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 Marcus Furius Camillus - LoveToKnow 1911
MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS, Roman soldier and statesman, of patrician descent, censor in 403 B.C. He triumphed four times, was five times dictator, and was honoured with the title of Second Founder of Rome.
To this element prob ably belongs the story of the schoolmaster who, when Camillus was attacking Falerii, attempted to betray the town by bringing into his camp the sons of some of the principal inhabitants of the place.
Camillus, it is said, had him whipped back into the town by his pupils, and the Faliscans were so affected by this generosity that they at once surrendered.
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 Marcus Furius Camillus
Camillus was given the job because the siege works had been developed for over ten years and the Romans were afraid the Etruscan city would resist its attack longer than Troy.
Camillus' tears may cause deep emotions among some low-spirited enthusiasts, but they are the "crocodile tears" of the deadly predator who is bewailing the fate of those he has devoured.
Camillus explained that the treaty was simply null, for according to Roman law only the supreme magistrate of the Republic - that was Camillus - could agree to any treaty; and that the treaty concluded prior to his arrival was illegal and inacceptable to his standards.
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 Camillus
The Romans made Marcus Furius Camillus dictator in 396 BCE and, with the full executive powers that went with the title, he finally brought the Etruscans to their knees.
Camillus with a newly organized army of 40,000 arrived just as Manlius and his exhausted forces were attempting to purchase peace from the besiegers with gold taken from the temple of Juno.
Camillus was rewarded with the title of Second Founder of the City and remained in Rome to work hard for many years for peace and justice for all Romans.
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 Online Library of Liberty - History of Rome, Vol. 2
Camillus and Valerius marching from the city to Sutrium, found one part of the town already taken by the Etrurians; and, in the other part, the passages to which were barricaded, the townsmen with great difficulty in repelling the assault of the enemy.
Camillus was now far in the decline of life, and had intended at the election to take the usual oath, in order to be excused, on account of his health, but was prevented by the unanimous desire of the people.
Aulus and Marcus Cornelius, Quintus Quintius, and Marcus Fabius.
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 Camillus House
If the ''camillus'' was a child of the cult's officiant (as often happened), the child had to be free-born, under the age of puberty, and both parents had to be alive.
Camillus was a Roman cognomen derived from the general term, most famously used by Marcus Furius Camillus, and by other members of the gens Furia.
Camillus was the nom de plume of Alexander Hamilton, used in a series of papers entitled ''Defense of the Treaty'' published in 1795.
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 The Internet Classics Archive | Camillus by Plutarch
This was the condition of the times when Camillus was in the height of his actions and glory, and, although the government in the meantime had often proceeded to consular elections, yet he could never persuade himself to be consul against the inclination of the people.
Camillus, being assaulted by their clamour and tumults, for want of a better excuse, betook himself to the poorest of defences, confessing he had forgotten his vow; they in turn complained that he had vowed the tenth of the enemy's goods, and now levied it out of the tenth of the citizens'.
Camillus sent them to Rome, where, being brought into the senate, they spoke to this purpose: that the Romans, preferring justice before victory, had taught them rather to embrace submission than liberty; they did not so much confess themselves to be inferior in strength, as they must acknowledge them to be superior in virtue.
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 Marcus Furius Camillus (1)
The first member of the Furius family to become 'visible' in our sources, is a man named Sextus Furius Fusus, one of the consuls of 488 V. He had to defend Rome against the Volscian general Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, a very skilled commander who liberated many Latin towns from the Roman yoke.
It is possible that Furius was elected because of his Tusculan connection: many towns in the southeast surrendered to Coriolanus, but not Tusculum.
The third one, Marcus, received the surname Camillus, which was the title of a noble boy who served as the priest's assistant.
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 Livy, History of Rome, continued
None of the enemy were found outside the walls by Marcus Furius in the Faliscan territory, and Cneius Cornelius in the Capenatian district: spoil was driven off, and the country laid waste by burning of the houses and the fruits of the earth: the towns were neither assaulted nor besieged.
Marcus Pomponius, Caius Duilius, Volero Publilius, Cneius Genucius, Lucius Atilius.
