Samenvatting Lucius Manlius Acidinus houdt een ovatio vanwege zijn overwinningen in het Nabije Spanje; De consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher en Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus leveren strijd met de Ligurische stammen; De praetor Lucius Postumius slaat een slavenopstand in Apulië neer; Na een aanvankelijke tegenslag verslaan de praetors Gaius Calpurnius Piso en…
Samenvatting Publius Cornelius Scipio behaalt zijn eerste consulaat en krijgt de provincie Sicilië toegewezen; De Senaat weigert Scipio de provincie Afrika te geven, waarmee Scipio een politieke nederlaag lijdt; Vrijwilligers uit heel Italië melden zich aan voor Scipio’s leger en vloot; Mago Barcas landt in Ligurië en plundert Genua; Gaius…
Summary The consuls Spurius Postumius Albinus and Quintus Marcius Philippus suppress the Bacchanalia in Rome and the rest of Italy; The Senate adopts the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, which allows the Bacchanalia to continue under very strict conditions only; The consul Quintus Marcius Philippus is heavily defeated by the Ligurian…
Summary Lucius Manlius Acidinus celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Nearer Spain; The consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus campaign against the Ligurian tribes; The praetor Lucius Postumius puts down a slave rebellion in Apulia; After first suffering a reverse, the praetors Gaius Calpurnius Piso and Lucius…
Summary The brothers Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus are elected consul, the only time in the history of the Roman Republic that two brothers share the consulship; Quintus Fulvius Flaccus celebrates a triumph for his victories in Nearer Spain; Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior serve…
Modern Aquileia is just a small and pleasant town of some 3.500 inhabitants in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Northeast Italy. Ancient Aquileia, however, was a large and prosperous city with a population that is estimated to have exceeded 100.000 souls. Founded in the year 181 BCE, Aquileia occupied…
Summary Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Publius Aelius Paetus serve as censors; Scipio becomes the new princeps senatus; The praetor Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus is heavily defeated by the Insubres; The proconsul Lucius Manlius Acidinus is awarded an ovatio for his victories in Spain, but it is vetoed by a people’s…
Summary Publius Cornelius Scipio wins his first consulship and is given the province of Sicily; Scipio suffers a political defeat in the Senate as he is denied the province of Africa; Volunteers from all over Italy flock to Scipio’s army and fleet; Mago Barcas lands in Liguria and sacks Genua;…