Ancient Rome

Christopher (specializes in Roman Empire, classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome, W.W.Norton & Company, 2010) the Huns were a separate nomadic (nomadic means people who live by traveling from place to…

Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources: 1. Catullus, Gaius Valerius. "Catullus." Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris. Trans. Francis Warre Cornish, J. P. Postgate, J. W. Mackail, and G. P. Goold. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard UP, 1988. 2-184. Loeb Classical Library. Web. 16 Feb. 2017. This is a collection of Catullus poems including his love poetry to Lesbia, who is widely believed to be an elite woman named Clodia. Catullus’ poems tell of his affair with Lesbia including his epic love and…

The kitchen was the center of all Ancient Roman cuisine. In fact, the Roman kitchen was much more advanced than many other kitchens during this time period. By looking at the design, placement, and layout along with the different cooking utensils at this time, we can truly see how the Ancient Roman kitchen pioneered the modern day kitchen’s we see today. According to The History of the Kitchen, “the Ancient Roman kitchen was well equipped with utensils and ingredients and the true forerunner of…

History repeats itself if we as humans do not know what mistakes were made in the past. Ancient Rome lasted for centuries because the leaders adapted to the mistakes of the past leaders. Today’s culture has fallen into a doomed pattern by ignoring the strives the Roman’s made to improve itself. “The Roman Empire made the largest impact on western culture today,” said Dr. Edward Woodfin, a western civilization professor at Converse College. From the time the Roman Empire was established it’s…

To begin, The King of the Gods was Jupiter. The ancient Romans called him many things, including dies pater (shining father), Jupiter Optimus Maximus (all-good, all powerful), and in English is known as Jove. On top of these names he had a few lesser known names such as Caelestis (heavenly), Totans (thunderer) and many others. Jove was the god of the light and sky and was sworn to protect both it and the other Gods. Symbols of Jove were the thunderbolt and the eagle. The thunderbolt was the…

Julius Caesar is a play about ancient rome and the downfall of the roman empire. But it is also about men and their actions, culture, and relationships with people around them and their power over people. In Rome it is predominatantly a male world, and the women are looked down upon, because they're seen as less valuable. Throughout the play woman are shown as everything that Roman men aren’t supposed to or want to be. In Julius Ceasser women have a unique kind of gift that is seen as incorrect…

SUMMARY Adrian Goldsworthy’s book, Augustus First Emperor of Rome is an extensive biography examining the life and political dominance of Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus. Goldsworthy states that he wrote this biography in an attempt to give a more detailed and accurate account of the life of Caesar Augustus. He believed that Caesar Augustus’ life was separated into three distinct time periods based on his given name at the time. “Thus, we have a man with three very distinct names at…

The ancient Roman Empire is regarded as one of the most powerful, influential civilizations of all time. Although flourishing in ancient history, people still view Rome as one of the greatest empires in the world. Religion was an important part of Roman culture, but they formed their ideas of religion and mythology based on Greek religious practices which preceded the Roman Era. Much like the Greeks, Romans worshipped in many different ways and celebrated their gods and goddesses with…

routes on the Silk Road allowed for religions such as Buddhism and Christianity to spread throughout Asia and become established religions in places far from their origin. The Yungang Grottoes are Ancient Buddhist temples, located in Datong, China, formed from caves. These magnificent examples of ancient rock cut architecture portray the power of trade on the silk road perfectly because they are a shrine to Buddhism located thousands of miles away from the religion’s origin. The 492 caverns that…

Julius Caesar is a play filled with death and betrayal. Based on historical events in the ancient Rome Empire, it is specifically about the time when one of the greatest generals of the Roman Empire was killed. Each and every death had a purpose and consequence that came about because of it. The first person to die in the play was Caesar himself. He was a hero of the Roman Empire and a generous, kind-hearted man. Yet, he was dispatched by his friends and fellow senators. When his life was ended,…