical evidence.

Die archaischen Mauern Roms

by Gabriele Cifani

in Andrea Carandini, Die Geburts Roms, Dusserdolf – Zürich, 2002 [Artemis & Winkler Verlag], 712-717.

Geoarchaeological research at Tratturo Caniò (2009)

by Gijs Tol

R. Feiken, C. Anastasia, G. Tol & M. van Leusen forthcoming. Geoarchaeological research at Tratturo Caniò (2009), Palaeohistoria 53/54 (2011/2012).

Rome from Monarchy to Republic

by Juan A. Caballero Prieto

A final submission for my class on Rome from its beginning to the fall of the Republic.

When we look at Rome from the sober eyes of its laws and strict history, we tend to miss a more inconspicuous part of... more When we look at Rome from the sober eyes of its laws and strict history, we tend to miss a more inconspicuous part of it that is inclusive of morality and better judgment. Though heavily balanced in the demise of Lucretia, this essay on the roman transition from monarchy to republic compiles the views of several historians who help us understand the events pre- and post-509 BCE. In the end, the view we find is not necessarily that of strict history, but one of interpretation based on the times the historians lived in. What we find in this important time in history is the moral values that ancient romans wished for themselves, and a tale of heroism and persistence far greater than any other tale, or factually accurate fact, ancient historians could have given.

Movement and the Linguistic Turn: Reading Varro’s 'de Lingua Latina'

by Diana Spencer

(2011) in R. Laurence and D. J. Newsome (eds.) Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 57-80. ISBN 9780199583126.

[from Chapter intro.]
The late Republican polymath Varro set his second triad of ‘books’ on the Latin language... more [from Chapter intro.]
The late Republican polymath Varro set his second triad of ‘books’ on the Latin language (De Lingua Latina) the task of exploring the semiotic relationship between time, space, and movement in the development of Latin. These books explore how langue (the conventions and rules of language) relates to parole (the speech act) over time.

This chapter identifies and analyses key passages from this section of Varro’s study in order to show how the discourse of movement, and in particular urban movement, was an important feature in elite communication and helped to shape a particular view of what society and citizenship meant, in Varro’s circle at least. Varro’s De Lingua Latina offers a unique opportunity. It shows how one influential individual, acutely aware of the tangible changes taking place in the city and the res publica on a day-to- day level and also alert to the radical breaches occurring in the cultural traditions that defined elite identity, perceived a connection between linguistics, language in use, and the acts that constituted citizenship.

For this reason, this chapter also investigates how the terminology of movement intersects with the terminology of memory. Ultimately, this chapter proposes that Varro makes language, identity, and action into a nexus whereby thinking about citizenship took movement as a key epistemological tool, and made the right kind of movement a sine qua non for well-informed and appropriate participation in the discourse of public life.