The Republic

Early Republic Overview
Late Republic Overview

Marcus Furius Camillus

Marcus Furius Camillus

Life: c. 446 – 365 BC “alter conditor Romae” by ‘Andraeus Papadopolus Dacicus Maximus’ Overview M. Furius Camillus was the most illustrious member of the family of Furia and is …

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Gaius Julius Caesar Bust

Gaius Julius Caesar

Life: 100 – 44 BC Caesar was tall, fair-haired, well built and of sound health. though he did suffer from the occasional epileptic fit. The historian Suetonius writes about Julius …

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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus or Pompey the Great Bust

Pompey

Life: 106 – 48 BC Name: Gnaeus Pompeius MagnusAlso called: Pompey the Great Despite his family’s connections to Cinna (an ally of Sulla’s enemy Marius), Pompey raised an army and …

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Marcus Licinius Crassus Bust

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Life: 115 – 53 BC Crassus grew up as the son of a consul and distinguished general.His career to fame and phenomenal wealth began as he started purchasing the houses …

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Bust

Sulla

Life: 138-78 BC Name: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Lucius Cornelius Sulla stemmed from a good, though not very wealthy Roman family. He came to prominence most of all in the Social …

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Gaius Gracchus

Gaius Gracchus

Life: 159-121 BC After the violent death of Tiberius Gracchus, the Gracchus family wasn’t finished yet. Gaius Gracchus, a flamboyant and powerful public speaker, was to be a far more …

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Tiberius Gracchus

Tiberius Gracchus

Life: 168-133 BC Tiberius and his brother Gaius Gracchus were to be two men who should become famous, if not infamous, for their struggle for the lower classes of Rome. …

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The Late Roman Republic

Period: 123 – 23 BC The story of the late Roman republic is essentially a tragic one. Yet the various causes for the demise of the republic are far from …

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Cato the Elder Bust

Cato the Elder

Life: 234-149 BC Also known as “Cato the Censor“ The progress from quaestor to consul via offices of aedile and praetor was a natural one and came more quickly to …

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The Battle of Cynoscephalae

Had Roman involvement in Illyria and the Macedonian alliance with Carthage in the Second Punic War (right after Cannae!) not made Rome and Macedon the best of friends, then peace …

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The Battle of Zama

The Battle of Zama in the summer of 202 BC marked the end of the power of the great Hannibal Barca. With its greatest son, also Carthage should be at …

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The Battle of Ilipa

The Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC was in my opinon Scipio’s masterpiece. If Rome had ten years earlier been terribly defeated at Cannae by Hannibal, then Scipio had spent …

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