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Romans did not mark same-sex relations as " homosexual " if an adult male used a slave or prostitute, characteristically a youth, as his passive partner ( see Homosexuality in ancient Rome ); these relations, however, were expected to play a secondary role to marriage, within which institution an adult male demonstrated his masculine authority as head of household ( paterfamilias ).
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Romans and did
If that's all the Romans did, it's a surprise to me that Rome fell.
In fact, modern historians use AUC much more frequently than the Romans themselves did.
As Dictator, he did not get to appoint his own Master of the Horse ; instead, the Romans chose a political enemy, Marcus Minucius.
While the Romans did not wish to come to the aid of soldiers who had unjustly stolen a city from its rightful possessors, and although they were still recovering from the insurrection of Campanian troops at Rhegium in 271, many were also unwilling to see Carthaginian power in Sicily expand even further.
The Romans did not entirely withdraw from Scotland at this time, however: the large fort at Newstead was maintained along with seven smaller outposts until at least 180.
He also explains how brutal and unscrupulous these Romans must have been: " They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force "-After some silence, Marlow abruptly starts up again saying, in a hesitating voice, " I suppose you fellows remember I did once turn fresh-water sailor for a bit.
It has been documented in historical accounts Celtic tribes wore trousers, which the Romans called bracae, as did many other neighboring peoples to the Romans.
Romans did explorations toward this area and probably reached, with Suetonius Paulinus, the area of Adrar.
St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote shortly after Clement and in his letter from the city of Smyrna to the Romans he said he would not command them as Peter and Paul did.
But some papyrus palimpsests do survive, and Romans referred to this custom of washing papyrus, although the reed from which it was made did not grow in Italy.
Much of the city still boasted intact buildings and monuments from ancient Roman times, but Boniface razed it anyway, even spreading salt on the site as the Romans did in Carthage 1500 years before.
These words give the language a French flair just as Greek did to the Latin-speaking Romans.
Although Stephen was subject to Alberic II of Spoleto, Prince of the Romans, and did not in reality rule the Papal States, Stephen himself was not a member of that family, nor had he any relationship with Marozia, who had dominated Roman and papal politics during the preceding decades.
According to Roman tradition, Hannibal had been made to swear by his father never to be a friend of Rome, and he certainly did not take a conciliatory attitude when the Romans berated him for crossing the river Iberus ( Ebro ) which Carthage was bound by treaty not to cross.
In the provinces, the Romans often did not bother with a stone causeway, but used log roads ( pontes longi ).
The Romans, who eventually conquered the Greeks, and adopted many aspects of their culture, did not adopt the Greek perception of footwear and clothing.
Of the battlegrounds of the Gallic War there are references to: The siege and massacre of the 40, 000 residents at Avaricum 52 BC ; Vercingetorix commented that " the Romans did not conquer by valor nor in the field, but by a kind of art and skill in assault, with which they themselves were unacquainted.
Romans did explorations toward this area and probably reached, with Suetonius Paulinus, the area of Adrar.
Despite its frequent use by the Romans, the horrors of crucifixion did not escape mention by some of their eminent orators.
The Romans, who eventually conquered the Greeks, and adopted many aspects of their culture, did not adopt the Greek perception of footwear and clothing.
With Otto III was still a child and his regent, his mother the Empress Theophanu, absent from Italy, Crescentius II took the title of Patricius Romanorum ( Patrician of the Romans ) and became the effective ruler of the city, though he did not act entirely independent of the imperial authority, presenting himself as a lieutenant of the Emperor.
The ancient Romans did not make wide use of maces, probably because of the influence of armour, and due to the nature of the Roman infantry fighting style which involved the pilum ( or spear ) and the gladius ( short sword used in a stabbing fashion ).
Cymbeline did have two sons before Imogen, Guiderius and Arviragus, but they were stolen twenty years ago as infants by Belarius, a courtier banished as a traitor for supposedly conspiring with the Romans.
