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  1. Did Caesar's aunt (Julilla) marry Sulla?

    in Nomina et Gentes

    Posted

    I recently began reading Colleen McCullough's 'Masters of Rome' series. I've tended to rely on Wikipedia for researching a lot of the Romans named in the book (I know, I know ... ) and for the most part, characters and events in the book seem to match up with the historical record. In the initial book however, "First Man of Rome," one of the key plot-lines involves the marriage of Sulla to Julius Caesar's aunt Julilla (aka Julia Minor). Sulla's Wikipedia entry indicates the following:

     

    Marriages and issue

     

    * First wife, Ilia (possibly Julia (Julilla) Minor, Aunt of Gaius Julius Caesar)

    o Cornelia Sulla, married first with Gnaeus Pompeius Rufus and later with Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus,

    mother of Pompeia Sulla, second wife of Julius Caesar

    o Lucius Cornelius Sulla, died young

    I've googled this to no avail and can find no other reference anywhere to this marriage aside from this Wikipedia entry. Even the Julio-Claudian family tree entry only references Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcia of the Regii having 3 children (2 boys and Julia, wife of Marius).

     

    Is this just poetic license taken by the author to try and fill in some sort of historical gap? Or can anyone verify that this to be accepted historic fact/theory?

     

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

    G

     

    Ps - Tried the search engine here as well to see if it had been discussed, but didn't get any hits and so I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse (*resists urge to photoshop same* :) )

  4. Worst Roman Enemy and why?

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted

    And therefore not the worst enemy (meaning force). To me that means a choice between the three largest civilizations the Romans battled

    What about the German invasion circa 110 BC +/-? They wiped out several armies before Marius' army stopped them at Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae. You guys would know better than me, but the readings I've done indicate that had they failed to stop them there, then nothing would have stood between them and Rome.

  8. Worst Roman Enemy and why?

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted

    Here is one for you guys. I was looking over some of my new textbooks for my masters' degree in Classical Studies. The thought came to me. Which Roman enemy was the worst? Which one do you guys think was the worst and why? I thought the Germans at first, but when looking at the Gauls, it is easy to see them as the worst. In my opinion, they were the worst because they were around the longest.

    Carthage

     

    They could've conquered Rome had Hannibal headed there following Cannae.

  12. Colleen Mccullough's Roman Series...

    in Libri

    Posted

    I've just recently started this series and I love it. I got the first 3 books off of eBay for $6 (incl. shipping! :D ). I have about 100 pages to go in "First Man of Rome." Was never much of a fan of the Marius / Sulla period but I'm hooked now.

     

    According to Wikipedia btw:

     

    Due to much lobbying from fans McCullough has undertaken to write one more volume concerned mainly with Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, to be released in September, 2007, in the UK, and December, 2007, in the US.

  14. Most Macrohistorical Battle

    in Historia in Universum

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    I'll offer up "The Battle of the Cowpens" in the American Revolution. American General Nathaniel Greene, being pursued by a vastly superior British force lead by Lord Cornwallis, goes against conventional wisdom and splits his army in two, with the other half given to the command of General Daniel Morgan. The idea was to try and split Cornwallis' army in two as well in order to avoid an all out confrontation. Greene is pursued north by Cornwallis while Morgan is pursued by notorious British Cavalry office Banastre Tarleton.

     

    Morgan then decides to make a stand at a place called The Cowpens in South Carolina, backed up against a river so that his men would have to stand and fight. Saddled with a high number of inexperienced infantrymen, Morgan knows they will panic when the British cavalry charges. He comes up with a brilliant plan (ala Hannibal at Cannae) and puts these inexperienced troops front and center of his line, in front of two full lines of experienced militia types, and tells them after they fire their 2 shots that it is okay to turn and withdraw to the rear. Greene correctly banks on Tarleton's aggressive tendencies and sure enough Tarleton charges straight for the center line upon arriving at The Cowpens. After watching the Americans fire their two volleys and turning to withdraw to the rear, Tarleton incorrectly believes he has them in a panic retreat and heads straight into the brunt of two full lines of colonials who annihilate his forces in a double envelopment. A devastating defeat for the British.

     

    Morgan then proceeds back after Cornwallis, who has been desperately trying to catch up to Greene's forces. The hunter then becomes the hunted and Cornwallis is forced to head to Virginia and holes himself up at a little place called ... Yorktown.

     

    And the rest as they say ... is history.

  16. Your Hidden Roman Name

    in Colosseum

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    G-Manicus, you are a member of the Menenia gens, "a very ancient and illustrious patrician house at Rome..."

     

    Although Smith's states that the only recorded cognomen of the Menenii was "Lanatus", you actually possess the cognomen of "Gregariollus". This, however, was not your cognomen at birth, but rather was bestowed upon you as your childhood nickname, due to the fact that you played at being a stern little soldier while all your other playmates were busy pretending to be little senators. "Gregariollus", meaning "little soldier", comes from miles gregarius (an army term for a regular foot soldier).

     

    Your praenomen is "Decimus", abbreviated as "D." Your full Roman name is:

     

    D. Menenius Gregariollus

    = wngriymegiolldaeehrny -hwyy +usus

     

    Welcome to UNRV!

     

    -- Nephele

     

    That must be why the rest of the kids in my Youth Chariot League called me G Man! (Hopefully Mom and Pop have enough $ stashed away to get me into the Senate)

     

    Thanks, Nephele!

     

    Do you keep track of who is part of what tribe here?

  17. Different movies about Cleopatra

    in Colosseum

    Posted

    Hey all. I've seen about three different versions of movies pertaining to Cleopatra. The ones that I remember seing were, the one with Elizabeth Taylor, one I think in the nineties and one with vivian Lee in it. I perfer the one with Elizabeth in it because I feel it gives more detail than the others. What do you all think?

    Truthfully, I never saw one I liked. :P

  19. A Poll on the Best Roman Generals

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted

    I have a number of faves:

     

    1) Julius Caesar - His siege at Alesia was simply brilliant. One of my favorite moments in all of history. Throw in the Rubicon, the bridge across the Rhine, Civil War against Pompey, etc., and he's clearly at the top of my list.

     

    2) Marcus Agrippa - From virtual nobody to Augustus' top general who won the decisive battle at Actium, signaling the end of the Republic. Throw in his engineering / architectural work to boot.

     

    3) Cincinnatus - The farmer general who surrendered Dictatorial power voluntarily, setting the example which would later be followed by Washington.

     

    4) Gaius Marius - His campaigns against Jugurtha and later the Germanic tribes helped to save Rome. His comprehensive military reforms and Civil War with Sulla were a contributing factor in Rome's shift from Republic to Empire

     

    5) Scipio - The dude beat Hannibal. 'Nuff said!

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