Scipio Africanus’ triumph and tragedy was to have been, as Dexter Hoyos puts it, “the greatest general in Roman history,” renowned for never having lost in battle. Invincibility brought Scipio (ca.
La Brújula Verde: A Roman general ahead of his time: this was the “military intelligence” of Scipio Africanus in Hispania
A Roman general ahead of his time: this was the “military intelligence” of Scipio Africanus in Hispania
Main Line: Brown: What Can Zelensky learn from Scipio Africanus and Q. Fabius Maximus?
Brown: What Can Zelensky learn from Scipio Africanus and Q. Fabius Maximus?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote The Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius". In college I had heard that Publius referred to one of the founders of the Roman Republic...
The near-contemporary historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus writes in his Annals that: [C]lamorous voices rose in reply from all who pitied the number, age, or sex, as well as the undoubted innocence of the great majority.
Similarly, the historian Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus reported that Nero tried to hide his night life of sexual debauchery. [Petronius] described fully the prince's shameful excesses, with the names of his male and female companions and their novelties in debauchery, and sent the account under seal to Nero ...
Gaius Vettienus Modestus Publius Atinius Hedonicus Tiberius Claudius Menander These diplomas certifying citizenship were issued to ordinary people who earned citizenship as well, according to Suetonius: Exhaustus igitur atque egens ad rapinas convertit animum, vario et exquisitissimo calumniarum et auctionum et vectigalium genere.