Brescia: Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Spello: Villa dei Mosaici
Spello: Overblijfselen van een Romeinse stad
De vroege geschiedenis van Spello is slecht gedocumenteerd. Het stadje was oorspronkelijk een nederzetting van de Umbriërs en het omliggende gebied wordt al sinds tenminste de zevende eeuw BCE bewoond. Tijdens de Romeinse tijd stond Spello bekend als Hispellum. Veel meer dan een dorpje kan het niet geweest zijn, en…
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The Great Threat from the North: The Year 101 BCE
Summary The consul Manius Aquillius defeats Athenion and ends the Second Servile War on Sicily; The consul Gaius Marius and the proconsul Quintus Lutatius Catulus annihilate the Cimbri at the Battle of Vercellae; Marius and Catulus hold a joint triumph; Marius works together with Glaucia and Saturninus and is elected…
The Great Threat from the North: The Year 102 BCE
Summary Gaius Marius annihilates the Teutones and Ambrones at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae; Quintus Lutatius Catulus gives up the Alpine passes; The Cimbri overrun Catulus’ defences at the river Atiso; The praetor Gaius Servilius fails to achieve anything on Sicily during the Second Servile War; The censor Quintus Caecilius…
The Great Threat from the North: The Years 104-103 BCE
The Jugurthine War and the Great Threat from the North: The Year 105 BCE
Summary Sulla convinces King Bocchus of Mauretania to betray his son-in-law Jugurtha; Jugurtha is delivered to the Romans in chains and sent to Rome; Much to Marius’ annoyance, Sulla gets most of the credit for capturing Jugurtha; Marius is elected consul for a second time (in absentia); The former suffect…
The Jugurthine War and the Great Threat from the North: The Year 106 BCE
Summary Quintus Caecilius Metellus celebrates a triumph for his victories in the Jugurthine War and acquires the nickname ‘Numidicus’; Gaius Marius captures an important fort of Jugurtha near the river Muluccha; Marius is joined by his quaestor Lucius Cornelius Sulla; While returning to his winter camp, Marius is attacked by…
The Jugurthine War and the Great Threat from the North: The Year 107 BCE
Summary The concilium plebis gives command of the Jugurthine War to the consul Gaius Marius; Marius openly recruits part of his soldiers from the class of the proletarii (the ‘Marian’ reforms); Marius captures Capsa by surprise, burns the city to the ground and massacres the male population; The Tigurini, allies…