Millennium History

Ancient history

  • Orestes Flavius

    Flavius ​​Orestes Flavius ​​Oreste was born in Petavium, a town in Pannonia on the Drave (a tributary of the Danube), into a wealthy Roman family close to the imperial court. He was a very close collaborator of Attila (probably his secretary). Attila died in 453, his sons disputed the power, preci

  • Octavia Thurina Major

    Octavia Thurina Major or simply Octavia Major was the daughter of Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius ​​from his first wife, Ancharia. She was also the half-sister of Octave, the future Emperor Augustus and Octavia Thurina Minor. Little is known about her other than the fact that she lived in

  • Marcus Junius Brutus

    Marcus Junius Brutus (towards -85 - -42) rigid Roman republican, son of Servilia, mistress of Julius Caesar, he gave him the fatal blow, stabbing him on March 15 -44. Julius Caesar would then have said in Greek (Kaì sú, téknon?, in Latin Tu quoque, Brute, fili mihi?), meaning “You too, my son? ”.S

  • List of Rome wars

    Conflict Dates (BC) Name of the war 499 or 496 War against the Latins 482 - 474 First Veii War 437 or 434 - 428 or 425 Second Veii War 406 - 396 Third Veii War 343 - 341 First Samnite War 340 - 338 Latin Wars 326 - 304 Second Samnite War 298 - 290 Third Samnite War 280 - 275 War of Pyrrhus

  • the Gracchi

    Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and his brother Caius Sempronius Gracchus nicknamed the Gracchus are two Roman statesmen. Descended from the plebeian nobilitas, son of the consul Tiberius Sempronius, grandson of Scipio Africanus, they are renowned for their unsuccessful attempt to reform the Roman soc

  • The Gauls besiege the capitol

    In 390 BC, the Gauls, led by Brennus (Bren meaning chief in Celtic) invaded Etruria to appropriate the riches of the Italian peninsula. Winners of the Roman army on the Allia river, they seize Rome which they find deserted, its doors open. The population fled, with the exception of the senators, sea

  • The Verres scandal

    Caïus Verres became propraetor of Sicily in -73 and grew rich visibly; this is why in -70, after his departure, the Sicilians filed a complaint against him in the Roman courts, for dishonest acts he allegedly committed to acquire his fortune. Already in a high position in society, it was Cicero whom

  • The Sextus Affair

    Sextus was the son of a wealthy Roman of the same name residing in Rome. One night his father was found dead with a dagger in his back. His son was soon accused of despising his fortune and of having precipitated the inheritance.In Rome, when one was the assassin of his father, the punishment was se

  • social war

    The Social War, or Marsique, opposed the Senate of the Roman Republic and the Italians between 90 and 88 BC. It broke out following the assassination of the tribune of the plebs Livius Drusus in October 91 BC. J.-C., when he tried to obtain Roman citizenship for Italian allies of Rome. The Social W

  • Ranks of the Roman army

    Republic After the Marian reform, the ranks in the Roman army are as follows General officers * Imperator:victorious general. Title granted by acclamations by the army to its leader. The command of the Roman army is generally entrusted to a consul, the highest magistrate of the city of Rome. *

  • Germanicus

    Gaius Julius Caesar dit Germanicus (born in Rome on May 24, 15 BC, died near Antioch on October 10, 19), Roman general, son of Drusus and Antonia Minor, elder brother of Claudius; he is also the adopted grandson of Auguste, then the adopted son of his uncle Tiberius. He marries Agrippina the Elder.

  • Cornelie Cinna

    Cornelia Cinna (Cinnilla) the Younger (c. 94 BC; 68 or 69 BC) was the daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, one of the main leaders of Marius party. Married in -83 to Julius Caesar, she had a daughter with him, Julia, whom he married to Pompey in -60. Because of his kinship with the widow of Marius (

  • Cleopatra VII

    Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt. I classified it in the Rome file because it was through Caesar and Marc Antony that it had such a great influence on the course of the history of the ancient world (webmasters note) Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ) (v. -69 / August 12

  • Catiline

    Catiline (Lucius Sergius Catiline) (108-62 BC) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. who is known for his conspiracies to overthrow the Roman Republic and especially its aristocratic Senate Born into an impoverished noble family, Catiline served in the Social War with Pompey and Cicero unde

  • Battle of Teutoburg

    The Battle of the Teutberg Forest (or Battle of the Teutoburger Wald), in 9 AD, was a defeat for the Roman general Publius Quinctilius Varus, husband of Augustus niece, who was crushed in the Teutoburg Forest. The battlefield was recently located by a prospector using his metal detector. In all lik

  • Battle of Philippi

    Battle of Philippi Acropolis and plain of Philippi Conflict Civil War between the Second Triumvirate and the Republicans Date September-October, 42 BC. AD Location Philippi Issue Victory of the triumvirs Marc Antoine and Octave Fighters Command Republicans Brutus and Cassius Triumvirs A

  • Battle of Pharsalus

    The battle of Pharsalus took place in Thessaly, near the city of the same name, on August 9, 48 BC, during the Roman civil war which closed the Republic. Here Caesar gained a decisive advantage over Pompey, his troops and the Senate. Caesar camped north of the Enipeus River in Thessaly. Pompeys cam

  • Aurelia Cotta

    Aurelia Cotta, (120 BC - 54 BC or 53 BC) Roman lady from the illustrious Aurelii family (her three brothers were consuls), was wife of Caius Iulius Caesar III and mother of Julius Caesar. Despite what Pliny the Elder reports, it is unlikely that she gave birth to Julius Caesar by Caesarean section[

  • Atia Balba Caesonia

    Atia Balba Caesonia (85 -43 BC), or simply Atia, was the wife of Gaius Octavius ​​governor of Macedonia and Roman senator. They had two children, a daughter named Octavie and a younger son named Octavian, who would later become the first Roman emperor. In 59 BC. BC, Gaius Octavius ​​died on his way

  • Aetius

    Flavius ​​Aetius (sometimes Frenchified as Aetius) was a senator and generalissimo of the Roman legions who obtained the titles of Patrice and comes et magister utriusque militiae (count and master of the two militias in Latin) in 443. It has been said of him that he was the last of the Romans beca

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