Byzantium

Hanson believes that reducing defense spending while increasing entitlements dooms the United States to follow Athens, Rome and Byzantium into the dustbin of history. His premise that “nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die” appeals to military officers and is potentially acceptable and consistent. You cannot defend a nation nor project power with butter! But applying critical thinking to the Hanson article reveals a number of “thinking shortcomings”. He fails to successfully…

the Roman Empire may in fact be the senate, as it lasted throughout all rulers, all expansions and retractions, and every other event in the history of Rome. In fact, even after most consider Rome to have “fallen”, a senate continued to exist in Byzantium. This is a true test of time that was clearly passed by the idea of a…

Many things contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire even before it split into eastern and western Rome and became known as Rome and the Byzantium Empire. During the height of Rome’s power it had control of most of modern day Europe and some of north Africa. With its size cam problems one of which were nearly constant war with barbarian tribes. Sadly “In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire.” This was the first time that…

years ago in Byzantium, later named Constantinople. Whether intentional connecting with the viewer as a means of meditation or trying not to connect so deliberately, as a means of teaching, Byzantine art had a way of connecting with its viewer on an emotional level. Some pieces, of Byzantine art, are avoiding connecting with the viewer for their current legal state. The controversy between how a piece connects with the viewer was a huge issue when it came to the church in Byzantium. Connecting…

Trousers of various designs were worn throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, especially by men. Loose-fitting trousers were worn in Byzantium under long tunics,[20] and were worn by many tribes, such as the Germanic tribes that migrated to Western Roman Empire in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, as evidenced by both artistic sources and such relics as the 4th-century costumes recovered from the Thorsberg peat bog (see illustration).[21] Trousers in this period, generally called brais,…

Barracks Emperors. Diocletian, the last of the Barracks Emperors, was the first ruler, who attempted to restore the economy and make it more governable. But ruler Constantine continued Diocletian's policies and expanded to the east; the city of Byzantium. Next, during the economic challenges Christianity become more popular as a religion.…

Through major trade, exploration, and war the Europeans came across many different societies and constructed views about those societies. These societies ranged from massive thriving civilizations to primitive civilizations in their eyes. The Europeans views on these societies were greatly based on wealth, clothing and cultural views. The Europeans had very distinct views on the east Africans, the Indians also known as Americans, and the Turks. The Europeans viewed the east Africans in a…

In my Humanities essay 1 paper, I will be discussing how Christ was found in many Byzantine mosaics and icons. I will also discuss what these symbols represented and the many values that were and represented and not represented. To fully understand what these symbols meant you have to first under the full history behind Byzantine art meant. I am going to fully explain this concept in my essay, and give an understanding of how Mosaic were used and formed during this time and how many artworks…

Neil Jordan, in his interview “Life among the Undead: An Interview with Neil Jordan” from Cineaste contributor Declan McGrath (2013), discusses that presenting the female protagonists as monsters, rather than the victims of monsters, in his movie Byzantium creates a varying audience response to the exemplary depiction of vampires. Jordan supports his ideas by explaining the film’s female writer exploring a previously unknown viewpoint, the human emotion subtext in the perfectly cast characters,…

not keep track of time while the young waiter is always impatient and does not acknowledge how he has more time than his counterparts. The old man and waiter seem to speed up their own time by spending it idly while the narrator from “Sailing to Byzantium” recognizes this and instead battles against time to cheat death. This might be due to the speaker’s feeling of not achieving much throughout his life as he wants the sages to appear and take him from his body into an existence outside of time…