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Tony Robinson's Romans is a four-part television documentary series created by Tony Robinson about the Roman Empire. It debuted on Channel 4 on 20 September 2003, [ 1 ] and aired through 11 October 2003.
Various lists regarding the political institutions of ancient Rome are presented. [1] Each entry in a list is a link to a separate article. Categories included are: constitutions (5), laws (5), and legislatures (7); state offices (28) and office holders (6 lists); political factions (2 + 1 conflict) and social ranks (8).
There is "heated academic discussion" [4] as to whether Romans would have recognised an ideological content or political split in the label. [ 5 ] Among other things, optimates have been seen as supporters of the continued authority of the senate , politicians who operated mostly in the senate, or opponents of the populares . [ 6 ]
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The Roman Forum, the commercial, cultural, religious, and political center of the city and the Republic which housed the various offices and meeting places of the government The legal status of Roman citizenship was limited and a vital prerequisite to possessing many important legal rights, such as the right to trial and appeal, marry, vote ...
The occupying Romans kept their people occupied with food and entertainment, or "bread and circuses". Gladiators performing in amphitheatres would use a coin-operated water dispenser for cleansing as part of their pre-fight rituals. Romans built automata driven by a weight sitting on a container of sand that was slowly allowed to empty.
She features extraordinary Romans such as Eurysaces, a baker who made a fortune in the grain trade and built his tomb in the shape of a giant bread oven; Pupius Amicus, the purple dye seller making imperial dye from shellfish imported from Tunisia; and Baricha, Zabda and Achiba, three prisoners of war who became Roman citizens.
Caratacus' name appears as both Caratacus and Caractacus in manuscripts of Tacitus, and as Καράτακος and Καρτάκης in manuscripts of Dio. Older reference works tend to favour the spelling "Caractacus", coins minted during his rule show the beginning of his name CARA' on the obverse, but some modern scholars agree, based on historical linguistics and source criticism, that the ...