Category: Italy

SPQR Ch 6 – Mary Beard

6 New Politics DestructionThe destruction of Carthage in 146 BC was brutal on both sides even by ancient standards. The sack of Corinth a few

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SPQR Ch 5 – Mary Beard

5 A Wider World Roman literature and roman territorial expansion went hand in hand. Rome had used writing for basic communication since its inception. But with

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SPQR Ch 4 – Mary Beard

4 Rome’s Great Leap Forward Besides the two consuls, there were a series of positions below that: praetors and quaestors. The senate was a permanent

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SPQR Ch 3 – Mary Beard

3 The Kings of Rome A list of the Roman kings is given: 1) Romulus 2) Numa Pompilius- peaceful character who developed most of Rome’s

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SPQR Ch 2 – Mary Beard

2 In the BeginningCicero convened the Senate in the Temple of Jupiter. This was the site where Romulus prayed to Jupiter that the Romans would

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SPQR Ch 1 – Mary Beard

These next posts constitute my note taking on SPQR- A History of Ancient Rome, by Mary Beard.  1 Cicero’s Finest HourCicero vs Catiline 63 BC

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Italian Consulate

Went to the Italian consulate in Los Angeles today with my son so he could get his passport. Security has gotten much stricter there and

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Rome 2023

Earlier this year my oldest son asked if we’d want to go with him, his wife, and her parents to Rome. We decided that this

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