Uncategorized – Alexander to Caesar, The Rise of Rome

Roman Values & Ancestor Veneration

Polybius sought to understand what led the Roman Republic to conquer most civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean sea within a single lifetime. Economic organization, constitutional government, contemporary geopolitics, and luck all had their role in Roman conquest. Still, below, we explore Roman values to understand its unique culture of public ambition better.1 The most significant valuesContinue reading “Roman Values & Ancestor Veneration”

Livy’s Counterfactual: Would Rome defeat Alexander?

To Livy, a Roman historian living at the end of the 1st Century BCE, it would have been impossible to deny the weight of fortune that had, in a few hundred years, propelled Rome to ascendency in the Mediterranean. The Romans were hegemons over the successors of Alexander, the marauding Gauls, and all other mannersContinue reading “Livy’s Counterfactual: Would Rome defeat Alexander?”

Greek Federalism in the Age of Alexander:

In 243 BCE, the strategos of the Achaean League Aratus of Sicyon breached the citadel of Corinth and expelled the garrison of Macedonians. This effectively liberated the Peloponnesus from a Macedonian domination which had begun in 277 BCE with Antigonus II Gonatas.1 Contemporaneously, the Aetolian League emerged as a legitimate Greek power through its defenseContinue reading “Greek Federalism in the Age of Alexander:”

My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”