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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
9: ...gs had to marry their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following the deaths of her brothers s...
19: ...ording to the Egyptian rite (a letter quoted in [[Suetonius]] suggests this), although he was at the time, ma...
21: There are a number of unverifiable but famous stories about Cleopatra, of which ...
29: ...nd culture, Cleopatra is reputed to have been the first member of her family in their 300-year reign i... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
9: ... her daughters raped. Dio Cassius adds that Roman financiers, including [[Seneca the Younger]], chose ...
11: ...e Trinovantes, under Boudicca's leadership. Their first target was [[Camulodunum]] ([[Colchester]]), t...
13: ...), slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was next to be de...
15: ...oned in a ring of wagons at the edge of the battlefield, and were slaughtered. (The German king [[Ario...
19: ...ion headed by Nero's [[freedman]] Polyclitus, and Suetonius was removed as governor, to be replaced by [[Publ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...n reference to non-fiction. As opposed to a [[profile]] or [[curriculum vitae]], a biography develops...
8: The first known biographies were written by [[scribes]] ...
12: ...s'' by [[Plutarch]] and ''Lives of Caesars'' by [[Suetonius]]. During the reign of the [[Roman Empire]], the...
16: ...[priest]]s used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usual...
22: ...iographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] biography appeared in his... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...e (from the [[Latin]] word ''princeps'', meaning "first citizen", the only title Augustus would permit...
11: ... [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[History of Bulgaria|first and second Bulgarian empires]] (see [[List of ...
21: ...or several long-lasting achievements that would define the Empire:
22: *Creation of a hereditary office, which we refer to as [[Emperor]] of Rome.
23: ...le. Duration of Roman military service marked the final step in the evolution of the [[Roman Army]] fr... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conques...
6: ...s life are recorded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
15: ...stained with me; for in this one Caesar, you will find many a Marius."
21: ...l, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.
23: ...as propaganda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]]. - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...[October 13]], [[54]]. In [[66]] he added the prefix [[Imperator]] to his name. In [[68]] Nero was d...
8: ...lly if there is an involvement of movements or selfish motives.
27: ...a. Caligula proceeded in having her deified, the first woman in Roman history to achieve this honor.
34: ...uard]] helped Claudius gain the throne. Among his first decisions was the recalling of his nieces from...
42: ...ero Caesar Drusus'''. The marriage would last for five years. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{cite news |first=M.Chiarugi |last=D.Archibugi |url=http://www.o...
9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[T...
12: ...ifty, and the pirates indeed raised the ransom to fifty talents. After the ransom was paid, Caesar rai...
14: The Senate finally invested [[Pompey]] with powers to deal with... - Livia (5714 bytes)
3: ...d great-great-grandmother to [[Nero]]. She was deified by Claudius who acknowledged her title of '''Au...
6: ...e Alfidia. Her mother Alfidia was a daughter of Aufidius Lurco, a Roman Magistrate from an Italian tow...
13: ...clients and pushed many prot駩s into political offices, including [[Otho]]'s grandfather and [[Galba]...
15: ...er ones with access to official documents (like [[Suetonius]]). Most modern historical accounts of her life d...
18: ...g her into a patrician, and granted her the honorific title of Augusta. These dispositions permitted h... - Domitian (8530 bytes)
9: ...tings, law and administration. In his biography [[Suetonius]] describes him as a learned and educated adolesc...
15: ... [[consul]]ships and several priesthoods but no office with ''[[imperium]]''. During the reign of his ...
19: ...e of Rome]] in 64 and the civil war of 69. Around fifty new buildings were erected and restored, inclu...
21: ...a died in [[91]] during an [[abortion]], being deified afterwards. After this, Domitia Longina was rec...
23: ...rtant innovations like female and dwarf gladiator fights.
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