CLA 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Auctoritas, Imperium, The Dangerous Alliance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2103
• Professor: Antonia Holden

Document Summary

Ater the fall of the gracchi: conservaive facion (ops) controlled the senate, quesions remained about senatus consultum ulimum. Rome had to deal with the following conlicts: 111-104 bce jugurthine war (against numidia in north africa, 105-101 bce celic war (against cimbri and teutones) Cimbri are germans and celts: 90-88 bce social war (against rome"s italian allies socii, 88-84 bce 1st mithridaic war (against king mithridates of pontus asia minor) 125-110 bce romans were acively colonizing in northern italy and southern gaul. 125 bce m. fulvius flaccus campaigned in italy and gaul: romans were asked by greeks of marseilles (massalia) to deal with celic/gaulish aggression. 122 bce romans built a fort/base at aquae-sexine (aix-en-provence) 122 bce general domiius ahenobarbus campaigned: urbanized and built via domiia. 118 bce veteran colony at narbo: setled with commercially minded equestrians, land (new ager publicus) was provided for distribuion to populace (including proletariat of rome)