Tag Archives: Horace Roman poet

the booty sellers: sparatacus complex

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Dave

Human plunder in the kinds of quantities the ancients were accustomed to created problems for an army on the march. It could become completely bogged down. The Sparatacus complex. In 218 B.C. King Philip V of Macedon invaded Elis in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Arch of Septimus Severus, Arch of Titus, Cicero, Cicero correspondence with Caesar, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Column of Marcus Aurelius Pantheon Rome, Edward Gibbon, Flavius Josephus, Florentinus Roman Jurist, Horace Roman poet, Island of Delos, King Philip V of Macedon, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marius Roman emperor, Slave Trading Roman Empire, Slavery in Roman Empire | Leave a comment

slave: barbarians and barter for the buck

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dave

Slavery. A peculiar institution of the Old World. The Greeks and Romans practiced slavery and condoned it; that is, condoned it for war, condoned it for luxury and condoned it for business. But even then, they knew it to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ancient Roman slave trade, ancient slave revolts, Capua gladiator school, Cicero, Edward Gibbon, Flavius Josephus, Florentinus Roman Jurist, Horace Roman poet, Jacques-Louis David, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Marcus Aurelius column Rome, Roman Retiarus gladiator, Slavery Greek history, Slavery in the Roman Empire, Sparatacus slave revolt, Spartacus | Leave a comment

deathbed manumissions

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dave

It is a particular institution of the Old World: slavery. The Greeks and Romans practiced slavery and condoned it- for war, for luxury, and for business. But even they knew it to be evil… Bills of sale were usually written … Continue reading →