Optimates (/ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/, /ˈɒptɪmeɪts/; Latin for "best ones"; sg. optimas) and populares (/ˌpɒpjʊˈlɛəriːz, -jə-, -ˈleɪriːz/; Latin for "supporters...

conflict between optimates and populares, referring to conservative and reformist politicians, respectively. The Social War between Rome and its Italian allies...

(Classical Latin: [s̠ɛˈnäːt̪ʊs̠ pɔpʊˈɫ̪ʊs̠kʷɛ roːˈmäːnʊs̠]; transl. "The Senate and the Roman People"), is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of...

advancing Roman troops and play off the political factions of the optimates and populares against one another in the Roman civil wars. Nevertheless, the...

Other narratives appear to represent popular or folkloric tradition; some of these remain inscrutable in purpose and meaning. Wiseman sums the whole as...

from and are part of the overall evolution of earlier Greek theatres. Much of the architectural influence on the Romans came from the Greeks, and theatre...

conflict between the so-called optimates and populares. This view is criticised as uncritically accepting confusing and empty ancient political slogans...

per year, making it one of Italy's most popular tourist sites. It is part of a larger Vesuvius National Park and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO...

– officially recognised and widely used between the 10th and 18th centuries, commonly used in foreign relations and popular as a second language among...

an attendant and bodyguard to a magistrate who held imperium. Roman records describe lictors as having existed since the Roman Kingdom, and may have originated...