UNRV Ancient Roman Empire History

Boudicca, Warrior Queen In the heart of Nero?s reign, the pacification and Romanization of Britain was quickly beginning to pay dividends. However, the apparent greed of Nero, as he slipped farther into his own debauchery, would be the catalyst that brought the Roman wheel to a grinding halt. Boudicca (Boadicea Victoria among other various spellings), [...]

Beginnings of Rome by TJ Cornells Reviewed by community member ‘Pompeius Magnus’ The founding of Rome is shrouded in mystery. There are many stories from the likes of Livy and Vergil which have many falacies as can be expected from a source such as them writing fully believing in the stories of Rome’s founding. What [...]

Corbulo, Armenia and Parthia From the very beginning of the reign of Nero (AD 54), and actually stretching from the later reign of Claudius, the political situation in the east was beginning to show signs of impending danger. Vologeses, the King of Parthia, had begun interfering with Roman interests in Armenia, although the region was [...]

Some interesting new regarding the Roman Empire: Remains of a Roman Bathhouse Unearthed Pompei Discovery For Swedish Archeologists… Stone Age Settlement Major Breakthrough, Lost Manuscripts Unlocked Statue Found In Domus Quintilii New Enemy Menaces Hadrian’s Wall

Nero The last member of the Julio-Claudian line to rule the Roman principate was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the great grandson of Augustus through his daughter Julia and great great nephew through Augustus? sister Octavia. The son of Agrippina the younger (sister of Caligula) grew up in exile and poverty in the harsh circumstances [...]

Assassination of Julius Caesar by Michael Parenti Reviewed by community forum member ‘Germanicus’ The book titled “The Assasination of Julius Caesar” by Michael Parenti, makes for compelling reading. It provides a detailed account of the events leading up to, and including, the fatefull Ides of March. Written from what I can only term a modern [...]

Messalina, Agrippina and the Death of Claudius By AD 38, and prior to his rise to Emperor, Claudius was married (for the third time) to the 15 year old Valeria Messalina. The young ?empress? was portrayed historically as not much more than a court nymphomaniac who used her sexual prowess to influence the influential. She [...]

Claudian Invasion of Britain In the near century that followed Caesar?s invasions of Britain (55 and 54 BC), the political climate of the Celtic tribes that maintained loyal relationships with Rome slowly deteriorated. While some call Caesars invasions a failure, the fact that they resulted in a century of tribute, profitable trade, and subservient political [...]

Claudian Policy Among the first acts of Claudius was to stabilize his position and that of the dynasty that had suffered so terribly under Sejanus, Tiberius and Caligula. First he adopted the name of the imperial house, changing from Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus simply to Claudius Caesar Augustus….

Another community contribution by Forum member Ursus. Apollo “Apollo rejects whatever is too near – entanglement in things, the melting gaze, and equally, soulful merging, mystical inebriation and its ecstatic vision. He desires not soul but spirit. And this means freedom from the heaviness, coarseness, and constriction of what is near, stately objectivity, a ranging [...]

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (10 BC ? AD 54) became the unlikely 4th emperor of the Julio-Claudian line after the violent murder of his nephew Gaius (Caligula). The reign of Claudius is important for several reasons. He stabilized the political environment by including provincials in the Senate rolls (even though he was vilified for [...]

The Celts: A History Book Review by forum member Ursus I have always been woefully ignorant of the Celts. In a desperate attempt to remedy that malady, I bought Ellis’ book. There is also a certain overlap between Celtic and Roman histories, and I felt as a Romanophile I needed to know something about the [...]

Assassination of an Emperor Towards the end of Caligula?s reign, he seemingly set his sites on military glory. Having never been involved in military achievement of any kind, such a step was another grandiose way to show his godliness to the people of Rome. Following in the steps of his father, Germanicus, Caligula launched a [...]