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The 3rd Punic War
It could be argued that the Roman Republic reached its peak in the second half of the 2nd century BCE. The final war with Carthage...
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sulla80
Nov 244 min read
Civil War Money, 42 BC
After Caesar's assassination (42 BC) as the triumvirate prepared to avenge his death, this denarius of C. Vibius Varus was issued.
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sulla80
Nov 2010 min read
2024 - Top 10 Ancients
2024 has had ups and downs - it seems that every year I start with same thought. This has been an unusual year with and earth quake,...
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sulla80
Nov 166 min read
Triumphs of Augustus
Augustus' refusal to celebrate personal triumphs after his triple triumph in 29 BCE cultivated imperial image and shifted power dynamics.
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sulla80
Oct 43 min read
The Historian & Moneyer
I can imagine that there are probably not a lot of individuals who are going to add a copy of T.J. Cornell 's The Fragments of the Roman...
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sulla80
Aug 246 min read
The Torquati
"The Torquati were a distinguished patrician family. Their cognomen derived, or so the story went,' from an incident in 36I B.C. when an...
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sulla80
Aug 224 min read
Cicero's Savior from Exile
I was pleasantly surprised to discover the DPRR today (Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic). I don't know how long it has been...
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sulla80
Aug 34 min read
Index to Sulla
The lifetime of Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 - 78 BC) was the time period that initially inspired this website - this page begins to...
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sulla80
Aug 36 min read
Silenus-Silanus
This week we look at a series of three coins from 91 BCE, near the start of the Social War or Marsic War. In this war, Sulla...
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sulla80
Jul 283 min read
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
When is a coin ancient? and when medieval? and when modern? In my notes, I am often crossing these categories, although Roman Republic...
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sulla80
Jul 44 min read
July 4, 1776
by Authority of the good People of these Colonies....these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...
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sulla80
Jun 197 min read
Ulysses Returns
"Now, as they talked on, a dog that lay there lifted up his muzzle, pricked his ears. . . It was Argos, long-enduring Odysseus’ dog he...
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sulla80
Jun 55 min read
Greeks and Cattle
Humans have been making images of cattle for many millennia - this painting from Lascaux caves depicts aurochs (wild ancestors of...
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sulla80
May 235 min read
De Peltae
My coin of interest today is a Roman Republican denarius from 103BC. The first one shown here was little used and well preserved from...
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sulla80
May 206 min read
The Galvano Boys
Buying ancient coins can be particularly challenging for those just starting out. EBay is especially full of forgeries, copies,...
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sulla80
May 48 min read
Acorn Eaters to Melting Pot
Where did the people of ancient Rome originate? How do we connect the varied myths of Rome's founding from Virgil's Aeneid to the...
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sulla80
Apr 277 min read
Romans in Bithynia
This first coin was issued during the turbulent times of the Gracchi brothers, with unrest between the social reformers and the...
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sulla80
Apr 85 min read
Ancients and Solar Eclipses
Emperor Claudius: When the moon gets in a direct line with the sun over our heads and passes under its blazing orb, it obscures the rays...
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sulla80
Mar 317 min read
Numismatics & Generative AI
There are multiple versions of the story of Pandora. Hesiod, who is thought to have lived between 750 and 650 BC, describes the creation...
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sulla80
Mar 33 min read
Coins about Voting
Voting with pebbles detail from an Attic Red-Figured Kylix, 490–480 BC, attributed to the Brygos Painter, active about 490 - 470 BC....
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