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153-121 BCE Caius Sempronius Gracchus
Caius was the brother of Tiberius and son of Cornelia. He was elected tribune of the people in 123 BCE, and attempted the continuation of popular reforms. He, like his brother, was murdered. -
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157-86 BCE Gaius Marius
Marius was Roman general and statesman who led the popular party in the civil war of 88 to 86 BCE. Strong individuals enjoyed a cult of personality which proved competitive to the constitutionally prescribed system of two consuls. An essential political theme in Roman political history is the near continuous conflict between republicans and those seeking dictatorship. -
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ceasur became ruler. -
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Lex Publilia Voleronis Recognizes Concilium of the Plebeians and Tribunes
This ancient law granted further political rights to the plebeians. In this year the number of Plebeian tribunes was raised from two to five. -
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Legendary Founding of Rome
While most would have it that Rome was named for Romulus who outwitted his brother Remus for control of the new settlement, Plutarch is clear that:"from whom, and for what reason, the city of Rome, a name so great in glory, and famous in the mouths of all men, was so first called, authors do not agree."The fact is that the origin for the name of the new settlement of Rome is as likely a woman as it is a man. -
104 BCE The second servile war: The slave revolt of Salvio
In this year the senate decreed that slaves taken from those states which were now allies of Rome were to be declared free. The governor of Syracuse, however, halted the emancipation in his territory. With the model of Eunus before him, Salvio led a second rebellion. He was defeated by M. Aquilio. -
106 BCE-43 BCE Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gifted orator and political statesman, Cicero is reputed to have said that he wished posterity to remember him as a philosopher, yet it is for his political acumen that he is most famed. In Cicero's numerous writings, many of which consist of his eloquent defense or prosecution of notable Romans, he reveals a conservative, incorruptible, defense of the Republic. His oratorical attacks upon Antony cost him his life. He was brutally murdered in 43 BCE. -
115 BCE-53 CE Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman politician, member of the First Triumvirate, defeated Spartacus, killed in battle at Carrhae. -
The Republican Revolution: The Etruscan monarchy is overthrown and the Republic is established
From the time of our earliest records, women were highly involved in a direct and important way with systems of worship. During Pagan times, before the rise of a male dominated Christian theological infrastructure, women played a leading role in spiritual activities. -
The Rape of Lucretia
According to numerous historians, as well as Roman notables such as Cicero, the spark which ignited the Republican Revolution was the indignation incited when Sextus Tarquin, the son of the reigning Etruscan monarch Tarquinius Superbus, raped the virtuous Lucretia, who Romans idolized as the perfect wife and ideal wom -
The protest of the plebeians and the establishment of the plebeian tribunate
In what the Roman annalists cited as the first of three organized class protests by the plebeians, their demands of establishing a political council, called the plebeian tribunate, led by two plebeian tribunes, was realized -
138-78 BCE Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Roman general and statesman, led the aristocratic party during the civil war of 88 to 86 BCE. Sulla overcame all opposition and eventually became dictator of Rome. Sulla began what is known as the proscriptions, whereby he published lists of so-called public enemies who were to be summarily executed and whose property was confiscated by the state. He resigned in 79 BCE. -
190A.D. the falling of egypt
The fall of Ancient Rome started from about AD 190. The Roman Empire was attacked by tribes such as the Goths and the Vandals. Civil wars in parts of the empire further weakened the rule of Rome and respect for Roman law dwindled as a result. -
190A.D. the falling of egypt
The fall of Ancient Rome started from about AD 190. The Roman Empire was attacked by tribes such as the Goths and the Vandals. Civil wars in parts of the empire further weakened the rule of Rome and respect for Roman law dwindled as a result. -
133 BCE The City of the Sun: The Slave Revolt of Aristonicus
Upon his death, Attalus III of Pergamum bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. This was resisted, and a rebellion ensued, led by Aristonicus, who enlisted slaves and the dispossessed into his rebel army. Along with the philosopher Blossius, who had tutored and supported Tiberius Gracchus, and had fled to Pergamum after Tiberius' death, Aristonicus sought to establish an idealistic utopian kingdom which he called the City of the Sun, with its inhabitants whom he called Heliopolitae, followers of the sun -
136 BCE-132 BCE The first servile war: the slave revolt of Eunus
Juggler, diviner, leader, slave, and self-appointed king, Eunus led a slave revolt which successfully took over the city of Enna in Syracuse, defeated numerous Roman battalions, and took four years to be overthrown. Eventually, the consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso, and his successor, Publius Rupilius, defeated Eunus, who now called himself King Antioch. Eunus was captured and imprisoned, where he died.
