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  LUCULLUS - LoveToKnow Article on LUCULLUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sulla returned to Rome, while Lucullus remained in Asia, and by wise and generous financial reforms laid the foundation of the prosperity of the province.
Lucullus, however, cut off his communications on the land side, and, aided by bad weather, forced him to raise the siege.
Lucullus showed consummate military capacit~ contriving to maintain the siege and at the same time to gi~ battle to the enemys vastly superior forces.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LU/LUCULLUS.htm   (1476 words)

  
 Lucullus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a grandson of the consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus, and a nephew of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus.
Initially serving in the Social War under Sulla, as quaestor in 88 BC he was the only officer to support Sulla's march on Rome.
Lucullus was the man responsible for bringing the sweet cherry and the apricot to Rome.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucullus   (214 words)

  
 Lucullus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lucullus then applied himself to the establishment of order in Asia, provoking great unpopularity in Rome by reforming the provincial finances.
Pompey had always been Lucullus’ enemy, and now his party joined with the capitalists in urging the recall of Lucullus.
B.C., Lucullus invaded Armenia and took the capital, Tigranocerta.
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 Appian's Roman History: The Mithridatic Wars
Lucullus' supplies, which were drawn from Cappadocia alone, but when his cavalry came upon the advance guard of the convoy in a narrow defile, they did not wait till their enemies had reached the open country.
Lucullus sympathized with them, and in emulation of the favor shown to the Attic race by Alexander he gave the city its freedom and recalled the citizens with all haste.
Lucullus crossed the Euphrates, but he required the barbarians, through whose territory he passed, to furnish only necessary supplies since they did not want to fight, or to expose themselves to suffering by taking sides in the quarrel between Lucullus and Tigranes.
www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_mithridatic_17.html   (1468 words)

  
 The Hall Busts
Lucius Icillius presumably had a successful political career due to his active part in this revolution, but little else is said about him in later histories.
Lucius Licinius Lucullus "Ponticus" (110 - 57 or 56 BC) was one of Sulla's stalwart generals and had a series of commands on the eastern fringes of the Roman sphere of influence.
Lucullus kept out of state affairs, but, being one of the richest men in Rome -- lots of war booty -- he spent huge sums on parties and banquets.
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 Lucius Licinius Lucullus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two notables of ancient Rome share the name "Lucius Licinius Lucullus".
Upon reaching Spain, he was disappointed to find that the Celtiberians had made peace, and attacked the Vaccaei and Cauci, massacring the second after having made an agreement with them.
His grandson was the famous Lucullus of Plutarch's biography.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucius_Licinius_Lucullus   (119 words)

  
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All of the latter, however, except a Lucius Trebellius and Lucius Roscius, out of fear of the multitude would not say a word in opposition; and those two men, who had the courage, were unable to redeem any of their promises by either word or deed.
This was in the consulship Of Lucius Caesar and Gaius Figulus.
Moreover, Lucius Lucullus whom Pompey had once treated contemptuously at a chance meeting in Gaul was greatly incensed against him, bidding him give an account individually and separately of everything he had done instead of demanding a ratification for all of his acts at once.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/1/6/0/11607/11607-8.txt   (20564 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | Sylla by Plutarch
LUCIUS Cornelius Sylla was descended of a patrician or noble family.
But being commanded by Lucius Lucullus to give place to his successor, Sylla, and resign the war to whom it was decreed, he presently left Boeotia, and retired back to Sentius, although his success had outgone all hopes, and Greece was well disposed to a new revolution, upon account of his gallant behaviour.
At Fidentia, also, Marcus Lucullus, one of Sylla's commanders, reposed such confidence in the forwardness of the soldiers, as to dare to face fifty cohorts of the enemy with only sixteen of his own: but because many of them were unarmed delayed the onset.
classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/sylla.html   (8217 words)

  
 SparkNotes: Timon of Athens: Act III, Scenes i-iii
Lucullus compliments Flaminius, saying he always thought he was a good man. But now is not the time to make a loan, he says, based merely on friendship without security.
Lucius too thinks Timon's servant has come to bring him a gift, but Servilius explains his mission is to ask for a loan.
Lucullus says he won't lend money based on the insecurity assurance of friendship, Lucius says he is unable to lend money since he has spent it all already.
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 Eutropius: Abridgement of Roman History, Book 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lucius Lucullus, after the battle at Cyzicus, in which he had conquered Mithridates, and the sea-fight, in which he had overcome his generals, pursued him; and, recovering Paphlagonia and Bithynia, invaded his very kingdom.
But as those whom Lucullus had left in Pontus with part of the army in order to defend the conquered countries belonging to the Romans, grew negligent and avaricious in their conduct, they gave Mithridates an opportunity of again making an irruption into Pontus, and thus the war was renewed.
While Lucullus, after the reduction of Nisibis, was preparing for an expedition against the Persians, a successor was sent out to take his place.
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 Lucius Licinius Lucullus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first was a (Click link for more info and facts about novus homo) novus homo who became (A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country) consul in 151 BC.
Upon reaching (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain, he was disappointed to find that the (Click link for more info and facts about Celtiberian) Celtiberians had made peace, and attacked the Vaccaei and Cauci, massacring the second after having made an agreement with them.
His grandson was the famous (Click link for more info and facts about Lucullus) Lucullus of (Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)) Plutarch's biography.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/lucius_licinius_lucullus.htm   (176 words)

