[Corona]

anybody know of any other famous recipiants of these prestigious awards?

 

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was the first to won the Corona Navalis after his victory at Actium.

[Imaginary Jewish revolt and Roman Triumph]

Probably a mistake by the author of the Historia Augusta (it's indeed a dubious source).

 

It's also goes against all that we know about the Roman-Jewish relationship during the times of the Severan dynasty. from rabinnic legends we know of the good relationships between the Severan emperors and the leader of the Jews in Judea, also in it's time there seem to be a tendency toward accepting the Roman occupetion.

[Rome and the USA]

Personly I dislike using the ancient world for contempry political comparision, however if you such comparision I think it's should be between the USA and the Athenian Empire.

 

Both states prefered to rule as head of a strong alliance (Delian League and NATO) rather than direct occupetion, democrasy was the founding of both states and they acted to spread it (althought they had no problem making an alliance with an un-democratic goverment).

[Your Hidden Roman Name]

First + last names: glreauitra (don't have a middle name)

 

I'm a male last time that I checked.

[Best/Personal Favorite Roman General Poll]

Does that make him great or terrible? There will be people on both sides of this issue.

 

You could argue about the politics but I think everyone would agree that Agrippa was among the greatest Roman general.

[Vandals apparently topple Pompeii column]

It's a sad thing when people delibertly destroy their own heritage.

[Best/Personal Favorite Roman General Poll]

I would have to go with Marcus Agrippa, without his victories and military genuise, Augustus could never founded the Roman Empire.

[Jews And Romans]

The seem to forgate that Roman-Jewish relations began in a positive manner, in 169 BC about 100 years before Pompeius conquer Judea, an alliance was formed between the Jewish rebels agains the Selecuid Empire and the Roman Republic. all Hasmonean rulers until Alexander Jannaeus renew the alliance.

 

In the time of Alexander Jannaeus and his heirs there were a shipt in the Jewish policy, the seleucid were no longer a threat to either Judean or Rome and in the east there were a fear of being conquered by Rome, we have knowlege the Judea was part of the anti-roman eastern alliance (we know it's had good relationship with Parthia and Armenia).

 

Although i have another question, were there any examples of Romans (whether soldiers or other Roman citizens) having any relationships with Jews, 'cause, i've read that in some of the places the Romans conquered, like Britain, etc, some of the soldiers posted in a specific territory would end up having relationships with the people there, and i was just wondering, if there were any examples of this happening between Jews and Romans.

 

Thanks again for all the replies .

 

The Jewish religious law forbide relationship with non-Jews, the only example I know of to such relationship are with the two daughters of king Agrippa I: Drusilla merried the roman procurator of Judea Antonius Felix and her sister Berenice was the mistress of the Roman emperor Titus (from the time of his campain in Jerusalem until the time he was crowned emperor).