Art in ancient Greece

The old beliefs vested in Olympian gods were permeated with foreign elements, particularly from the east; “Oriental” cults, such as those of Isis, Mithras and Cybele become widespread in the Hellenized world. The 3rd century BCE saw the growth of ancient Rome. After acquiring a majority of the Italic territory, Rome entered into a lengthy conflict with the Carthaginians for jurisdiction over Spain, Sicily and the other regions of Punic dominion in the Punic Wars. The previous empire of Alexander…

“Maps” section of the author's article the author talks about “Greeks getting lost as soon as they ventured outside their own peninsula” (Stoneman, Greece and Rome). In Guides Stoneman uses the Anabasis, to describe how the army found itself lost by saying “Greeks were in an extremely awkward position...They were at least a thousand miles away from Greece; they had no guide to show them the way; they were shut in by impassable rivers which traversed their homeward journey” (Stoneman, 64).…

While each empire, Roman and Byzantine, were each located along the Mediterranean Sea, they shared multiple similarities and differences that shaped their empires and made them different from one another. Both the Roman and Byzantine Empires had an effective law code, however it changed from the 12 Tables to the Codes of Justinian. Another change that occurred was that the emperors of the Byzantine empire believed that they were part of God’s empire while the Roman empire didn’t really tie…

This paper identifies and analyzes the initial strategies of the Athenians and Spartans using the ends, ways, and means paradigm. It identifies how and why their strategies changed and explains why the Spartans were best able to adapt their strategy as the realities, risks and the length of the war changed. The initial strategy of the Athenians was to outlast the enemy. Pericles, the primary architect, revealed the Athenian strategy when delivered an insightful speech before the war. In…

B: The Persians were a pastoral tribe that settled in what is now Iran. This will affect a major part of Middle Eastern history which is why it's more relevant than building a temple. This will affect people from back then to now. A tribe settling in is a big deal and affects many around them. Write as a Historian: 1: Did the first civilizations of the Middle East help build impressive cities. A: The roads and sewer systems of early India were remarkable. The roads and sewer systems were a…

The first literary art form regarding the preservation of historical events can be traced back to accent Grease, and more specifically Herodotus. Author of The Croesus Logos, Herodotus founded the significant notion of writing down human events, in hopes of preventing them from being erased with time. Establishing a milestone of such immensity in 440BC has left Herodotus named the “Father of History”. The impact caused by breaking from Homeric tradition, and instead regarding events though a…

With the decline of regional empires in the mid-first millennium BCE, called the Axial Age, came second-generation societies, which borrowed ideas from their predecessors but were marked by innovation politically, socially, and economically. A major second-generation society that arose during this time were the Greeks, whose city-states encircled the Mediterranean. One innovation of city-states around 6th century BCE were their political structures – specifically, governments that put power in…

The Gates of Fire is set in ancient Greece where the Greeks are still around and the pivotal battle that helped win the war against the Persians. The war was decided between the Romans and the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae and the battle at Artemisium that occurred at the same time. The Greeks decided that battle had to be won on both land and water. While the war was lost on land, the navy, after winning their battle, defeated the Persians on land. Xeones, who was a Greek that was…

claiming to be the son of Perseus led the people to revolt and the citizens indeed had some success in besting Rome during battle. The excitement of revolt reached Greece along with the once captive Achaeans whom felt that slavery was better than “being free” in Rome. “In c. 146 B.C. the chief city of the Achaean league was captured; the art treasures, pictures, and statues, the splendid products of Greek genius, were sent to Rome.” (Morey, 2010, para 4) The Roman senate was seen as cruel,…

As introduced by, Suresht Bald: “Without openly attacking the other, each used persuasion, coercion, und subversion to strengthen itself and weaken its rival. This struggle for hegemony by Athens and Sparta…” or the Worlds currently developing, East/West Hegemonic dilemma; which “is felt most acutely by small, hitherto “independent” states that were now being forced to take side in the bipolar World… One such State was Melos… After strategically positioning their powerful fleet… [Envoys were…