  
 Play Synopsis - Timon of Athens
Lucullus actually (falsely) claims to have told Timon to behave less lavishly in the past.
But when Servilius appears to Lucius and asks for 5500 talents, Lucius quickly goes back on his word and claims (falsely) that he himself is nearly broke.
He asks about Lucius', Lucullus' and Ventidius' gifts and is told all have refused Timon money.
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 Lucullus on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lucullus was made consul (74 BC) and obtained for his proconsulship the province of Cilicia.
In 69 BC, Lucullus invaded Armenia and took the capital, Tigranocerta.
Table for one: Lucullus dining with preferred guest.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/l/lucullus.asp   (475 words)

  
 WILLIAM MURE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM MURE
MURENA, the name of a Roman plebeian family from Lanuvium, belonging to the Licinian gens, said to be derived from the fondness of one of the family for lampreys (murenae).
The principal members of the family were Lucius Licinius Murena, who was defeated by Mithradates in Asia in 81 B.C., and his son Lucius Licinius Murena, who was defended by Cicero in 62 B.C. against a charge of bribery (Cic.
The son was for several years legate of Lucius Licinius Lucullus in the third Mithradatic War.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MU/MURE_WILLIAM.htm   (311 words)

  
 Lucullus, Lucius Licinius --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He served Lucius Cornelius Sulla as quaestor in 88, took part in his march on Rome, and was his proquaestor in the East from 87 until his return to Italy.
In 74, when Lucullus was consul, the Roman province of Bithynia was invaded by Mithradates, king of Pontus.
The Canadian novelist and short-story writer Frank Lucius Packard is known especially for his best-selling Jimmie Dale mystery series.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9049258   (636 words)

  
 The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Julius - Page 2
When Lucius Lucullus was somewhat too outspoken in his opposition, he filled him with such fear of malicious prosecution [for his conduct during the Third Mithridatic War] that Lucullus actually fell on his knees before him.
At about the same time he took to wife Calpurnia, daughter of Lucius Piso, who was to succeed him in the consulship, and affianced his own daughter Julia to Gnaeus Pompeius, breaking a previous engagement with Servilius Caepio, although the latter had shortly before rendered him conspicuous service in his contest with Bibulus.
Presently he himself too was prosecuted by Lucius Antistius, tribune of the commons, and it was only by appealing to the whole college that he contrived not to be brought to trial, on the ground that he was absent on public service.
www.historyinfilm.com /claudius/classics/12caesar/julius2.htm   (2406 words)

