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Edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (Antiquity) and Manfred Landfester (Classical Tradition).
English translation edited by Christine F. Salazar (Antiquity) and Francis G. Gentry (Classical Tradition)
Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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English translation edited by Christine F. Salazar (Antiquity) and Francis G. Gentry (Classical Tradition)
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Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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Vetericus (Viderich)
(77 words)
[German version] (Viderich). Amalus (Amali), who came with his father Berimund from the territory of the Hunni to Gaul in AD 427 (Iord. Get. 251). Probably identical to Vitericus (Chron. min. 1,477 Mommsen), who fought with the Romans against the Visigoth Theoderic I (Theodericus [1]) in 439 ([2. 259 f.]; otherwise in e.g. [1]). Father of Theoderic the Great's (Theodericus [3]) designated successor Eutharicus Cilliga. Lütkenhaus, Werner (Marl) Bibliography
1 PLRE 2, 1157, s. v. Vetericus
2 H. Wolfram, Die Goten, 42001.
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Veterinary medicine
(881 words)
I. The Ancient Orient [German version] A. Sources Indirect: The Akkadian collection of Ḫammurapi’s laws (18th cent. BC) mentions the treatment of oxen (Cattle) and donkeys [1. 70, § 224 f.]. Direct: we know of ten remedies in Ugaritic, and six confirmed as such in Accadian; they confine themselves to the treatment of diseases in horses [2]. Böck, Barbara (Madrid) [German version] B. Specialists As far as can be ascertained from the sources, a distinction was made between veterinarians for bovines and for equines [1. 70, § 224, 18; 4]. The profession of donke…
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Vetranio
(140 words)
[German version] Roman emperor 1 March - 25 December AD 350, of lowly origin from Upper Pannonia, worked his way up to
magister peditum under Constantinus [1] and Constans [1]. When Magnentius was proclaimed emperor, V. was in Illyricum. At the request of Constantina, he allowed himself to be proclaimed emperor in order to prevent his army siding with Magnentius, and was recognized by Constantius [2]. Since the latter's support was too weak, however, V. formed an alliance with Magnentius, but minted no coins with Mag…
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Vettienus
(54 words)
[German version] Roman gens name [2]. The businessman V. ([1]: presumably an
argentarius [2]) is recorded in 49-44 BC; he had business connexions with Pomponius [I 5] Atticus and Cicero (cf. Cic. Att. 10,5,3; 10,11,5; 10,13,2; 10,15,4; 12,3,2; 15,13,3; 15,13a,1; 15,20,1). Bartels, Jens (Bonn) Bibliography
1 J. Andreau, Patrimoines, échanges et prêts d'argent, 1997, 115
2 Schulze, 101.
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Vettius
(1,947 words)
Widespread Italic
nomen gentile. I. Republican period [German version] [I 1] V., L. Roman equestrian from Picenum,
c. 106-59 BC. In 89 BC, V. probably served on the staff of Cn. Pompeius [I 8] Strabo (ILS 8888; [1. 161 f.]) and subsequently enriched himself as a favourite of L. Cornelius [I 90] Sulla (Sall. Hist. 1,55,17). He later joined the conspiracy of Catilina (Q. Tullius Cic. commentariolum petitionis 10), but betrayed it to Cicero in 63 BC (Cass. Dio. 37,41; Oros. 6,6,7). In 62, it seems that opponents o…
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Vettona
(76 words)
[German version] City in Umbria on a hill on the left side of the Tiberis between Tuder and Perusia, modern Bettona.
Municipium of the
tribus Clustumina [1. 271]. Walls in
opus quadratum (Masonry); necropoleis from the 4th cent. BC until the 2nd cent. AD. Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence) Bibliography
1 L. R. Taylor, The Voting Districts of the Roman Republic, 1960. G. Becatti , Nota topografica sulle mura di Bettona, in: SE 8, 1934, 397-400 C. Pietrangeli, s. v. Bettona, EAA 2, 76.
