Ancient Rome

How to define a good citizens? Augustus will be a good example to discuss. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, formerly known as Gaius Octavian Thurinus, the founding monarch of the Roman Empire, ruled Rome for 40 years. He is one of the most important figures in world history. He is the nephew of Caesar 's grandchild, in 44 BC, he was designated as the first heir and adopted as son. He entered political arena after Caesar was stabbed. In 30 BC, he stop the civil war that possibly split the Roman…

Explain the negative effects of the Roman conquests Rome held a fate that would be devastating to the city-state following its great conquests. However, to understand the unraveling of the Roman republic, it’s important to understand how Rome obtained the position it had and what ultimately caused the negative effects. To do this an overview of how Rome became the fairest one of all is necessary. This essay will briefly examine how Rome rose to power and through power and greatness lost its…

Ancient Rome is often praised for their innovations in politics, literature, and theater. Unfortunately, many people forget that the ancient Romans also accomplished great feats in architecture. Wither it was the useful aqueducts or the substantial Circus Maximus many of the ancient Romans Architectural accomplishments are often forgotten. Although the roman influence can still be seen in our day to day lives, they are preserved in the Romanesque style of architecture. The end of the Roman…

The ancient Romans adopted their alphabet from the Etruscans, who adopted their alphabet from the Greeks. This alphabet later spread throughout the western world; people today are still using the lett The Romans had a tendency to adopt religions from many cultures that they conquered. The Romans readily adopted the Greek gods into their culture, though they changed their names. For instance, Venus is the goddess of love in Roman culture, but in Greek culture her name is Aphrodite. The Greeks and…

imperialistic endeavors that it grew to an impressive size. Rome, obtaining the title of preeminent empire of the ancient world for several centuries, was comprised of various elements from successful societies such as the Greeks and Etruscans. These foreign lands impacted the republican government organization and further political ideology as well as the basic social and religious morals of the Roman people. Compared to all healthy governments, Western Rome faced trials regarding its…

around asking why people were in their good clothes. Also, they ask why the people of the Rome weren’t working today. “But wherefore art not in thy shop today? Why dost thou lead these men about the streets?” (pg.1) The two of them were wondering why the the people of Rome closed the shops. Lowe 2 The people…

polytheistic way of life. But the idea that broke through the traditions of paganism was the “cult” of Christianity. Christianity took the Roman Empire and people into a different age of ideals and ways of life. In this essay the evidence through ancient writings and events will portray the transformation of a deeply paganist empire to the strictly Christian empire it became. It will show the changes that the Christianity brought to the pagan Roman Empire and how it developed into the first…

Ptolemaic queen to mint coins in her own right. These ‘portrait-coins’ were not intended to reflect the true personality of the ruler, but rather the ways in which the ruler preferred to be presented to his/her subjects and their nation. Since these ancient coins were minted with the name of the ruler in whose reign they were minted in, well-preserved Hellenistic coins can be dated exactly to the regnal years of Cleopatra’s monarch. These royal images give scholars some clues about Cleopatra 's…

Human civilization has improved a lot since the beginning. Through all the different time periods we’ve learned about, certain people, events, achievements, and time periods have been more influential than others. For example, Julius Caesar has proved to be the most important individual. The most important time period is obviously the golden age of Greece. The greatest achievement would be religion. Lastly, the most significant event is the rise of Christianity. Julius Caesar has been proven to…

emotional triumphs Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae, in which he separated himself for his capacity to focus his and his rival's qualities and shortcomings, and to play the fight to his qualities and the foe's shortcomings and won over numerous partners of Rome. Hannibal involved much of Italy for a long time, yet a Roman counter-attack of North Africa constrained him to come back to Carthage, where he was unequivocally vanquished by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama. Scipio had considered…