The Indo- Europeans regard the fall (or the tears) of the horse mounted by the impious warrior as a bad omen. The Romans apply this to some political men at important moments of their history ; according to Julius Obsequens (chap. 69 whose text we rectify), Vibius Pansas equestrian statue falls down in his own home in Antium. The first historical source of this account is Augustus' autobiography. There the emperor clears himself of an alleged murder and of an ambiguous policy, and also displays his religious faith. The other (contemporaneous with Augustus or later) writers - except Tite Live - do not consider Pansa an impious warrior, either because they do not believe Augustus' account, or because they esteem Pansa as a lesser politician....
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Néron, le moins belliqueux des empereurs romains du premier siècle, s’est trouvé aux prises avec des...
A certain number of epigraphic formulas seem to prove that under Augustus the Romans sacrified and m...
The triumph was the most prestigious accolade a politician and general could receive in republican R...
The Indo- Europeans regard the fall (or the tears) of the horse mounted by the impious warrior as a ...
Mr Asiaticus’ Affairs. Understanding the ambiguous figure of Senator Viennese Valerius Asiaticus, C...
[Extract] The Romans of the imperial period practised several religions.1 In one they honoured the t...
Proclaiming the empire : interplay and issues at stake in Historia Augusta. Constituted on a reperto...
Dans le cadre du bimillénaire de la mort de l’empereur romain Auguste, le prochain numéro de Volumen...
The short-lived emperors of AD 68-69 had to face new difficulties : they did not belong to the julio...
The author analyses the Greek and Latin literary sources pertaining to Claudius Gothicus and the opi...
L’idéal de la uirtus est souvent convoqué afin de souligner l’agressivité des soldats romains et l’e...
The death of Caesar’s legates, Sabinus and Cotta, with their fifteen cohorts in 54 BC is the most si...
The article opens with a presentation of the figure of Adolph Occo III (1524—1606), the author of Im...
The death of Caesar’s legates, Sabinus and Cotta, with their fifteen cohorts in 54 BC is the most si...
After Nero’s death, three impersonators successively pretended to be him in the Greek-speaking provi...
Néron, le moins belliqueux des empereurs romains du premier siècle, s’est trouvé aux prises avec des...
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The triumph was the most prestigious accolade a politician and general could receive in republican R...