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Vettones
(139 words)
[German version] (Οὐέττονες/
Ouéttones). Central Iberian people with a settlement area between the Rivers Anas and Durius (Ptol. 2,5,9), whose Celtic character is not certain [1. 202 f.]. The V. were herdsmen and cattle breeders. They discovered a herb which was particularly effective against snake bites (Celsus, Med. 5,27,10; modern Betony, Stachys or Betonica officinalis) and in Gaul was called
herba Vettonica (Plin. HN 25,84; cf. Placitus Papyriensis). The V. suffered a defeat in 193 BC in battle with the Romans under the praetor M. Fulvius [I 15] at…
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Vettulenus
(361 words)
[German version] [1] Sex. V. Cerialis Senator, whose family may have originated in the Sabine lands [1. 325-332]. Legionary legate in the Jewish War under Vespasianus; after the conquest of Jerusalem (in AD 70), he was the first senatorial governor to take over the province of Judaea (Palaestina). Probably in the first half of the year 71 he returned to Rome; suffect consul probably in 72 or 73. Recorded 75-78 as consular legate of Moesia (CIL XVI 22; cf. [2. 30, tab. I, Z. 9; 3]) ILS 988 may refer to him. Eck, Werner (Cologne) Bibliography
1 Syme RP, vol. 1
2 RMD I, No. 2
3 W. Eck et al., Neu…
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Vetulonia
(624 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Umbri, Umbria | Etrusci, Etruria | Etrusci, Etruria | Phoenicians, Poeni (Etruscan
Vatl). Etruscan coastal city in the southeast of Populonia (Plin. HN. 2,227 and 3,52; Ptol. 3,1,49: Οὐετουλόνιον/
Ouetoulónion; cf. Frontin. Str. 1,2,7) at modern V. The city lay on a hill (345 m), which in the east sloped down to a bay, an ideal natural harbour. Flowing into this bay from the mining region (copper, iron, lead, silver; Massa Veternensis) near Lago dell'Accesa was the navigab…
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Veturia
(121 words)
[German version] According to a legendary tradition of the early Republic, V. prevented her son Marcius Coriolanus from conquering his home city Rome with a Volscian army (Volsci). The best-known version of this often revisited subject matter is that of Livius [III 2] (2,40,1-12; cf. e.g. Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 8,39-54; Val. Max. 5,4,1; Plut. Coriolanus 33-36, but there, V. is called Volumnia [1]), who simultaneously provides an aetiology for the foundation of the temple of
Fortuna
Muliebris. Prototypes in Greek tragedy (e.g. Eur. Phoen.; Eur. Hec.) are unmistakable. A po…
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Veturius
(1,228 words)
Name of a Roman family (also often given as Vetusius; on the origin of the
gens Veturia [1. 284]), for which the
tribus
Voturia was named [2. 42]. The Veturii played a prominent political role in various phases of the Republic: from the beginning of the Republic to the
leges Liciniae Sextiae (367 BC) with the Veturii [I 3-6] Cicurini, in the time between 334 and 321 with V. [I 1], and in the time of the 2nd Punic War with the Veturii [I 7-8] Philones. While the patrician status of the Cicurini and Philones can be regarded as certain (but cf. [3.…
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Vetus Salina
(220 words)
[German version] Roman auxiliary fort and civilian settlement (
canabae and
vicus) on the Aquincum - Intercisa - Altinum Limes road (Ptol. 2,16,4: Σαλίνον/
Salínon; It. Ant. 245,4:
Vetus Salinae; Not. Dign. Occ. 33,16,37:
Vetusalina; Tab. Peut. 5,4:
Vetusalo; Geogr. Rav 220,8:
Belsalino =
Bet(u)salino?; CIL III 10305: '
cives Romani ad Vetussalinas consistentes'/"Roman citizens settled at VS"), modern Adony in the
megye of Fejér in Hungary. Originally a wood-and-earth fort was built in VS (three building periods from the middle of the 1st cent. until the 12…
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Vexillatio
(223 words)
[German version] From the late 1st cent. onwards, rather than entire legions (Legio) being sent to reinforce Roman troops in a theatre of war, smaller units were usually dispatched to the scene; these were formed for the specific occasion, and their members drawn from individual legions or auxiliary units (Auxilia). Thus, for the siege of Jerusalem during the Jewish War, the legions stationed in Egypt provided 2,000 soldiers and the frontier troops on the Euphrates 3,000 (Jos. BI 5,43 f.). Such units, called
vexillationes, normally comprised 1,000 (ILS 2726) or 2,000 men. They…
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Vexillum, -arius
(9 words)
see Decorations, military; Dona militaria; Ensigns
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