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Rome, 47 BC. AR Denarius, 3.61g (16mm, 7mm). Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Victory (or winged Aurora) flying right, head slightly left, holding reins and conducting four rearing horses of the sun. Price: $1,750. The coinage of the moneyer L. Plautius Plancus is fascinating and has elicited several ...
Jun 15, 2016 · In 47 BC, Tribune Publius Cornelius Dolabella renewed a legal project about erasing of all debts. After that he raised rebellion with the help of the plebeians and freedmen. In 49 BC, Tribune Marcus Antonius (which Caesar had left in Italy), suppressed the uprising. Although Pompey was murdered his supporters became stronger. When Caesar ...
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively. The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to Caesar's place in the republic on his expected return to Rome on the expiration of his governorship in Gaul .
80 or −301 or −1073. Year 48 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vatia (or, less frequently, year 706 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 48 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent ...
Sep 2, 2009 · According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. This story of the founding of Rome is the ...
Roman Empire. The Roman Republic ( Latin: Res publica Romana [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium. During this period, Rome's ...
BATTLE OF THE NILE 47BC . The River Nile gave life to Egypt . The Battle of the Nile in 47 BC (not to be confused with the Napoleonic engagement in 1798) saw the combined Roman–Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt.
