Archive for 'Roman culture'
Roman prices Posted by leire on Oct 11, 2012
In the current days we hear everywhere converstations about price increases, salary cuts… So in this post we are going to see what economic policies they carried out in the Ancient Rome. Thanks to the Edict of Maximum Prices or the Edict of Diocletian, let’s see what wages received in professions and what prices consumers…
Music in Latin II Posted by leire on Aug 5, 2012
Today we finish our review of songs which lyrics are in Latin. Adeste Fideles (John Reading, 18th century) We wrote an special post about this song the last Christmas, here you can read it again and read lyrics’ translation. ADESTE, FIDELES, LAETI TRIUMPHANTES, VENITE, VENITE IN BETHLEHEM: NATUM VIDETE REGEM ANGELORUM: VENITE, ADOREMUS DOMINUM!…
The “madness” of the emperors: Nero VI Posted by leire on Jul 22, 2012
Nero would be considered by Christian historians as the precursor of the persecution of the followers of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Without the insistence of literature and the Christian saints, which stimulated the legend of the evil Emperor, Nero may be just another emperor. However, it was an undeniable fact that, during the…
The “madness” of the emperors: Nero V Posted by leire on Jul 12, 2012
The emperor recovered the games and amusements for the people of Rome, after being banned in the previous stage of Tiberius. He gave himself fully to the attractions of the circus, without avoiding sometimes involving himself in the various games. He created a gladiator school where they trained these fighters who then fought in the…
The “madness” of the emperors: Nero IV Posted by leire on Jul 6, 2012
As we wrote before, Nero also killed his two wives, Octavia and Poppaea. Octavia had a dark life and away from active life, she lived out oof Rome. Poppea -the new caprice of the Emperor- demanded to share the throne with Nero, but obviously, the Empress interfered in Nero’s tasks. Nero was crazy for Poppea…
The “madness” of the emperors: Nero III Posted by leire on Jul 3, 2012
As seen before, with such ancestry thing good could happen, and Nero seemed to merge all the imbalances of his ancestors and relatives. As a result, he began acting out of himself, he ordered the killing of Britannicus, son of Claudius and successor to the throne, who had witnessed the death of his father when…
The “madness” of the emperors: Nero II Posted by leire on Jun 29, 2012
As we said in the previous post, at first Nero’s government was totally dominated by the imposing presence of his mother. The new emperor was a docile and timid boy who ruled in the shadow of his mother. Nero was also fascinated by the festivities so much that any occasion was an excuse to organize…