https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu Made with serendipity en-us 2021-01-12 12:35:13 UTC 2024-10-16 13:38:02 UTC hello@padlet.com nora_kelley https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1078207812 86 BC]]> 2021-01-12 12:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1078207812 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083316833 35 BC]]> 2021-01-13 15:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083316833 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083340942 Bellum Catilinae was his first monograph, and it followed the conspiracy of Catiline. Catiline was a patrician who tried to seize power illegally in 63 BC but was ultimately unsuccessful. Sallust wrote about the danger of his crime and the virtue of Caesar and Cato who took part in the senatorial debate about what to do with the conspirators.]]> 2021-01-13 15:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083340942 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083347433 After the fall of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Egypt was collapsing. During this time Rome invaded and successfully conquered Egypt.]]> 2021-01-13 15:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083347433 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083379081 In 52 BC he became a Tribune of the Plebs (tribunus plebis). This was the first office open to the plebeians and was an important check on the power of the Roman Senate. ]]> 2021-01-13 15:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083379081 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083406881 The Roman Fleet Commander Licinius Lucullus arrives in Egypt seeking their support against Mithridates VI of Pontus. He receives hospitality from the Egyptians, but ultimately no help. ]]> 2021-01-13 15:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083406881 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083419446 This happened during a civil war in Rome between Sulla and Marius. Marius and L. Cornelius Cinna marched on Rome and occupied it after a short battle. They were made joint consuls and banned any support of Sulla. This ended when Marius died of a stroke in 86 BC, and Cinna was left in sole control of Rome.]]> 2021-01-13 15:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083419446 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083424674 The Romans laid siege to Athens and Piraeus. The Romans were led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and the Greek Pontian forces were led by Aristion and Archelaus.]]> 2021-01-13 15:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083424674 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083451155 After modest success in Caesar's African campaigns he was assigned to govern the new providence of Africa Nova. However he was accused of extortion and other mis-handlings of the providence when he returned to Rome where he would end his political career]]> 2021-01-13 15:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083451155 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083488452 The Second Triumvirate was Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus. After the defeat of Pompey, Lepidus stationed his legions in Sicily and argued that it should be part of his territory. Octavian accused him of trying to take power and removed him from the triumvirate. Lepidus was exiled to Circeii and his legions transferred to Octavian.]]> 2021-01-13 15:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083488452 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083511477 Egypt relies on the Nile overflowing every season to produce fertile land for crops like grain to be planted. However in these years the Nile did not overflow creating a food shortage that was exacerbated by political corruption.]]> 2021-01-13 15:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1083511477 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091444111 Cicero always opposed Caesar who was a close friend of Mark Antony. After Caesar's death and the creation of the triumvirate, a proscription with the names of everyone associated with the death of Caesar was created. The people on this list were assassinated, and Cicero was included because he associated himself with Caesar's murderers. He was beheaded on December 7, 43 BC.]]> 2021-01-15 14:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091444111 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091489820 Caesar built two sets of fortifications 42 miles long. With 42,000 men, he traps 100,00 Gauls inside the fort and uses 250,000 soldiers as a relief force on the outside.]]> 2021-01-15 15:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091489820 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091496931 Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony distributed lands they held amongst Cleopatra's children, including Caesarion who was given control of Greece alongside his mother as co-rulers.]]> 2021-01-15 15:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091496931 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091512685 On the Ides of March in 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated during a senate meeting in the Theatre of Pompey. Brutus and Cassius, along with other co-conspirators in the senate stabbed him a total of 23 times.]]> 2021-01-15 15:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091512685 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091518663 A battle fought in Greece between Mark Antony, one of the best Roman generals, and Octavian, heir of Caesar. This battle involved 36 legions and was very bloody. Antony was declared as winner, but this battle did not settle the dispute over who would rule Rome.]]> 2021-01-15 15:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091518663 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091544308 The Battle of Thapsus took place during Caesar's Civil War on February 6 near Thapsus (present-day Tunisia). Caesar had previously laid siege to Thapsus, and Scipio, leader of the Pompeians, drew up his 14 legions to relieve it. The Romans overwhelmed them and they were defeated.]]> 2021-01-15 15:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091544308 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091566490 Julius Caesar faced Pompey in a battle. Caesar was greatly outnumbered, but his troops were more seasoned. Caesar won the battle and proceeded to rule as a dictator until his assassination.]]> 2021-01-15 15:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091566490 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091577564 Julius Caesar founded the colony of Corinth in 44 BC. It was founded on top of an old Greek City that had been destroyed in 146 BC. The location of this colony, at the isthmus, was very strategic.]]> 2021-01-15 15:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091577564 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091580336 Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, was nicknamed Auletes, and was known as a flute player. He succeeded Ptolemy XI, who was lynched by the same alexandrian mob in 80BC. ]]> 2021-01-15 15:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091580336 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091598273 2021-01-15 15:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091598273 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091605359 2021-01-15 15:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091605359 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091610802 Auletes was restored to his throne by the Romans in 55 BC, however he dies only a few years later in 51 BC leaving his crumbling kingdom to his ten year old son Ptolemy XIII and his seventeen year old daughter Cleopatra VII. ]]> 2021-01-15 15:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091610802 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091611538 2021-01-15 15:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091611538 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091619418 2021-01-15 15:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091619418 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091624095 2021-01-15 15:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091624095 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091635943 2021-01-15 15:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091635943 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091654096 This colony of people arose around 50 BC in Northwest Alaska. The site for their colony was right around the Bering Strait. Archaeologists have found house depressions, burial masks, weapons, carvings and more. Their finely crafted stone tools were a big part of their culture.]]> 2021-01-15 15:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091654096 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091654919 2021-01-15 15:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091654919 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091661669 Rather than hand themselves over to Caesar, Cato and Scipio committed suicide after losing the Battle of Thapsus.]]> 2021-01-15 15:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091661669 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091669495 2021-01-15 15:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091669495 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091672825 To defend the Roman province of Asia Minor against the Mithridates, they raised three armies, all formed from the territory. This is because all that was stationed in Asia Minor was a single legion of Roman infantry. The romans were able to raise all three armies, each comprised of 40,000 men. ]]> 2021-01-15 15:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091672825 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091675547 2021-01-15 15:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091675547 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091696998 2021-01-15 15:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091696998 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091699866 2021-01-15 15:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091699866 983534 https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091700758 Caesar followed his opponents, including Scipio, to Africa and landed in Hadrumentum on December 28. Petreius and Labeinus led forces against Caesar, but the battle was indecisive and both sides retreated.]]> 2021-01-15 15:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nora_kelley/nufwzvdbcjt727wu/wish/1091700758