Augustus' refusal to celebrate personal triumphs after his triple triumph in 29 BCE cultivated imperial image and shifted power dynamics.

Head of Pompey the Great, 1st century AD, Marble, 41 cm tall, from the Tomb of the Licinii, Via Salaria, currently at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen La vie de Pompée (106-48 av. J.-C.) fut marquée par des exploits militaires et politiques extraordinaires qui lui valurent le surnom de Magnus (« le Grand »). Il s'illustra comme jeune général sous Sylla, remporta de nombreux triomphes sur trois continents et forma le Premier Triumvirat avec Jules César et Crassus. La c

Cette carte (un détail de l'Atlas historique de William R. Shepherd, 1923 ) illustre la bordure occidentale de l'Asie Mineure, également connue sous le nom d'Anatolie ou Turquie moderne, durant les périodes grecque et romaine. J'ai mis en évidence Kyme (Cyme) sur la carte. Il existe d'autres cités antiques nommées « Kyme », l'une près de Naples en Italie et l'autre sur l'île d'Eubée. En mai 2022, j'écrivais : « Finalement, je finirai peut-être par céder et m'offrir un tét

Akragas was the last of the major Greek colonies established in Sicily, founded circa 580 BC by settlers from Gela, who were themselves of Rhodian and Cretan origin. Situated on the southern coast between the rivers Akragas and Hypsas, the city occupied a strategic plateau that offered natural defenses and access to fertile hinterlands. For the first century of its existence, Akragas grew wealthy on agriculture - olives, grapes, and grain - and the breeding of horses, for whi

Odessos (modern Varna, Bulgaria) began as a Milesian apoikia (colony) on an older Thracian settlement in the late 7th-early 6th century BCE and became a leading member of the Pontic Pentapolis, trading between the Aegean world and inland Thrace.

Seneca (writing 62-65 AD) classifies the thunderbolt alongside torches and shooting stars as "fire squeezed out of the air" (ignis aere expressus). He views them as transient, fleeting events caused by physical "defects" or pressures in the atmosphere rather than spontaneous divine whims.