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Showing posts with label Roman history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roman history. Show all posts
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Eutropius, Killed By Enemies of the State: Zosimus, Historia 5.18.5

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Author : Zosimus Region : Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey) Date : late 5th / early 6th century CE Citation : Historia , 5.18.5, tran...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Dux Femina Facti: Zenobia, A Better Warrior Than A Man, SHA Duorum Gallienorum 13.1-5

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Zenobia vs. Gallienus Name : Scriptores Historia Augusta Date :   Unknown Region :    Unknown Citation :      Life of The...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Dux Femina Facti: Zenobia, the Warrior Queen, SHA Trig. Tyr. 30.1-3

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Zenobia, Following in the Footsteps of Greatness Name : Scriptores Historia Augusta Date :    Unknown Region :     Unknown ...
Friday, July 5, 2024

"Do not call me 'lord,' for I am a lady," Bassiana / Elegabalus in Zonoras' History

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Not A Lord, But a Lady Name : Joannes Zonoras Date : 1070 – 1140 CE  Region :  Constantinople [modern Turkey] Citation :  E...
Sunday, June 9, 2024

Two Inscriptions On the Worship of Antinous

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Remembered Among the Stars: Hadrian Honors His Dead Lover by Deifying Antinous Name : Marcus Oulpius Apollonius Date :  2nd centu...
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Married to Her Passion: the Ace Roman Painter Iaia, Pliny the Elder Nat. Hist. 35.147-148

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Iaia, The Best of Women Artists Name : Pliny the Elder Date : 23 – 79 CE Region :  Como [modern Italy]; Rome [modern Italy] ...
Saturday, October 8, 2022

They were Roommates? Suetonius on the life of Hyginus, de Gram. 20.1-3

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Name : Suetonius Date :  69 - 122 CE Region : Numidia [modern Algeria]    Citation :  de Gramm. 20.1-3 Roman men ofte...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Not a Lord, But a Lady: Elegabalus / Bassiana, Cassius Dio, Roman History 80.16.3-5

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Name :  Cassius Dio Date :     155 – 235 CE  Region:    Nicaea [modern Turkey] Citation :      Roman History 80.16.3-5 ...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Hierocles, Husband to an Empress, Cassius Dio, Roman History, 80.15.1-3

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Name :  Cassius Dio Date :     155 – 235 CE  Region:    Nicaea [modern Turkey] Citation :      Roman History 80.15.1-3 ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The Emperor's Gender: Cassius Dio on Elegabalus, Roman History 80.14.3-4

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Bassiana / Elegabalus Living as a Lady Name :  Cassius Dio Date :     155 – 235 CE  Region:    Nicaea [modern Turkey] Citat...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

Challenging Gender Roles: Fulvia , Velleius Paterculus 2.74

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Name : Velleius Paterculus Date : 19 BCE – 31 CE Region : [modern Italy]   Citation :  Roman History 2.74 Once the ...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

M/M: Baby, You Can Drive My Car: SHA Vit. Commodi 3.5-6

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Name : Scriptores Historia Augusta Date :   Unknown Region :    Unknown Citation :     Life of Commodus  3.5-6 It is ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

M/M: A Flower for Antinous (continued). Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae xv.21

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Now that I mention Alexandria, I recall that in that beautiful city there is a certain type of garland called the “Antinous,” made from a ty...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: Hypsicrates / Hypsicratea, Val. Max. 4.6.ext.4

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Hypsicrates / Hypsicratea, Queen and Warrior Name : Valerius Maximus Date :  1st century CE Region :  Unknown Citation :  M...
Monday, July 5, 2021

The Chastity of Valentinian, John Gower, Confessio Amantis 5.6430ff

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The Chastity of an Emperor: Valen/tinian Name : John Gower Date : 1330 – 1408 CE Region :   [modern England] Citation : ...