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Tue 22 Jun, 2004 07:38 pm
I just want to ask one basic question?
Which Roman emperor invaded GREECE?
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Caesar Augustus. He was Julius Caesar's son. Julius would have done it himself, but passed away about the same time the conquering took place. It's still somewhat a debatable question since he inacted the invasion, and it was his orders which lead to its being conquered (albeit after his death). Since our months in english are derived from the original greek names, we can se Augustus' influence in having a month renamed after himself (I don't remember what it was called before he invaded, but it would be pretty easy to dig that up on google.)
The Roman conquest of Greece was in 146 BC during the Republican period...
Quote:The war which now followed, for the subjugation of Greece, was at first conducted by Metellus; and afterward by Mummius, an able general but a boorish man, who hated the Greeks and cared little for their culture.
Quote:Greece was afterward organized as a separate province, under the name of Achaia.
As Mr. Stillwater said;
Quote:By 275 BC, the Romans in Italy were beginning to expand out of Italy and conquer other parts of the Mediterranean. They started with Sicily, an island near Italy. The Romans were fighting the Carthaginians. Some of the Greeks decided to help the Carthaginians fight the Romans, because the Greeks were afraid of the Romans. But the Carthaginians lost. The Romans were very angry at the Greeks, and they began to take Greece over as well.
At first the Romans pretended to let Greece be independent, but by 146 BC the Romans destroyed Corinth and made Greece into a province of the Roman Empire.
the above is quoted from the understable site
History for Kids
The Romans may have sacked Corinth, but Ricardo Montalban still swears by Corinthian leather.
But we still call 'conrinthes" correctly thus and not currants (as different to sultanas) :wink:
Didn't they say "when the Romans conquered Greece, Greece conquered Rome"?
Pssscht: the Romans don't know this.
Well, if I ever plan a culinary vacation, I will avoid Rome. I plan on visiting Hungary, Turkey and Greece however.
Székely-Gulyás, Rahat lokum, dolmadakia ... I see :wink:
SCoates wrote:Caesar Augustus. He was Julius Caesar's son.
Actually Augustus was Julius Caesar's Nephew and became his adopted son at the age of 4 when his father suddenly died.
SCoates wrote:Since our months in english are derived from the original greek names, we can se Augustus' influence in having a month renamed after himself (I don't remember what it was called before he invaded, but it would be pretty easy to dig that up on google.)
Julius Caesar commissioned an Egyption Astronomer, Sosigenes, to make the Julian Calendar. Caesar Augustus later changed the 6th month Sextilis to Augustus and the 5th month from Quintilis to lulius(The year started in March).
And hooray for the Romans!!!!! Can't imaging trying to pronounce these!!!
Quote:The Athenian calendar is the best known and most intensively studied, and I shall therefore use it as a model. The Athenian months were named Hekatombion, Metageitnion, Boedromion, Pyanepsion, Maimakterion, Poseidon, Gamelion, Anthesterion, Elaphebolion, Munychion, Thargelion, and Skirophorion. (For a list of the known month names in other Greek areas, see Ginzel, vol. 2, pp. 335-6). The intercalary month usually came after Poseidon, and was called second Poseidon. Hekatombion, and hence the beginning of the year, fell in the summer. Other Greek regions started their year at different times (e.g., Sparta, Macedonia in fall, Delos in winter
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