Milo and Clodius T.J. Broderick Publius Clodius Pulcher and Titus Annius Milo were political agitators infamous for disrupting and causing violence in Roman politics in 50’s BCE. Both of these men were known for their hooligan acts and worked on behalf of their respective factions using violence to get what they want in Roman government. Milo worked on behalf of the the Senatorial Faction and was to be a strong
Introduction Lesbia is the subject of Catullus’s most passionate and seemingly sincere poems. The relationship between Catullus and Lesbia is tumultuous to say the least. His poems about Lesbia and their relationship display a wide range of emotions which change from a relationship of tenderness and love, to one of uncertainty, to one of sorrow and disappointment. They rapidly fall in and out of love with another. Their affections for one another are fickle and constantly changing. They have a mercurial
Option 2: Catullus and Lesbia’s Relationship Introduction Lesbia is the subject of some of Catullus’s most passionate and sincere poems. The relationship between Catullus and Lesbia is distinctly tumultuous. His poems about Lesbia and their relationship display a wide range of emotions which vary from a relationship of tenderness and love, to one of uncertainty, to one of sorrow and disappointment. They rapidly fall in and out of love with another. They have a mercurial kind of love. Catullus obviously
The love of two people, what is more special than that? Their carnal instinct to be with one another. Gaius Valerius Catullus the famed Roman poet was lovestruck, for one special female, Lesbia. She was the girl of his dreams but there was one small detail that changed everything, she was married to another man. He did not care he loved her. He loved everything about her. William Shakespeare wrote about love and many other parts. Romeo and Juliet was the romantic comedy that has inspired many. He
Augustus Caesar Roman emperor Augustus once stated, “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”, meaning the emperor has taken credit to have brought the city wealth and prosperity once he arrived. Born on the 23rd of September, in 63 B.C.E., Augustus was originally named Gaius Octavious. He was soon known as “Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus”; Caesar was the first emperor of Rome, after the fall of the Roman republic. Augustus had a family of high wealth with his father, who