Barbarian

Hence, if we stand on the colonized people and the outsiders' perspectives, the natives indeed have the right to overthrow the government. However, from the colonizers' perspectives, "Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end" (Mill, 8). The colonizers seem to regards their illegitimate government as warranted, and thus they are unwilling to just let the natives take over…

peace, and instead he used his power to fight religious wars against barbarians in Europe. Hobbes writes that "successful wickedness hath obtained the name of virtue, and some that in all other things have disallowed the violation of faith, yet have allowed it when it is for the getting of a kingdom" (Hobbes 90). Hobbes would have applied this thought to Charlemagne reasoning to conquer parts of Europe in order to convert the barbarians. War would have placed soldiers and the common people that…

The world of ancient Egypt saw dualities in how people viewed it, both in antiquity and modern day. To many Romans, Egypt not only was a critical source of food as well as architecture and culture, but it also posed a political and cultural threat. Additionally, despite a precedent of hundreds of years of highly developed Egyptian politics and society without Roman rule, many Romans saw native Egyptians as unintelligent, poor, or unhelpful. These xenophobic ideals were manifested in the social…

Art can be an instrument of rebellion or power through which people portray their affection or hatred for a leader. Through studies of the Column of Trajan, a person may, at first glance, see this piece as a people's way of commemorating Trajan's victory at the Dacian wars. But after delving deeper into the context of the piece, the real purpose becomes clear; through his means, Trajan used the column to commemorate his own power and to establish a way for his leadership to be remembered forever…

leader, named Silvanus, was so confident in his victory that he proclaimed himself emperor at Colonia Agrippina. Soon afterwards Silvanus’ murder was arranged, but in the confusion of losing their leader the city was quickly sacked by the German barbarians.[1] Hearing the news Constantius II assigned his cousin Julian, who was the half-brother of Gallus, to regain control of the area. For his help, Constantius II promoted Julian to Caesar and married him to his sister Helena. Constantius II then…

Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, government and religion were always closely tied together. Government led the empire while religion unified the people. When Christianity began to grow and spread, Emperor Constantine I legalized it and later, Emperor Theodosius I issued an edict making it the only religion of the Empire. When the pagans, or people who didn’t believe in the Christian God acted out, Theodosius went into action and eradicated the pagan gods and practices. Despite having…

architecture but the history of the Pantheon that make it so special. It has withstood the ravages of both the elements and war permitting a firsthand view of unique product constructed by Roman hands. It still amazed us how the Pantheon managed to survive barbarian raids when all the Roman monuments had been shattered while Pantheon still intact with its splendor and…

Yes, the Atomic bomb changed history forever. It showed the world that America had the innovation and technological skills to create not just one, but two weapons of mass destruction. It saved countless American and Japanese lives, and yes, it killed countless Japanese and serval American lives too. However, I am not convinced that the American fire bombing raids over Tokyo and other highly populated areas of Japan did not kill more and do more overall damage. The argument has come down to this,…

play Medea that moderation is imperative to a successful existence. Performed in the city Dionysia in 431 BCE, Euripides’ tragedy Medea, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea, the plot centres on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the “barbarian” kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason. Euripides’ tragic story revolving around anger and revenge ending in pain and ruin for most characters entrenches the notion that moderation in all forms is imperative to a successful and The idea…

How Knowledge Stopped and Empire In the First Century AD, the 17th, 18th, and 19th Legions (a legion was around 5,000 soldiers) of the Roman Army, as well as their auxiliaries, were annihilated in the thick forest of Teutoberg in what was then known as Germania. Germania, which laid just beyond the Rhine, was seen by the Romans as being beyond civilization, and inhabited by backwards, uncivilized people: the tribal Germanic peoples. The land beyond the Rhine was full of superstition and myth…