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4 09, 2017

Roman Imperial Cult – Roman religion

By |2019-09-11T05:24:18-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Roman Imperial Cult – Roman religion

Imperial cult: The Roman general Pompey Worshipping rulers as gods The Roman general Pompey conquered West Asia around 50 BC. He was embarrassed to find that people there were worshipping him as a god. Who [...]

4 09, 2017

Ovid and the Metamorphoses – Roman literature

By |2020-04-17T05:26:01-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Ovid and the Metamorphoses – Roman literature

Part of a page from a copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses (South Italy, 1000s AD, just as the Normans were conquering it) When did Ovid live? With the end of the Roman [...]

3 09, 2017

Julio-Claudians – emperors of ancient Rome

By |2019-10-20T14:32:15-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History|Comments Off on Julio-Claudians – emperors of ancient Rome

The Roman emperor Augustus, first of the Julio-Claudians How did Augustus get power? Everybody was tired of all this fighting and killing. And everyone was afraid of Octavian. So when Octavian [...]

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