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Traditionally, patrician refers to members of the upper class, while plebeian refers to lower class. [2] Economic differentiation saw a small number of families accumulate most of the wealth in Rome, thus giving way to the creation of the patrician and plebeian classes. [2]
pax Dei: peace of God: Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century France Pax Deorum: Peace of the gods: Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum (The Peace of the gods) instead of Ira Deorum (The Wrath of the gods ...
Pax was a relatively unrecognised deity during the early republic as she had little to do with the Roman philosophy. [2] However, during this time the Greek city states had been worshipping Pax’s equivalent - Eirene since the early bronze age where the worship of her peaked during the rise of the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian war. [1]
Thus the exceptional honor accorded a Vestal was religious rather than personal or social; her privileges required her to be fully devoted to the performance of her duties, which were considered essential to the security of Rome. [81] The Vestals embody the profound connection between domestic cult and the religious life of the community. [82]
the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges: Latin maxim often associated with the burden of proof in law or in philosophy: semper paratus: always prepared: Motto of several institutions, e.g. United States Coast Guard; see also nunquam non paratus (never unprepared) semper primus: always first: Motto of several US ...
A deceased emperor held worthy of the honor could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial ...
The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. [1] The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul [2] [3] and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC. [4]
An average person. unus papa Romae, unus portus Anconae, una turris Cremonae, una ceres Raconae: One pope in Rome, one port in Ancona, one tower in Cremona, one beer in Rakovník: Motto of the Czech Brewery in Rakovník. [6] Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno: One for all, all for one: unofficial motto of Switzerland, popularized by The Three ...