Camillus, at every opportunity and in all places, stated publicly, "that this was not at all surprising; that the state was gone mad; which, though bound by a vow, yet felt greater concern in all other matters than in acquitting itself of its religious obligations.
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 11. Camillus' Banishment, B.C. 390 Page 1
Camillus' Banishment, B.C. The wars with the Etruscans went on, and chiefly with the city of Veii, which stood on a hill twelve miles from Rome, and was altogether thirty years at war with it.
Camillus took the city by assault, with an immense quantity of spoil, which was divided among the soldiers.
Camillus, however, was so shocked at such perfidy, that he immediately bade the lictors strip the fellow instantly, and give the boys rods with which to scourge him back into the town.
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 Furius
Furius was the nomen of the ancient Roman gens Furia, an old family of uncertain origin.
Marcus Furius Camillus, hero of 4th century BC
Lucius Furius Camillus, son of previous, consul 338 BC
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 Marcus Furius Camillus
Camillus agreed to come with his men to Rome’s aid as long as his commission would be formally recognized by Manlius and his troops.
Then Camillus was immediately welcomed back into Rome, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life, and was hailed as the city’s second founder.
Though Camillus did indeed abandon his grudge against Rome when he was called to her defense, he first ensured that he would receive a thorough reward for his efforts.
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 Marcus Furius Camillus (4)
Next year, 381 V, Camillus was elected as military tribune, and his nephew Lucius Furius Medullinus (the son of Camillus' brother Spurius) was to be one of his colleagues.
Plutarch of Chaeronea mentions in his Life of Camillus that Camillus had developed new weapons, and it may be that this remark is an echo of the army reforms of the decade after 390 (above).
Marcus Furius Camillus is the first Roman statesman who is more than a name from legend - he is a truly historical figure.
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 Camillus - FREE Camillus Biography | Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
Camillus Cutlery Is Carving a Niche in Central New York
Marcus Furius Camillus is traditionally regarded as the great organizer of the legion.
Under Camillus the hoplites were divided into three groups: the hastati (youngest men), the...
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 Sala dei Gigli: Camillus
As Camillus had saved Rome from the Gaul invasion, Lorenzo had returned to his native Florens to end a period of economic, political and military crisis.
Camillus was also an important figure for Niccolò Machiavelli, who in his Discourses on Livy holds up the Roman general, consul and triumphator as one of the primary examples of ancient Roman virtus.
These were inscribed with the name of Camillus, and it is generally believed that previous to the fire in the Capitol they were deposited in the chapel of Jupiter before the feet of Juno.
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 Plutarch's Life of Camillus
Camillus, being assaulted by their clamor and tumults, for want of a better excuse, betook himself to the poorest of defenses, confessing he had forgotten his vow; they in turn complained that he had vowed the tenth of the enemy's goods, and now levied it out of the tenths of the citizens.
Camillus sent them to Rome, where, being brought into the senate, they spoke to this purpose: that the Romans, preferring justice before victory, had taught them rather to embrace submission than liberty; they did not so much confess themselves to be inferior in strength, as they must acknowledge them to be superior in virtue.
Camillus triumphed, as he deserved, having saved his country that was lost, and brought the city, so to say, back again to itself.
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 Camillus
To make up for the damage done to Juno's temple, the sacred objects were moved to Rome and a new temple built for her upon the Capitoline hill.
Camillus, however, was made dictator and led the remnants of the army back to save what was left of the city.
After the sack, Camillus supervised the reconstruction of the city and the reorganization of the army into a far more efficient fighting force.
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 Camillus (c. 445 - 365 B.C.)
MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS, who lived during the latter period of the struggle between the orders, is one of the most characteristic types of the aristocracy.
Whatever was the real share of Camillus in these events, he was ever afterwards celebrated as "the second founder of Rome." The Plebeians, according to the legend, headed by their tribunes, proposed a migration from the ruins of Rome to the vacant city of Veii.
But Camillus and the Patricians resisted so shameful and impious a desertion of the consecrated spot, and their healthy and far-sighted conservatism at length prevailed.