  
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His dramatic assassination on the Ides of March became the catalyst of a second set of civil wars which became the twilight of the Roman Republic and the dawn of the Roman Empire under Caesar's grand-nephew and posthumously adopted son, Caesar Augustus.
During these campaigns he served under the command of Lucius Licinius Lucullus and distinguished himself for bravery in combat.
Among his legates were his cousins Lucius Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius, Titus Labienus and Quintus Tullius Cicero (Cicero's younger brother).
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/j/ju/julius_caesar.html   (4086 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Festus
Through the confines of Armenia, under Lucius Lucullus, Roman arms were first sent across the Taurus.
Lucius Lucullus pursued to Armenia Mithridates, who had been deprived of the rule of Pontus.
Lucius Cassius, Crassus' quaestor, a vigorous man, gathered the remains of the scattered army.
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 Eutropius, Abridgment of Roman History (Historiae Romanae Breviarium)
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last of the kings, overcame the Volsci, a nation not far from Rome, on the road to Campania; reduced the towns of Gabii and Suessa Pometia; made peace with the Tuscans; and built a temple to Jupiter in the Capitol.
Lucius Papirius Cursor went to conduct that war with the rank of dictator, and, on returning to Rome, gave orders to Quintus Fabius Maximus, his master of the horse, whom he left in charge of the army, not to fight during his absence.
Lucius Posthumius Albinus and Cnaeus Fulvius Centumalus, when consuls, conducted a war against the Illyrians; and, having taken many of their towns, reduced their kings to a surrender, and it was then for the first time that a triumph was celebrated over the Illyrians.
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 THE DECLINE OF THE REPUBLIC, PART II: THE ERA OF MILITARY COMMANDERS, 122-60 B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lucius Licinius Lucullus was a relatively harmless friend of Sulla and served with some distinction in Asia Minor.
Lucullus marched to the relief of the city, cut off the king’s supplies, and eventually compelled him t raise the siege early in 73.
Lucullus retired to Italy — Lucius Licinius Lucullus came to prominence as an officer of Sulla in the 80s.
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 Context: Plutarch Life of Cimon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
All ended as well as could be expected, however, because the Roman Lucius Licinius Lucullus happened to be nearby with a body of troops and provided an honest appraisal of the situation to the governing Roman praetor.
So Plutarchs purpose is to satisfy an inherited debt of gratitude toward Lucullus, and although under that imperative he will be obliged to described unflattering aspects of the mans life as well as flattering ones, he will present the former as incidental to an otherwise noble and virtuous life.
Regarding his choice to match Lucullus with Cimon, Plutarch says: “On looking about for some one to compare with Lucullus, we decided that it must be Cimon.
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 Shakespeare Timon of Athens Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He resolves to send his servants Servillius, Flaminius, and another to his friends Lucullus, Lucius, and Sempronius for loans.
Lucullus is surprised to hear via Flaminius that Timon is asking for help rather than giving for a change, and rejects the request, saying he often counseled him to spend less and that he is unwilling to lend money secured only by bare friendship, calling Flaminius a fool.
Lucius hears from 3 strangers that Timon's fortunes are failing, and claims that he would have helped him if he had been asked.
www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/ws_timonathens.html   (1234 words)

  
 A Brief History of Roman Libraries
The first Roman libraries were private, and were constituted by the books that were seized by the glorious generals in the East campaigns, along with gold and jewels, sculptures and literate slaves.
One knows that general Lucius Emilius Paulus, winner in the decisive battle of Pydna (168 b.C.), took as booty the books that constituted the library of the last Macedonian king, Perseus, soon to offer it to his sons, amongst whom was the famous Scipio the African.
Also Lucius Licinius Lucullus, during its conquests in Asia Minor, collected a great amount of books.
www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-005.html   (1399 words)

  
 Livy: the Periochae of Books 96-100
Consul Lucius Gellius and praetor Quintus Arrius were defeated by the same leader.
Lucullus in Armenia Mithridaten et Tigranen et ingentes utriusque regis copias pluribus proeliis fudit.
Lucius Roscius, a tribune of the plebs, passed the law that the first 14 rows in the theater were to be designated to the Roman knights.
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 sfgladiatorspartacus
To take control of the inheritance, the two consuls, Lucius Licinius Lucullus and M. Aurelius Cotta went to Asia.
He attacked Bithynia where Cotta was stationed, but Lucullus cut off his supplies and achieved a major victory without battle.
While Lucullus was maintaining Roman power in the East, there was only one competent military leader left in Rome, Crassus; Pompey was in Spain.
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 Articles - Caecilius Metellus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul 251 BC and 247 BC, died 221 BC, pontifex maximus
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, consul 119 BC, pontifex maximus in 115 BC, father of Dalmatica
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus, consul 117 BC, censor 115 BC
www.gaple.com /articles/Caecilius_Metellus   (849 words)

  
 Marcus Tullius Cicero: The Speech for Aulus Licinius Archias, the Poet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was highly respected by Lucius Crassus; and as for the Luculli, and Drusus, and the Octavii, and Cato, and the whole family of the Hortensii, he was on terms of the greatest possible intimacy with all of them, and was held by them in the greatest honour.
For, while Lucullus was general, the Roman people opened Pontus, though it was defended both by the resources of the king and by the character of the country itself.
And his cause is one which is approved of by the benevolence of the law by the authority of his municipality, by the testimony of Lucullus, and by the documentary evidence of Metellus.
www.forumromanum.org /literature/cicero/arche.html   (3196 words)

  
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Lucullus I have observed thee always for a towardly prompt spirit, give thee thy due, and one that knows what belongs to reason; and canst use the time well if the time use thee well -[Drinking.] Good parts in thee!
Lucius I know his lordship is but merry with me; He cannot want fifty-five hundred talents.
Lucius' Servant Many do keep their chambers are not sick; And if it be so far beyond his health, Methinks he should the sooner pay his debts, And make a clear way to the gods.
www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/SHAKESPE/TIMON.NEW   (15251 words)

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