Romans and mark
This was the high water mark of Roman territory in Britain: shortly after his victory, Agricola was recalled from Britain back to Rome, and the Romans retired to a more defensible line along the Forth-Clyde isthmus, freeing soldiers badly needed along other frontiers.
Here as everywhere else, the Romans left their mark by constructing a castle with a seawall in front of it so that boats and ships could anchor in safety.
Romans of citizen status normally went about bare-headed, but for the Saturnalia donned the pilleus, the conical felt cap that was the usual mark of a freedman.
Now although this refers primarily to people, it is also true of various worldly goods which bear the mark both of man's sin and the blessing of God: " For all have sinned and have need of the glory of God " ( Romans 3. 23 ).
A number of ancient civilizations, most notably the Thracians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Ostrogoths, Slavs, Varangians and especially Bulgars, have left their mark on the culture, history and heritage of Bulgaria.
10 BC Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni issued coins from Camulodunum, suggesting that he conquered the Trinovantes, but he was soon forced to withdraw, perhaps as a result of pressure from the Romans, as his later coins no longer bear the mark " Rex ", and Addedomarus was restored.
The Romans were accustomed to dividing the year into nundinæ, periods of eight days ; and in their marble calendars ( fasti ), of which numerous specimens remain, they used the first eight letters of the alphabet ( A to H ) to mark the days of which each period was composed.
* Apex ( diacritic ), a sign used by the Romans to mark long vowels
The Romans used signals on brass instruments to mark time.
Romans and same-sex
The Greeks and Romans recognized same-sex attraction, but as any sexual act was believed to require that one of the partners be " phallic " and that therefore sex between women was impossible without this feature, popular mythology pictured lesbians as either having enlarged clitorises or as incapable of sexual enjoyment without the substitution of a phallus.
The most important Christian text on same-sex behavior, Romans 1: 26-27, refers back to Leviticus (" God gave them up to impurity ", Romans 1: 24 ) and, following Jesus, dismisses the purity requirements of the " Old Law " as irrelevant for Christians (" Nothing is unclean in itself ", Romans 14: 14 ).
Romans and relations
The treaty seems to have largely cut off relations between Goths and Romans, including free trade and the exchange of troops for tribute.
* The Gallic tribe of the Senones and the Romans conclude a peace and enter upon a period of friendly relations which lasts the rest of the century.
* Regulated relations with the Romans
The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, and attributed their success as a world power to their collective piety ( pietas ) in maintaining good relations with the gods.
The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, and attributed their success as a world power to their collective piety ( pietas ) in maintaining good relations with the gods.
Imports from various regions of the Romans Empire ( southern Spain, southern Italy, Lipari, southern and eastern Gaul and the Germanic areas ) provide evidence of extensive trade relations.
Not all Kings of the Romans made this step, sometimes because of hostile relations to the current Pope, at other times because the pressure of business at home, or warfare in Germany or Italy, made it impossible for the King to make the journey.
This may be linked to Simeon's diplomatic relations with the Papacy between 924 and 926, during which he demanded and received Pope John X's recognition of his title as " Emperor of the Romans ", truly equal to the Byzantine emperor, and possibly the confirmation of a patriarchal dignity for the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
The Romans quickly re-established cordial relations with the Treveri under Indus, who promised obedience to Rome ; in contrast, they completely annihilated the Aedui who had sided with Sacrovir.
In the end the Samnites decided it would better for future relations to let the Romans go, while the Romans were impeded in the prosecution of their campaign against the Samnites by considerations of religion and honor.
* fides, " trustworthiness, loyalty, credibility ," was a quality the Romans wanted to pride themselves for upholding, including respect for the law and fides in foreign relations.
Dumnorix was spared any serious retribution at the request of his brother Diviciacus, who had good relations with Caesar and the Romans.
Once the Romans had built a second wall further to the north ( the Antonine Wall ) and their garrisons advanced north likewise, the developing Roman-Britons south of the wall had trade relations with the Picts north of the wall, as testified by archaeological evidence, much of it available at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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