Ancient Macedonians

"The Byzantine Empire and its capital city of Constantinople thrived for more than thousands of years and helped shape the history of the modern world (Overview)". The Byzantines were essential because they had good ways of developing architecture and engineering, they modernized, and saved Christianity, and they helped save the legal code to make what it is today. Without these essential qualities from the Byzantines America wouldn’t be what it is today... a free country. “Had the Arabs…

Constantine embarked on a journey for his military career in which he traveled over the Roman Empire from Palestine to Britain, Spain, and Gaul. Before Constantine was emperor the early church was fierce with persecutions by the roman government, but throughout that time the Roman Empire was still growing and spreading. During this time many Christians lost their lives and many important documents were destroyed. He was convinced that he needed a more powerful aid than just his military…

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”-Albert E. Many say that Titus is one of the most influential tragedies written. Having every character having a diabolical side to them (excluding Marcus Andronicus) everyone has had their hands in murder or conspiracy. The elements that make this piece of literature such an influential tragedy can be appointed to number of things. From the stability of Rome (politically) to the theology and…

Egypt was a complex civilization because ancient Egypt had all of the seven indicators. It had a government, a religion, a bunch of cities, specialized skills and jobs, they traded, they had different social classes, and they had a method of keeping records. Their method of keeping records were called hieroglyphs. They had slaves, a low class with farmers, a middle class with doctors, and a high class with priests, and their religion had hundreds of different gods and goddesses. Well…

Introduction The Athenian playwright Aristophanes created the play Lysistrata during the Peloponnesian War in 411 B.C. Aristophanes created plays that symbolized his own opinions and views on topics affecting him and other Athens. The play Lysistrata describes Aristophanes views of the Peloponnesian War and the possibility of peace through uniting the forces of the Greek women. The play contains the themes of humor and sexuality, but the straightforward expression of war in the play describes…

In Julius Caesar, Brutus is revealed through what he says, what he does, and what others say about him. Brutus is often revealed through what he says by how he says he wants what is the best for Rome. He is revealed through what he does by how he is easily manipulated. Brutus is also seen as honorable and noble because others say that about him. Therefore, Brutus is revealed through the things he says, his actions, and what people say about him. Brutus is revealed through what he says by how…

In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony write speeches after Caesars death trying to convince the crowd to let them be the leader of Rome. After comparing both speeches it is clear that both of them use ethos, pathos, and logos trying to convince the crowd. However, Brutus is a move persuasive speaker, but Antony also uses ethos, pathos, and logos trying to convince the crowd. Brutus speech was more convincing than Antony speech. Both Brutus and Antony use pathos trying to persuade the…

One cannot understand the dilemma that Oedipus is stuck in in the classical Greek play Oedipus Rex. Being stuck between his own interests and the interests of his polis, emphasized by his position as King of Thebes, causes a tragic realization and emphasis on the many values of the people of his time and culture. The biggest issue Oedipus is faced with is his importance to his polis. With the polis being an essential part of Greek identity, Oedipus holds the issue of the ensuing plague as a high…

“ Neither the Han nor the Roman empire emerged through a sudden, unexpected revolution”. The Han empire was controlled by Shi Huangdi was a chinese monarch who was awed by his advisors by the scale of his success. while there was also the great empire of Rome that was controlled by Octavian who later went under the new name Augustus who like Shi Huangdi became a monarch both had multiple achievements while rule their empires and both used this titles and justified their actions because of their…

and assessing and learning from ancient Greek and roman civilizations, which they expressed through their sculptures. For example, this particular statue is pagan, nude, and it has a muscular physique, which are all common attributes of ancient Greek sculptures. Moreover, this statue was made out of bronze, a material that was rarely used during the middle ages as a sculpting material. On the other hand, bronze was one of the most used sculpting materials of ancient Greek and roman civilization,…