10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOLIA OPIMA»
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The Military Decorations of the Roman Army - Strona 59
depended on the rank of the person who won it, spolia opima prima being captured by the supreme commander, secunda by an officer of lesser rank and tertia by an ordinary soldier (see below p. 104 for a dispute over the right to spolia opima ...
Valerie A. Maxfield,
1981
2
The Art of Persuasion: Political Propaganda from Aeneas to Brutus
The second and last general to dedicate the spolia opima was M. Claudius Marcellus. He was elected consul for the year 222 and set out to fight the Insubrians, a Gallic tribe making excursions into Etruria. After killing the Insubrian chief, ...
3
De viris illustribus urbis Romae: Mit commentar und wörterbuch ...
De eo spolia opima Jovi Feretrio secundus ab Romulo consecravit. § 7. alio — damnatus] Liv. a. a. D. § 11. Ita prodicta die in Poeteli- num lucnm extra portant Momentanem, unde conspectus in Capitoliam non esset, concilium populi indictum ...
Sextus Aurelius Victor, Emil Keil,
1850
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Livy: Reconstructing Early Rome - Strona 40
More subtly but no less devastatingly subversive is the "notorious" digression on A. Cornelius Cossus and the spolia opiina, ... Only after the story of his winning and dedication of the spolia opima has been completed are we told that Cossus' ...
5
The Roman Historical Tradition: Regal and Republican Rome
Within Augustus' new forum, which was dedicated in 2, the spolia opima also played a central role.132 Romulus with his spolia was represented by a large scale statue in the central niche of the hemicycle to the south-west of the temple.133 ...
James H. Richardson, Federico Santangelo,
2014
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Wojny, Bitwy i Wojownicy Rzymscy - Strona 157
Pod Pydną: Liwiusz, 44.44.1-3. Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus, 22. 50. Szacunek dla pojedynkowiczów: Polibiusz, 6.39.6, 54.3-4. Fragmenty Polibiu- sza: 35.5.1-2. Skuteczność rzymskiego siodła: Connolly 1987. Spolia opima: Flo- rus, Epitome, ...
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The First Christians in the Roman World: Augustan and New Testament ...
There had been a great controversy in 29 BC over Licinius Crassus' claim to the spolia opima, the highest of military honors - the spoils offered by a Roman general who had slain the enemy leader in single combat. The spolia opima had been ...
E. A. Judge, James R. Harrison,
2008
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Triumphus: An Inquiry Into the Origin, Development and Meaning of ...
the Roman commander from the enemy general. Liv. 4, 20, 6: quod ea rite opima spolia habentur quae dux duci detraxit, nee ducem novimus, nisi cuius auspicio bellum geritur. Roman tradition mentions three examples : Romulus 1 captured ...
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Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence Across Time and Tradition
2.34), suggests that opima comes from either opes, "wealth," or opus, "deed." The right to display and dedicate the spolia opima was allowed to only three military commanders: Romulus, for his defeat of Acron; Cornelius Cossus, for his defeat ...
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Ritual Dynamics and Religious Change in the Roman Empire: ...
... noted that the signa reveal parallels to the spolia opima housed in the nearby shrine of Iupiter Feretrius.36 As Augustus clearly showed fascination for the tradition of the spolia opima, had the Feretrius shrine renovated, and himself hindered ...
Impact of Empire (Organization). Workshop, Olivier Joram Hekster, Sebastian Schmidt Hofner,
2009
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La disputada piedra de Rosetta
... único descubrimiento que une al egipcio con las actuales lenguas conocidas, un trofeo de orgullo para las armas británicas (casi puedo decir 'spolia opima'), ... «El Correo, Jan 14»