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 Marcus Furius Camillus - Conservapedia
Marcus Furius Camillus was one of Rome's first great generals in its early history and appointed dictator five times under the Roman Republic.
From 405 B.C. to 396 B.C. Rome was in its first "life or death" contest with the city of Veii and Furius Camillus was appointed dictator for the first time.
Putting the city under siege, the Roman army at first was defeated, but was finally successful when Furius Camillus had them dig tunnels under the city and under that way while he distracted them with thinking an attack was coming from outside.
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And now Camillus, being called to his sixth tribuneship, desired to be excused, as being aged, and perhaps not unfearful of the malice of fortune, and those reverses which seem to ensue upon great prosperity.
The senate strongly opposed it, and would not suffer Camillus to lay down his dictatorship, thinking that, under the shelter of his great name and authority, they should be better able to contend for the power of his aristocracy.
In the election of consuls held by Camillus, Marcus Aemilius was chosen of the patricians, and Lucius Sextius the first of the commonalty; and this was the last of all Camillus's actions.
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 Town Of Camillus, New York. Phone: (315) 488-1335
Founded on March 8, 1799, the Town of Camillus is named after the Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus and is the only Town in the United States to bear that name.
The Town of Camillus owns and maintains over 500 acres of park land that provide a staggering array of recreational choices for every season, including a small lake, a community swimming pool, and an enclosed skating arena amongst other offerings.
The Town of Camillus is also home to five golf courses, a well-appointed senior citizen’s center, numerous civic and membership organizations, as well as volunteer groups of all kinds that further enhance community living.
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 Furius was the nomen nomen of the ancient Roman Roman...
Furius was the nomen nomen of the ancient Roman Roman...
"Furius" was the nomen nomen of the ancient Roman Roman "gens Furia", an old family of uncertain origin.
Lucius Furius Camillus Lucius Furius Camillus, son of previous, consul 338 BC 338 BC
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 MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS - Online Information article about MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS
MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS - Online Information article about MARCUS FURIUS CAMILLUS
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element prob-ably belongs the story of the schoolmaster who, when Camillus was attacking See also:
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 A2Z Languages ~ Rome ~ Ancient ~ History ~ Learn Italian ~ Study Italian
The defeat of the Romans at Allia and the capture and burning of Rome by the Gauls under the leadership of the chief Brennus in 390 BC were great disasters, but their effect did not last long.
The capture of the Etruscan city of Veii in 396 BC by the soldier and statesman Marcus Furius Camillus spelled the end for Etruscan independence.
Caesar found Marcus Licinius Crassus, a man of great wealth, to be a tractable auxiliary.
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 Camillus, Marcus Furius biography - S9.com
Book VI of Livy's history of Rome covers the period from 390 to 367 BC, a period during which the city, while recovering from being sacked by the Gauls, faced serious civil disturbance, the...
Camillus: A Study of Indo-European Religion As Roman History
Plutarch's lives of Pyrrhus, Camillus, Pelopidas, and Marcellus (Cassell's national library)
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 Camillus Marcus Furius - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Camillus Marcus Furius - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Before the close of the regal period Rome had become the leading...
Marcus Aurelius, full name Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), Roman emperor (161-180) and Stoic philosopher.
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 Ludi Regifugium--Part One
He took his place in the magistrate's box next to Marcus Furius Camillus Faustus, the sponsor of the games, and turned to face the crowd.
A float was pulled into the arena, by it's decorations obviously the walls and hills of Rome, and surrounding it were figures dressed as ordinary citizens, with chains leading to one figure dressed in purple and wearing a golden diadem, who stood atop the float and dominated the miniature city.
The arena was cleared, and onto the sands came a pack of large orange and fl tigers, and several packs of wolves.
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 A new face...
From amongst the mass of faceless and indistinguishable pedarii, a formerly silent senator rises to his feet and seeks permission to speak.
My name is Marcus Furius Camillus Faustus, direct descendent of *the* Marcus Furius Camillus, Romum Conditus Secundus - the second founder of Roma.
He was a true Roman of the Romans but he was a quiet man who preferred to serve Rome quietly, casting his vote without raising his voice or clearing his throat.
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