F Ε Adcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 4512157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Ε Adcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | F Ε |
| FAMILY NAME | Adcock |
| SIGNATURE | ADCOCK F Ε |
| AFFILIATIONS | The King's College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1924 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Thucydides and His History
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
The story unfolds against a background of wars, financial tangles, shifting foreign policy, and personal rivalries. Sir Frank finds the secret of Roman power in the dignity of its great men and the liberty of the small. Though centuries have elapsed since the Caesars, we need not look far to discover in our own day the same conflicts between personal ambition and the dream of peace with dignity that consumed Rome. This book underscores the fragil…
The Greek and Macedonian Art of War
This informal history traces battle tactics and military strategy from the time of the city-states' phalanxes of spearmen to the far-reaching combined operations of specialized land and sea forces in the Hellenistic Age. The author first describes the attitude of the Greek city-state toward war, and shows the military conventions and strategies associated with it. He then recounts how the art of war gradually evolved into new forms through the co…
Caesar as Man of Letters
Consular Tribunes and their Successors
The efforts of scholars have failed to find a generally accepted single reason for the institution of what it will be convenient to call Consular Tribunes, i.e. Tribuni Militum consulari potestate or consulari imperio or pro consulibus . The irregular oscillation between pairs of Consuls and three, and later four, Consular Tribunes which is attested for the first forty years of the institution (444–406 B.C.) appeared to Beloch, not without reason…
Books for Teachers
A Note on Res Gestae Divi Augusti , 34, 3
The Latin text of the final sentence of chapter 34 of the Res Gestae is now beyond any serious doubt. It runs ‘ Post id t empus auctoritate omnibus praestiti potestatis autem nihil o amp lius habu i quam ceteri qui mi h i quoque in magistratu conlegae fuerunt’.(The Greek version, as preserved in the Monumentum Ancyranum is quoted later.) The purpose of this note is to determine as precisely as possible what these Latin words mean and to discuss t…
The Interpretation of Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 34. 1
In consulatu sexto et septimo postquam bella civilia exstinxeram per consensum universorum [potitus rerum ow n]ium rem publicam ex mea potestate in senat[us populique Romani a]rbitrium transtuli. There is very little doubt about the reading of the Latin text, except that the Greek has suggested to Schönbauer that ‘compos’ should be read for ‘potitus’. He urges that ‘compos’ has a ‘milder meaning’ than ‘potitus’ and has no connotation of the use o…
The Development of Ancient Greek Diplomacy
The need for a diplomatic technique and the formulation of diplomatic acts was not a need that was immediately apparent to the Greek city-state. For the sake of a contrast may be adduced the documents of the Second Hittite Empire, in which is reflected the diplomatic activity of the most politically-minded people of their day. The formulation of a Hittite treaty normally includes a sketch of the historical events that preceded it, drafted no doub…
The Cambridge Ancient History
Lesser Armenia and Galatia after Pompey's Settlement of the East
No complete account of Pompey's settlement of Asia Minor has been preserved. The text of Cassius Dio is missing, and Xiphilinus supplies no more than a general phrase. Appian, after mentioning the foundation of Nicopolis in Lesser Armenia, describes the recognition of Ariobarzanes as king of Cappadocia with the accession of Sophene and Gordyene, of Castabala and certain other cities in Cilicia. These events he assigns to a time before Pompey's Sy…
The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. X
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Legal Term of Caesar's Governorship in Gaul
It may be affirmed with some confidence that on this topic no generally accepted solution will be found in default of new evidence, for which we can only faintly hope. Against certainty on the matter it would seem that the Everlasting has fixed his canon: quis iustius induit arma scire nefas . Dogmatism is out of place; we must be content with whatever theory is least difficult to reconcile with the texts and with a reasonable interpretation of t…
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Cambridge Ancient History Vol 6
I. Literary Tradition and Early Greek Code-Makers
The literary tradition about the makers of early written codes in Greece presents so many contradictions and inconsistencies that it is natural to take refuge in complete scepticism. But if the tradition is analysed, it appears that there are two strata, the first reasonably consistent, matter-of-fact and credible, the second progressively vitiated by influences which can be isolated and explained. The division between the two strata lies about t…
Cambridge Ancient History
The Exiles of Peisistratus
1. The dates for Peisistratus’ reigns and exiles in the Athenaion Politeia , as given in the papyrus, which is the sole authority for the text, are as follows
Consular Tribunes and their Successors
The efforts of scholars have failed to find a generally accepted single reason for the institution of what it will be convenient to call Consular Tribunes, i.e. Tribuni Militum consulari potestate or consulari imperio or pro consulibus . The irregular oscillation between pairs of Consuls and three, and later four, Consular Tribunes which is attested for the first forty years of the institution (444–406 B.C.) appeared to Beloch, not without reason…
I. Literary Tradition and Early Greek Code-Makers
The literary tradition about the makers of early written codes in Greece presents so many contradictions and inconsistencies that it is natural to take refuge in complete scepticism. But if the tradition is analysed, it appears that there are two strata, the first reasonably consistent, matter-of-fact and credible, the second progressively vitiated by influences which can be isolated and explained. The division between the two strata lies about t…
Caesar as Man of Letters
The Legal Term of Caesar's Governorship in Gaul
