Jump to content
UNRV Ancient Roman Empire Forums

Gaius Paulinus Maximus

Patricii
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,604

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    4

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

  2. Crassvs

    in Res Publica

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    Of course, conjecture like this leads to all sorts of unforeseen possibilities!!

     

    And thank for the welcome, I'm finding this forum fascinating!!

     

    Ahhh the unforeseen possibilities of ancient history, don't you just love em?

     

    I'm a big fan of what if's? Although in the grand scheme of things speculation get's us absolutely no where and get's you no closer to the answers that we so desperately long to know, it's great fun doing it though isn't it ;)

  3. query on Q.C.Metellus, Marius' implacable enemy

    in Academia

    Posted

    Broughton's Magistrates of the Roman Republic is an excellent resource for this sort of enquiry but it is also an extremely hard and expensive book to get hold of theses days.

     

    As far as I am aware the Metelli were of Plebeian stock, although very wealthy an active through out the Republic and stood toe to toe with the patricians through out that time, they were infact merely lowly plebeians!

  4. Crassvs

    in Res Publica

    Posted

    And finally, another interesting question that he brings up, had Crassus been successful in his Parthian invasion, but Civil War still occurred, do we think that senate would have turned to him or Pompey or perhaps both?

     

    I know conjecture of this type is not necessarily accurate, but Ward raises the questions and I thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss.

     

    Any thoughts?

     

    Let's not forget that Crassus backed Caesar to the hilt, financially anyway, so he must have some liking and confidence in the man, so what's to say that Crassus would have turned his back on the senate and chosen to support Caesar instead? Now there's a thought????

     

    Btw welcome to the forum Marcvs Licinivs Crassvs.

    .

  5. Housesteads Makeover

    in Vacatio

    Posted

    That's good to hear. The museum in paticular has like Goc say's has been for quite a while in need of a generous sprinkling of tlc. The visitor facilities are ok at the moment but any upgrade will obviously improve the whole Housesteads experience.

     

    Looking forward to visiting the new improved Housteads in 2012.

  16. The price of a book in ancient Rome

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    This is a very interesting discussion people! :thumbsup:

     

    As the demand for books increased towards the end of the Roman republic, and it became the fashion for the Roman nobles to have a library, the trade of booksellers naturally arose. They were called Librarii (Cic. de Leg. III.20), Bibliopolae (Mart. IV.71, XIII.3). Their shop was called taberna libraria (Cic. Phil. II.9). These shops were chiefly in the Argiletum (Mart. I.4), and in the

  19. What's the last book you read?

    in Libri

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    I am going to be rereading the Aeneid soon,

     

    If you haven't already bought the book might I suggest the you get the 2007 Penguin classic version translated by Robert Fagles.

     

    In my opinion it's by far the best translation of The Aeneid. Ursus did an excellent review of it a few years back.

     

    But which ever translation you end up with I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

  20. Cynicism and the Common People

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted

    The Cynics would not have appealed to the aristocracy at all because they regarded virtue as the only requirement for living a fulfilling life. The Cynics believed that to achieve this state of being that you should shun all wealth, titles, reputation etc. That's most definately not how the aristocracy rolled!;)

     

    Cynicism was basically the early greek equivalent of Roman stoicism.

  21. Caesar: Hero Or Villain

    in Res Publica

    Posted

    Lets not forget that Vercingetorix was a 'barbarian' who had the audacity to stand against the might of Rome, he was responsible for the death of many Roman soldiers, so Rome would expect or even demand that he be captured and brought back to Rome to be shown off to the people and then executed. Ok Caesar would keep him imprisoned for 5 years so he could show him of in his triumph but again Caesar is just playing the game, the mob loved a triumph and with Vercingetorix on show it makes the people love Caesar even more. Caesar wasn't the first or the last general to use this method of gaining popularity with the people of Rome.

     

    During the civil war Caesar regularly showed his humane character by releasing and forgiving those who had chosen to stand against him, he could have quite easily put them to the sword but instead he either gave them the opportunity to join his ranks or let them walk away right back into the arms of Pompey to fight against him another day. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus springs to mind here. Also his sadness upon recieving the head of Pompey and then his reaction afterwards shows that the bloodshed of fellow Romans wasn't what he wanted.

     

    Ultimately Caesars leniency probably played a big part in his assassination. A good portion of the 'liberators' had at some time been forgiven by Caesar against the wishes of his close confidants. Who knows if Caesar had been a bit more ruthless in his climb to the top then...................... enough, I'm sick of what if's!! :D

  22. Roman Fiction?

    in Libri

    Posted

    What about Steven Saylor , his Roma Sub Rosa series of books starring Gordianus the Finder are excellent.

     

    These are similar to John Maddox's series of books but in my opinion slightly better. He's also responsible for the epic novels 'Roma' and 'Empire'

     

     

  23. New Roman History Books (September 2011)

    in Libri

    Posted

    Imperial General by Maty will definately be going on my list, sounds like a very interesting read.

     

     

    It was certainly a fun one to write. I think the printers were caught out by how many pre-publication orders there were, so there's now a delay in stocks reaching Amazon. Who would have thought Petillius Cerialis had so many fans?

     

    Yes I know, I've just been on to Amazon to buy the book only to be told that it's out of stock!! :angry:

     

    He certainly sounds like an interesting kind of guy though, the kind of all out action hero that we see in the movies!

  25. Caesar: Hero Or Villain

    in Res Publica

    Posted

    I don't doubt that regardless of how it did eventually happen, Caesar at some point in his career would have gone on to become the dominant force in Rome, he was too big a character not to, he was an ambitious man and maybe the success had gone to his head, who knows? I just think that given the choice he would have rather gone about the proccess in a less violent manner, Caesar's hand was forced, there's no doubt about that and he reacted accordingly. I don't think bloodshed was the way he wanted to go. I think the last thing he wanted was Roman fighting against Roman. But at the end of the day thats how it played out and he had to see it through.

     

    . Alea iacta est.......

×
×
  • Create New...