Mooney ColmJul 5, 20237 minVery Late Western Roman Empire & Those Who Tried To Save It. Subscribers Only (Currently 1670 Words)Upon the death of the Emperor Avitus, there was a brief hope that normal service would resume. It was certain that the Senate and the...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20232 min😀👇𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞:The urban landscape of Rome is not one single snapshot that can be tied to the timeline of the city in its entirety. The city of Rome is...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20231 min😀👇𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰, 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲:A general and brief observation about law during the Roman Empire with regard to its efficacy. Ulpian proclaimed all issuances of the...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20232 min🙂👇𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝:Large public baths (thermae) represented the immense investment and importance the ritual of cleansing and bathing had for the ancient...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20232 min😀👇𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝟐:As left of yesterday with the numbers as given by Frontinus, ‘14,018 quinariae; 71% went to the city while of the remaining 4,063 units...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20232 min😀👇𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟐:Water is a vital ingredient to sustain life and for the first 400-500 years of Rome’s existence the Romans could quench their thirst and...
Mooney ColmJun 16, 20232 min😀👇𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰:To clarify further for the purpose of this Late Antiquity discussion, law of this period, such as the late 3rd -century onwards, deviated...
Mooney ColmMay 15, 20232 min😀👇𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝟑:The attempts by Julian in reviving paganism in a sort of Paganism 2.0, was started through a multi-angled approach, in part by removing...
Mooney ColmMay 15, 20232 min😀👇𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝟑:During many formative periods of the Roman Empire what was often witnessed was the need of the newly proclaimed incumbent to essentially...
Mooney ColmMar 22, 20232 min😀👇𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟑:There is no doubt that Julian suffered from the massacre of his family members during his childhood years. No doubting that his reign and...