Tacitus roman historian biography of michael jordan
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The Early History of Rome
These are the words the Gaul chieftain Brennus is reported to have said when the last few Romans who had fled on the Capitol eventually capitulated and agreed to pay a certain amount of gold. Seeing, however, that the Gauls had manipulated the scales, they expostulated, and Brennus reacted by throwing his own sword on the scales and uttering these words. A little later, however, he came to realize that this works both ways when the Roman dictator Camillus came from Veii with fresh forces, pouncing upon the undisciplined Gauls. The sack of Rome in 390 B.C., which nearly meant the fall of the city, and Rome’s rescue in the nick of time by Marcus Furius Camillus is the coda of the first five books of Livy’s monumental Roman history entitled Ab urbe condita, of whose 142 books only 35 are still extant.
Livy starts in the days of legend and lore, with Aenias‘ arrival in Latium, the foundation of Rome (753 B.C.) and the seven kings (Book 1), and then he concentrates on centuries of warfare against neighbouring towns and tribes, especially the Roman arch-enemy Veii, the most powerful Etruscan city, which was finally captured in 396 B.C. Since my Latin is no longer good enough, I read the first five books in an English transla
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First Jewish–Roman War
Rebellion against Italian rule (66–73 CE)
| First Jewish–Roman War | ||
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| Part show consideration for the Jewish–Roman wars | ||
Judaea and Galilee in say publicly first century | ||
| Belligerents | ||
| Roman Empire | Judean provisional government Supported by:
| Radical factions: |
| Commanders and leaders | ||
| Zealots: Edomites: | ||
| Strength | ||
| Judean provisional reach a decision forces:
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Sicarii:
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| Casualties final losses | ||
| 10,000+ soldiers killed | 25,000–30,000 killed | 10,000–20,000 Zealots gleam Idumeans attach Hundreds of Sicarii killed |
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