Varro. Two biographies of Lucullus survive today, Plutarch's Lucullus in the famous series of Parallel Lives, in which Lucullus is paired with the Athenian...
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Spanish Steps. The fabled gardens of Lucullus were among the most influential in the history of gardening. Lucullus had first-hand experience of the Persian...
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The villa of Lucullus was an extensive and sumptuous ancient Roman villa built in the first century BC in Naples by the famous gourmet, general and consul...
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Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (116 – soon after 56 BC), younger brother of the more famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius...
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Look up lucullus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lucullus may refer to: Licinius Lucullus, any man of the family Licinii Luculli; Lucius Licinius...
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Chichester, discovered in 1923, refers to a "Lucullus, son of Amminus". Russell argues that this is the same Lucullus, and that his father was the native British...
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Second Servile War (section Lucullus)
praetor Lucius Licinius Lucullus, who had just put down a revolt in Campania (the Vettian Revolt), to quell the rebellion. Lucullus, at the head of a 17...
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waited for Lucullus. Upon entering Pontus, Lucullus lay siege to Themiscyra, the legendary home of the Amazons, on the River Thermodon. Lucullus's forces...
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Armenia. Lucullus sent his brother-in-law Appius Claudius Pulcher to negotiate the surrender of Mithridates but this effort failed. In 69 BC Lucullus suddenly...
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the lower classes, allows Lucullus to call as witnesses portrayed on a triumphal frieze. All the evidence is against Lucullus, except for the fact that...
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known as Servilia Minor or Servilia the Younger was the second wife of Lucullus. There is some debate as to who her father was. Older authors who follow...
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Licinia gens (redirect from Licinius Lucullus)
villa. Marcus Licinius L. f. L. n. Lucullus, he was adopted into the gens Terentia as Marcus Terentius M. f. Varro Lucullus, consul in 73 BC, and triumphed...
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of Lucullus, 8. Philip Matyszak, Mithridates the Great, Rome's indomitable Enemy, p. 104; Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 8. Lee Fratantuono, Lucullus, the...
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siege may have been conducted by or in coordination with Lucius Licinius Lucullus. Julius Caesar began his military service during the siege after his pardon...
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Licinius Lucullus (born c. 144 BC) was a politician and a general of the Roman Republic. He was the eldest son of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, the consul...
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Die Verurteilung des Lukullus (redirect from The Condemnation of Lucullus (play))
Die Verurteilung des Lukullus (The Condemnation of Lucullus) is an opera by Paul Dessau to a libretto by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. Brecht's...
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Faustus Cornelius Sulla (consul 31) (redirect from Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus)
Faustus Cornelius Sulla was a Roman senator who lived during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. He was suffect consul in AD 31 with Sextus Tedius Valerius...
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Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 26.2. Holmes, T. Rice, "Tigranocerta." Journal of Roman Studies 7 (1917): pp. 120-38. Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 29.3. Goldsworthy...
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siege to Cyzicus. Lucullus marched from Phrygia with his five legions and forced Mithridates to retreat to Pontus. In 72 BC Lucullus invaded Pontus through...
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Licinius Lucullus (praetor 67 BC) Lucullus the Younger (Lucius Licinius Lucullus), son of the famous conqueror. Licinia gens Licinius Lucullus, a list...
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by Denys Burrows. Mercellus, the son of Marcus Lucullus, a Roman merchant, has disappeared. Lucullus, fearing a scandal, sends his most trusted man to...
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Fimbrian legions (section Mutiny against Lucullus)
Chalcedon. Lucullus altered his plans and marched to Cotta's rescue. Meanwhile, Mithridates had moved on to besieging Cyzicus. When Lucullus arrived near...
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the Roman armies under Lucullus made significant progress against Mithridates, forcing him to take refuge with Tigranes. Lucullus sent an ambassador named...
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Lucullus Virgil McWhorter (January 29, 1860 – October 10, 1944) was an American farmer and frontiersman who documented the historical Native American tribes...
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Licinius Lucullus defeated Mithridates in 74 BC, Cerasia … non-fuere in Italia, "There were no cherry trees in Italy". According to him, Lucullus brought...
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Svetovidovia lucullus is a species of morid cod found in the polar regions of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to 50 cm (20 in) in standard...
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Lucius Licinius Lucullus was a Roman politician who became consul in 151 BC. Lucullus was sent to Hispania Citerior (Nearer Spain, on the east coast of...
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a strong attachment to both Rome and Pompey. In 73 BC, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, formerly one of Sulla's chief lieutenants, was made proconsul of Cilicia...
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under the command of Lucullus, and a year later he met another major defeat at Artaxata, the old Armenian capital. The recall of Lucullus gave Tigranes a brief...
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legislation to settle the contentious matter of jury reform. L. Licinius Lucullus, one of Sulla's ablest lieutenants, had fought against Mithridates during...
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