A walk in Asti

The charming town of Asti in Piemonte has Roman origins. Asti was founded in the second century in Ligurian territory as Hasta. Hasta is the Latin word for a lance, but in this case the name presumably derives from a Celtic or Ligurian word for “hill”. After the fall of…

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Een wandeling door Asti

Het charmante stadje Asti in Piemonte heeft Romeinse wortels. Asti werd in de tweede eeuw voor onze jaartelling in het gebied van de Liguriërs gesticht als Hasta. Hasta is het Latijnse woord voor ‘lans’, maar in dit geval is de naam vermoedelijk eerder afgeleid van een Keltisch of Ligurisch woord…

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The War against Aristonikos: The Years 130-129 BCE

Summary The former censor Appius Claudius Pulcher dies (ca. 130 BCE); The consul Marcus Perperna defeats and captures Aristonikos, but dies soon afterwards (130-129 BCE); The populares Marcus Fulvius Flaccus and Gaius Papirius Carbo become members of the land reform committee (ca. 129 BCE); The Lex Sempronia agraria leads to…

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Gaius Gracchus: The Years 122-121 BCE

Summary The popular assembly adopts the Lex Sempronia de provinciis consularibus, which stipulates that the Senate selects the consular provinces before the consuls themselves are elected (122 BCE); Gaius Gracchus is opposed by his colleague, the people’s tribune Marcus Livius Drusus (122 BCE); Gaius Gracchus’ proposal to grant citizenship to…

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