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In the 8th c. BC, the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus traveled the Mediterranean examining kingdoms and governments in order to reform his polis. His goal was to eliminate the lawlessness and disorder that had weakened Sparta and create a new constitution to keep it free. Three of Lycurgus’ reforms to ensure freedom were the youth training and childhood (the agoge), the removal of extravagance and the creation of generalization between the people, and the social code when it came to battle and the…

In this book, “Julius Caesar”, many men like having power, and don’t want to lose that power to another man. The group decides to take their fate into their own hands, and not let him decide what will happen. Men and women all throughout the past have sacrificed their own lives, willing and preparing to die for what they believed. The assassination of Julius Caesar is blamed on the conspiracy by many roman senators. Conducted by Cassius, Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus. Cassius or the “man who…

Interview Novelist Manuel Puig “Homosexuality is not something we should judge. More importantly: the act doesn’t make you homosexual.” Readers of novelist Manuel Puig will never forget the novels of the Argentine man. Using innovative narrative techniques, dark comedy and particularly film, Manuel Puig has been a very successful writer. Born in 1932 in General Villegas, a small town on the Argentine pampas, Puig began studying English at the age of ten, to get a better understanding in…

Seven kings ruled Rome’s early monarchy. The last two were Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus. They were both part of the Tarquin family and the Etruscan dynasty. Although Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus come from the same family, their reigns were very different. They both also rose to power in nontraditional ways. Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus’ stories reveal that power was more important than a clean conscience to the Romans. Servius Tullius was the sixth king of Rome.…

Introduction: Chandragupta Maurya was founder of the Mauryan dynasty which lasted for almost 140 years and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. He ruled from 324 B.C till 297 B.C when he voluntary retired and abdicated in favor of his son, Bindusara. He is credited with saving the country from maladministration and freeing it from foreign domination. Assisted by his political and administrative advisor, Kautalya, he established the first territorial empire in…

In this quarter, we learned about Greek and Roman civilization, and we were told that the Roman adapted their gods and goddesses from the Greek mythology. For this report, we have decided to do a comparison between a deity in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. In this case, we chose to do a research about Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, and her Roman counterpart, Minerva. They shared many similar aspects, though they are distinct from one another. The differences and similarities we…

In 304 BCE Pataliputra (modern day Patna) Shubhadrang and Bindusara had a child and they named him Ashoka. Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan dynasty. When he grew up he was a very bold, troublesome and a very cruel man. Ashoka was very interested in war and fighting. According to legend Ashoka had killed a lion a wooden stick. He was given a nickname called “Chand Ashoka” which meant “Ashoka the fierce”. Ashoka’s brothers were scared of him and his brothers convinced their father,…

Edward Harrison Norton As vibrant as Edward Harrison Norton youthful look could be in the world of entertainment, an idealistic individual would have thought that he was from a generation of actors. The disciplinary skills that he acquired from his military father and his mother, an outstanding tutor gave him an edge in his approach to life activities. It is indeed a fact that whatever an individual needs to specialise in should start from the early stage of life; Edward’s early interest in the…

Titus and his Punic Wars In Rome during the Punic wars the impression that is most thought of when thinking of ancient Rome is that of many a poor farmer taking up arms in defense of their country, land, and family. However, the reality was starkly similar to what we see today, the powerful, and rich running the city-state while the poor are subject to their whims or flights of fancy and it became a fight for who had the best strategy for whoever defeated Hannibal would surely win all the…

Colosseum Essay_Best 7AF The Colosseum was also known as Flavian Amphitheatre, named after the Flavian dynasty. It’s a massive oval amphitheater; it's located at the center of Rome, Italy. It is a huge structure but the construction took only about a decade to complete which was very interested. It was also the largest and the most famous amphitheater, which was fascinated by visitors during the Roman Empire. Only some part of the Colosseum collapse that was devastated, but most of…