Anthony A Barrett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1079010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony A Barrett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony A |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrett |
| SIGNATURE | BARRETT A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-8643-5888 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 60 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Emperor Caligula in the Ancient Sources
There can be few historical figures who have made such a powerful impact on the popular imagination as the Roman emperor Caligula (died ad 41). Yet an accurate reconstruction of his life and reign largely eludes us. The problem lies not so much in the quantity of evidence available, but in its quality. For our information we are obliged to draw on ancient accounts that can be colourful and wonderfully entertaining but have a flexible notion of hi…
Fred K. Drogula. Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic
Journal Article Fred K. Drogula. Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic. Get access Fred K. Drogula. Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 350. Cloth $35.00. Anthony A Barrett Anthony A Barrett University of British Columbia, Vancouver Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Hist…
Caesar (title)
“Caesar” was originally a regular cognomen, associated with one of the branches of the Julian gens , and hence was an element of the nomenclature of the dictator Julius Caesar (C. Iulius Caesar).
Haverfield, John Francis
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Nero (37–68 ce ) was the last emperor from within Rome's first imperial dynasty, the Julio–Claudians. He is generally viewed as the archetypical tyrant and the epitome of vicious depravity.
Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger (14–59 ce ) was the granddaughter of Augustus, the sister of Caligula, the wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero. A woman of remarkable energy and ambition, she exercised considerable influence in the imperial court, but her attempts to interfere in political matters soon alienated her son, Nero, and led eventually to her murder.
Caligula
Gaius Iulius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known familiarly as Caligula (12–41 ce ), succeeded TIBERIUS as Roman emperor in 37 ce .
Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
Nero’s Women
The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources
The making of the emperor -- The new emperor -- Enemies within -- Parthia -- Britain and Germany -- The great fire -- The emperor's wives -- Conspiracies -- The emperor as artist and showman -- Death
Caligula: The Abuse of Power
The Roman Empire has always exercised a considerable fascination. Among its numerous colourful personalities, no emperor, with the possible exception of Nero, has attracted more popular attention than Caligula, who has a reputation, whether deserved or not, as the quintessential mad and dangerous ruler. The first edition of this book established itself as the standard study of Caligula. It remains the only full length and detailed scholarly analy…
Arsino of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 401 concept of the hero. Over a period of two centuries, Medea remains the most popular tragedy for the American stage. The earliest professional production that Foley unearthed was a pantomime from the late eighteenth century. Foley traces Medea’s curious history, from her early incarnations in which, as an act of maternal devotion, she kills her children to protect them and then commits suicide. She is subsequently r…
Asinius Pollio, Gaius
Gaius Asinius Pollio (ca. 76 BCE –4 CE ) was a Roman literary and political figure of the Late Republican and early imperial periods. His brother was the Asinius Marrucinus accused by catullus of stealing napkins (Catullus 12). Pollio entered public life in the mid‐50s and supported julius caesar (c. iulius caesar ) in the civil war. He subsequently backed Mark Antony ( see antonius marcus (mark antony )), serving as his legate in Transpadane Gau…
Agricola, Gnaeus Iulius
Gnaeus Iulius Agricola (40–93 CE ) was born on June 13, 40 into a senatorial family of Forum Iulii (Fréjus) in Narbonese Gaul. About this time, his father, Iulius Graecinus, was executed by Caligula, and he was raised by his mother, Iulia Procilla.
Caligula
Gaius Iulius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known more familiarly as Caligula (12–41 CE ), reigned briefly as the third Roman emperor, succeeding Tiberius in 37.
Nerva Augustus
Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman emperor 96–98 CE , was born on November 8 in a year given as 30 CE (Cass. Dio 68.4.2) or 35 (Ps.‐Vict. Ep. de Caes. 12.11 ).
Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger (14–59 CE ) was the daughter of Augustus' ambitious grand‐daughter, Agrippina the elder, and of Germanicus, the highly popular nephew and adopted son of Tiberius. She would exploit these powerful family connections relentlessly. She was born in 14 CE on the Rhine frontier, where her mother had accompanied Germanicus. By 17 the family had returned to Rome, where Agrippina participated in her father's Triumph. She remained the…
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Nero (37–68 CE ) was the fifth Roman emperor and the last representative of Rome's first imperial dynasty, the Julio‐Claudians. His reputation for villainy and ruthless depravity is arguably unmatched by that of any other ancient Roman
Julius Caesar: The Colossus of Rome by Richard A. Billows
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 189 the reader to the blur between conventional colour terms and objects by including terms such as lilium and nix amongst colour words in his concordance of the colour words of the Aeneid. However, in his concluding chapter, when Bradley contrasts the accounts of Queen Elizabeth the Second’s coronation with ancient descriptions of triumphs and processions, he does not seem to give this due consideration. For instance,…
Lives of the Caesars
Herod, Augustus, And The Special Relationship: The Significance Of The Procuratorship
The author knows much about the relationship between Augustus and Herod because of the wealth of information preserved by Josephus. This chapter offers a limited vindication of Josephus. He concedes that there is no known Julio-Claudian instance of a client king holding public office, but it also shows that in the early period of the principate the concept of procurator was a very flexible one, going through a process of evolution, that it could …
Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome
There seems to be an insatiable demand for biographies of early Roman emperors, with Nero unquestionably heading the list. The last decade or so has seen Miriam T. Griffin's authoritative Nero: the End of a Dynasty (1985, reprinted 2001), Edward Champlin's individualistic and often inspired Nero (2003) and, for the general reader, Jürgen Malitz's Nero (2005) and David Shotter's own Nero (1997, reprinted 2005) in the “Lancaster Pamphlets” series. …
Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome
The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden...In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike' Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of the murders, sycophancy, plotting, and oppression that ma…
Barbarism and Religion: Volume Three, The First Decline and Fall , by J. G. A. Pocock
Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome
Livia (58 BC-29 AD), the wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius, wielded power at the centre of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been portrayed as a cunning and sinister schemer, but in this biography (the first in English devoted to her) Livia emerges as a much more complex individual. Achieving influence unprecedented for a woman, she won support and even affection from her contem…
Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire
Significant events and figures background family daughter sister niece wife mother the end sources appendices: the year of Agrippina the younger's birth the husbands of Domitia and Lepida III the date of Nero's birth the family of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Agrippina's movements in late 39 the date of Seneca's tutorship the decline in Agrippina's power the patronage of Seneca and Burrus in 54-9 SC on gold and silver coins of Nero the final days of A…
The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources
The making of the emperor -- The new emperor -- Enemies within -- Parthia -- Britain and Germany -- The great fire -- The emperor's wives -- Conspiracies -- The emperor as artist and showman -- Death
Knowledge of the Literary Classics in Roman Britain
The written sources for Roman Britain, especially after the first century A.D., are so scant that our information must come very largely from archaeological discoveries. While these have thrown light on many aspects of Britain during the Roman period, we are still very much in the dark about one important feature of Romano-British life, the intellectual and cultural activities of the well-educated Briton. It is in the fourth century that the prob…
Caligula: The Abuse of Power
The Roman Empire has always exercised a considerable fascination. Among its numerous colourful personalities, no emperor, with the possible exception of Nero, has attracted more popular attention than Caligula, who has a reputation, whether deserved or not, as the quintessential mad and dangerous ruler. The first edition of this book established itself as the standard study of Caligula. It remains the only full length and detailed scholarly analy…
The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden...In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike' Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of the murders, sycophancy, plotting, and oppression that ma…
A Virgilian Scene from the Frampton Roman Villa, Dorset
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Claudius, Gaius and the Client Kings
When Claudius came to power in January 41 he did not hesitate to distance himself from his predecessor's behaviour and policies, and among other measures, Suetonius reports, he abolished all Gaius' acta. The precise implications of this move are not made clear. Certainly, the extremely unpopular taxes introduced in Rome near the end of Gaius' reign were annulled, several people convicted of maiestas were set free, and the monies previously confis…
Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome
There seems to be an insatiable demand for biographies of early Roman emperors, with Nero unquestionably heading the list. The last decade or so has seen Miriam T. Griffin's authoritative Nero: the End of a Dynasty (1985, reprinted 2001), Edward Champlin's individualistic and often inspired Nero (2003) and, for the general reader, Jürgen Malitz's Nero (2005) and David Shotter's own Nero (1997, reprinted 2005) in the “Lancaster Pamphlets” series. …
The date of Claudius' British campaign and the mint of Alexandria
