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    they believe in, and does everything in his/her power to fulfill their dream-- that dream being what is best for mankind as a whole or for a certain people. During the rule of Emperor Nero, Boudicca was the queen of the Iceni tribe in Southeastern Britain, ruling alongside her husband, the king, Prasutagus. She did everything in her power to ward off Roman imperialism and led the largest British revolt against Roman rule in history. She is a hero because of her courage and determination and…

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    Queen Boudicca herself soon became the leader of the new army. They first sought to take down Colchester, one of the earliest Roman towns in Britain. One reason that this town was selected is due to the fact that it was formerly a Trinovantian capital. After the town had been taken, the locals had been treated as lesser folks and a temple of a former Roman emperor had been constructed, which angered…

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    and the unjust acts done onto the Celts by the corrupt Romans. The speech is significant as it is unlikely that these words were ever Boudica’s. The atmosphere of the Celts before battle has been described by other sources as a loud and chaotic atmosphere in which any speech would be ‘disturbed by the ornaments and battle noise of the Celts’ . The general consensus is that Tacitus created this speech to voice his political agenda; specifically he points out the imperial injustices of the Roman…

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    red, orange, and yellow. Her red hair was whipping in the wind as she fought to make things right for her people. She faced a certain harsh death, but her spirit of courage still lives on with us today. Boudicca was born around 25 A.D. in Celtic, Britain. Her mother and father are unknown, but she did have a brother named Ban. Her education is unknown to us today. She did not have any famous works or hold any honors or medals. Boudicca’s husband is Prasutagus. He was the king of the Iceni…

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    This essay will use primary and secondary sources to justify war. The primary sources used will be a speech from the Queen of the Celts, Boudicea, and one from Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The two secondary sources will come from scholarly, peer reviewed sources. They will be used to back up the primary sources. These two speeches took place at different times in history. However, both show the justifications that these leaders used to encourage their people to fight with…

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    Throughout Frederick’s campaign, he “could not spare the time for a lengthy pursuit of a single enemy.” For example, during the Battle of Leuthen, Frederick devastated the enemy by killing 10,000 Austrians and taking 12,000 more as prisoners.” However, Frederick had lost 6,000 of his own and could not effectively pursue and destroy the retreating Army. In most battles however, Frederick “usually lost more men than his enemies.” The time-consuming aspect of siege warfare further inhibited the…

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    John Milton Identity

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    Visitation,” Cedric C. Brown explores the connections between Milton’s fame in Europe and visits from scholarly foreigners Brown concentrates on visitations in Milton’s later works. Hugh Jenkins in “Shrugging off the Norman Yoke: Milton’s History of Britain and the Levellers” does a similar thing to Brown by delving into one of the multiple facets of the question of Milton’s English identity. Jenkins admits to his readers that his essay will explain the following: “Yet by placing particular…

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    The Just War Theory is a method used to determine whether wars, battles, and other violent engagements a justified, and if so, what was the reason for the war. The reasons used in the Just War Theory are the following: just cause, last resort, legitimate authority, possessing right intention, reasonable chance of success…

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    Celts In Greek Mythology

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    passed down by elders. A lot of what’s known about Celtic Mythology comes from what the monks in the middle ages. Centuries before the beginning of the Christian era, Celts settled in Western Europe, especially in Gaul (later called France) and in Britain and Ireland. Britons or Brythons were the early Celtic people of…

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    Ever since the evolution of mankind, the art of warfare has witnessed numerous changes. From early hand to hand fight, the art of warfare transitioned to become the battle of wits, nerves, technology and tactics. Wars were fought with the swords and spears till the invention of guns in 14th century. From the first use of guns in a battle till the Napoleonic era, warfare relied on manpower and line-and-column tactics to achieve firepower concentration. Focus of warfare shifted from manpower to…

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