Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for the ... equestrians were recruited into the Senate. Membership of the equestrian class was not restricted to Italian-born ...

A superb general and politician ... At home, he reformed the Roman calendar, tackled local government, resettled veterans into new cities, made the Senate more representative and granted ...

He was a great Roman general, a very popular leader and he was ... The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they ...