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⚜️ AUGUSTUS ARRANGED ROME’S PROVINCIAL REGIONS & INFLICTED HEROD AS JERUSALEM’S BOSS (31–27 BCE) By Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles)Contributing Editor: Janet Kira Lessin ⚔️ BACKSTORY: FROM ACTIUM TO AUGUSTUS Octavian crushed Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE, seized Alexandria in 30 BCE, and absorbed …
POMPEY MAGNUS: FROM ROMAN TRIUMPH TO NILE ANNIHILATION By Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) & Janet Kira Lessin Prologue: The Boy Who Would Be Great The streets of Rome still smoldered from civil war when Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, just twenty-three years old, strode into history. His father, once disgraced for corruption, had left …
ROME’S TRIBUNES (121–88 BCE) 📽️ Watch the VIDEO here — click the words “THE FIFTH CENTURY BCE” to start it. By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) Peruse the video on Tribunes in the post below this one. Backstory The 121 BCE murder of Tribune Gaius Gracchus, who had championed the Plebeians in the Senate, …
THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN & THE JOINT RULE OF ROMULUS & TITUS TATIUS by Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) & Janet Kira Lessin ROMULUS CREATED THE FIRST ROMAN SENATE Romulus created the first Roman legion of men willing to defend the city. From among the wealthiest elders, he formed a class of …