PinnedCharles HeightonMarcus Licinius Crassus: An Enigma Of The Roman RepublicCaveman, general, upstanding citizen, leading politician, and ruthless businessman, he did it allApr 18, 2021Apr 18, 2021
Charles HeightonAugustus and the fabricated Grain shortage of 23/2 BCE.“The dictatorship offered to me both in my absence and when I was present by both the people and the senate I did not accept. During the…Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Charles HeightonWhat do the Cyrene Edicts tell us about the Concept of the dyarchyThe concept of the dyarchy was proposed by Mommsen to explain the dynamic between Augustus and the senate. It is effectively a…Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Charles HeightonThe implications of Arrian’s source choice in his AnabasisAt the start of his history of Alexander, Arrian explains his choice of sources for his account. He claims to have chosen the accounts of…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Charles HeightonThe Wise advisor trope in Arrian’s account of the battle of GranicusIn several places in his account, Arrian uses the wise advisor tradition from Greek literature and he is not the only Alexander historian…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Charles HeightonThe tumulus Iuliorum: a tomb fit for a tyrantA monument to Octavian the king not Augustus the Princeps.Apr 23, 2021Apr 23, 2021
Charles HeightonA Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the GreatThis silver tetradrachm was minted in the reign of Alexander the Great of Macedon, in Amphipolis, the site of the mint in Europe under the…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Charles HeightonA gold aureus of Augustus that depicts the start of the Roman empireThis gold aureus dates from 28 BCE and was minted by Octavian possibly in the province of Asia and is very rare with only two known…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