The main outline of the events and chronology of the Claudian invasion of Britain are familiar enough, despite the loss of Tacitus' Annals for the period in question. A Roman force of four legions was assembled, along with auxiliaries, at Boulogne and crossed the channel under the command of Aulus Plautius. Dio states unambiguously that this occurred in A.D. 43. He provides no explicit information on the month, but certain assumptions can safely …
"An Historical and Historiographical Commentary on Suetonius' "Life of C. Caligula
Juvenal, Satire 1.155—7
These lines, presented as they appear in the O.C.T., are among the most difficult and hotly disputed that Juvenal wrote. The poet defends his decision not to attack contemporary politicians directly: ‘expose a Tigellinus’, he says, ‘and you know what the consequences will be’. It has long been recognized that the consequences related are probably inspired by those suffered by the Christians in A.D. 64 during the reign of Nero, and so vividly desc…
The year of Livia's birth
The year of Livia's birth is nowhere explicitly recorded in any ancient sources, and can be determined only by calculating back from the date given in the sources for the year of her death. Both Tacitus and Dio place that death securely in A.D. 29. Tacitus limits himself to the observation that by then she had lived into extreme old age, aetate extrema , but Dio adds the more precise and useful information that at the time of her death she had li…
Catullus 52 and the Consulship of Vatinius
"The Catalogue of Trees in the "Culex
Catullus 52 and the Consulship of Vatinius
Beitrage zur Datierung des Culex
Macrobius and the Consulship of Vatinius
Columns in Antis in the Temple on the Ilissus
The small Ionic temple that once stood on the banks of the Ilissus has now all but disappeared. Converted into a Christian church during the Turkish occupation, it was completely dismantled in 1778 to provide material for the new fortification walls of Athens. Fortunately, before its final destruction the temple was visited by the English travellers J. Stuart and N. Revett and its appearance, plan (Fig. 1), and dimensions have been preserved by t…
Juvenal, Satire 1.155—7
These lines, presented as they appear in the O.C.T., are among the most difficult and hotly disputed that Juvenal wrote. The poet defends his decision not to attack contemporary politicians directly: ‘expose a Tigellinus’, he says, ‘and you know what the consequences will be’. It has long been recognized that the consequences related are probably inspired by those suffered by the Christians in A.D. 64 during the reign of Nero, and so vividly desc…
CAQ Volume 27 issue 2 Cover and Fornt matter
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A Virgilian Scene from the Frampton Roman Villa, Dorset
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Knowledge of the Literary Classics in Roman Britain
The written sources for Roman Britain, especially after the first century A.D., are so scant that our information must come very largely from archaeological discoveries. While these have thrown light on many aspects of Britain during the Roman period, we are still very much in the dark about one important feature of Romano-British life, the intellectual and cultural activities of the well-educated Briton. It is in the fourth century that the prob…
Annals 14.26 And The Armenian Settlement Of A. D. 60
additum et praesidium mille legionarii, tres sociorum chohortes duaeque equitum alae, et quo facilius novum regnum tueretur, pars Armeniae, ut cuique finitima, Pharasmani Polemonique et Aristobulo atque Antiocho parere iussae sunt. Corbulo in Syriam abscessit, morte Ummidii legati vacuam ac sibi permissam
Chronological Errors in Dio's Account of the Claudian Invasion
HE Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 43 was an event of great importance both for the future history of the island and for the emperor Claudius' attempt to establish for himself a reputation as a great military commander, and it is unfortunate that there is not more reliable information on the campaign. The chapters of Tacitus' Annals that covered the years A.D. 37-47 are missing, and the summary of events in Britain in the Agricola says very lit…
The People of Roman Britain
Did Galba Visit Britain In A.D. 43
In his Vita Galbae (7) Suetonius informs us that after Gaius' assassination Galba was urged by some to attempt to seize power but declined to do so. Consequently he was much favoured by Claudius, and held in such high regard (‘tantae dignitatis est habitus’) that when Galba was smitten by a sudden, though mild, illness, the emperor postponed the expedition launched against Britain in A.D. 43: ‘ut cum subita ei [sc. Galbae ] valetudo nee adeo grav…
Roman Mosaics in Britain: An Introduction to Their Schemes and a Catalogue of Paintings . By David S. Neal. Wall-Painting in Roman Britain . By Norman Davey and Roger Ling
Rome’s North West Frontier: The Antonine Wall , by William Hanson and Gordon Maxwell
London: City of the Romans
Mosaicos romanos de Sevilla, Granada, Cadiz y Murcia. Corpus de Mosaicos de España, 4
Saint Germanus of Auxerre and the End of Roman Britain
Hispaniae: Spain and the Development of Roman Imperialism, 218-82 B.C
This book traces the beginnings and the first 140 years of the Roman presence in Spain, showing how what began as a purely military commitment developed in addition into a range of civilian activities including taxation, jurisdiction and the founding of both Roman and native settlements. The author uses literary sources, the results of recent and earlier archaeology, numismatics, and epigraphic material to reveal the way in which patterns of admi…
Roman Spain
Claudius, Gaius and the Client Kings
When Claudius came to power in January 41 he did not hesitate to distance himself from his predecessor's behaviour and policies, and among other measures, Suetonius reports, he abolished all Gaius' acta. The precise implications of this move are not made clear. Certainly, the extremely unpopular taxes introduced in Rome near the end of Gaius' reign were annulled, several people convicted of maiestas were set free, and the monies previously confis…
Greeks, Romans and Barbarians: Spheres of Interaction
Caligula: The Corruption of Power
Lawyers and Politics in the Early Roman Empire: A Study of Relations between the Roman Jurists and the Emperors from Augustus to Hadrian
Claudius
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