It may be affirmed with some confidence that on this topic no generally accepted solution will be found in default of new evidence, for which we can only faintly hope. Against certainty on the matter it would seem that the Everlasting has fixed his canon: quis iustius induit arma scire nefas . Dogmatism is out of place; we must be content with whatever theory is least difficult to reconcile with the texts and with a reasonable interpretation of t…
The Exiles of Peisistratus
1. The dates for Peisistratus’ reigns and exiles in the Athenaion Politeia , as given in the papyrus, which is the sole authority for the text, are as follows
The Interpretation of Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 34. 1
In consulatu sexto et septimo postquam bella civilia exstinxeram per consensum universorum [potitus rerum ow n]ium rem publicam ex mea potestate in senat[us populique Romani a]rbitrium transtuli. There is very little doubt about the reading of the Latin text, except that the Greek has suggested to Schönbauer that ‘compos’ should be read for ‘potitus’. He urges that ‘compos’ has a ‘milder meaning’ than ‘potitus’ and has no connotation of the use o…
The Development of Ancient Greek Diplomacy
The need for a diplomatic technique and the formulation of diplomatic acts was not a need that was immediately apparent to the Greek city-state. For the sake of a contrast may be adduced the documents of the Second Hittite Empire, in which is reflected the diplomatic activity of the most politically-minded people of their day. The formulation of a Hittite treaty normally includes a sketch of the historical events that preceded it, drafted no doub…
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Exiles of Peisistratus
1. The dates for Peisistratus’ reigns and exiles in the Athenaion Politeia , as given in the papyrus, which is the sole authority for the text, are as follows
Cambridge Ancient History
I. Literary Tradition and Early Greek Code-Makers
The literary tradition about the makers of early written codes in Greece presents so many contradictions and inconsistencies that it is natural to take refuge in complete scepticism. But if the tradition is analysed, it appears that there are two strata, the first reasonably consistent, matter-of-fact and credible, the second progressively vitiated by influences which can be isolated and explained. The division between the two strata lies about t…
The Cambridge Ancient History Vol 6
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Legal Term of Caesar's Governorship in Gaul
It may be affirmed with some confidence that on this topic no generally accepted solution will be found in default of new evidence, for which we can only faintly hope. Against certainty on the matter it would seem that the Everlasting has fixed his canon: quis iustius induit arma scire nefas . Dogmatism is out of place; we must be content with whatever theory is least difficult to reconcile with the texts and with a reasonable interpretation of t…
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. X
Lesser Armenia and Galatia after Pompey's Settlement of the East
No complete account of Pompey's settlement of Asia Minor has been preserved. The text of Cassius Dio is missing, and Xiphilinus supplies no more than a general phrase. Appian, after mentioning the foundation of Nicopolis in Lesser Armenia, describes the recognition of Ariobarzanes as king of Cappadocia with the accession of Sophene and Gordyene, of Castabala and certain other cities in Cilicia. These events he assigns to a time before Pompey's Sy…
The Cambridge Ancient History
The Development of Ancient Greek Diplomacy
The need for a diplomatic technique and the formulation of diplomatic acts was not a need that was immediately apparent to the Greek city-state. For the sake of a contrast may be adduced the documents of the Second Hittite Empire, in which is reflected the diplomatic activity of the most politically-minded people of their day. The formulation of a Hittite treaty normally includes a sketch of the historical events that preceded it, drafted no doub…
The Interpretation of Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 34. 1
In consulatu sexto et septimo postquam bella civilia exstinxeram per consensum universorum [potitus rerum ow n]ium rem publicam ex mea potestate in senat[us populique Romani a]rbitrium transtuli. There is very little doubt about the reading of the Latin text, except that the Greek has suggested to Schönbauer that ‘compos’ should be read for ‘potitus’. He urges that ‘compos’ has a ‘milder meaning’ than ‘potitus’ and has no connotation of the use o…
A Note on Res Gestae Divi Augusti , 34, 3
The Latin text of the final sentence of chapter 34 of the Res Gestae is now beyond any serious doubt. It runs ‘ Post id t empus auctoritate omnibus praestiti potestatis autem nihil o amp lius habu i quam ceteri qui mi h i quoque in magistratu conlegae fuerunt’.(The Greek version, as preserved in the Monumentum Ancyranum is quoted later.) The purpose of this note is to determine as precisely as possible what these Latin words mean and to discuss t…
Books for Teachers
Caesar as Man of Letters
Consular Tribunes and their Successors
The efforts of scholars have failed to find a generally accepted single reason for the institution of what it will be convenient to call Consular Tribunes, i.e. Tribuni Militum consulari potestate or consulari imperio or pro consulibus . The irregular oscillation between pairs of Consuls and three, and later four, Consular Tribunes which is attested for the first forty years of the institution (444–406 B.C.) appeared to Beloch, not without reason…
The Greek and Macedonian Art of War
This informal history traces battle tactics and military strategy from the time of the city-states' phalanxes of spearmen to the far-reaching combined operations of specialized land and sea forces in the Hellenistic Age. The author first describes the attitude of the Greek city-state toward war, and shows the military conventions and strategies associated with it. He then recounts how the art of war gradually evolved into new forms through the co…
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
The story unfolds against a background of wars, financial tangles, shifting foreign policy, and personal rivalries. Sir Frank finds the secret of Roman power in the dignity of its great men and the liberty of the small. Though centuries have elapsed since the Caesars, we need not look far to discover in our own day the same conflicts between personal ambition and the dream of peace with dignity that consumed Rome. This book underscores the fragil…
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Roman Political Ideas and Practice
Thucydides and His History
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