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Ancient Rome Italy has mountains and large fertile plains along the Po river system in the north. Latium is located in the central part of the country. In 1000 BC let speaking people moved into Latium and founded room. The city resided on seven hills that supply to defensive benefit. It was also a longer Tiber river, which granted admission to the seat. The legacy of Rome conquered and vast empire creating the greatest Empire Mediterranean in the European world would ever see. The Roman law…

The Roman Empire was a great and powerful force that influenced many other civilizations after it fell, but before and leading up to its decline it faced many problems. The Empire fell due to the cause of internal and external problems: unstable economics, weakened political and government structure, and ineffective military. These problems show that In document 1, it states that inside the empire the few citizens believed that “the old civilization was worth saving [anymore].” The Roman’s did…

The life and history of Alexander the Great, and the empire that he formed, has been studied by people ever since his death. Alexander’s empire ruled over a large portion of land from Greece in the west to India, in the east. His actions brought an end to the long standing conflict that the Persians and Greeks had with each other, established multiple cities that bore his name across the land that he conquered, had a major influence on future rulers, and had remnants that lasted until the time…

all trained and disciplined. Rome wanted to control hostile neighbors, wanted more resources, The Roman expansion occurred in 3 stages. The first stage occurred when Rome decided to conquer Italy, (Spielvogel, 5.2). Rome then had a conflict with Carthage and expanded into the western Mediterranean Sea. The last stage occurred when the Romans took over Hellenistic kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean. Under Emperor Claudius, Romans conquered most of the island of Britain. Rome also controlled…

evident through his reasoning when providing options for rulers who had just acquired a nation in which the people have lived under liberty and freedom. Machiavelli’s first option is to simply destroy them, citing the Roman’s destruction of Capua, Carthage, and Numantia in their successful endeavor to control a free society. Machiavelli’s disregard for human life, coupled by the fact that he provides methods for ruling without seeking a means of good for the people, allows one to understand his…

wives. The significance of the text, especially in regards to women and Christianity, should not be understated. Though Perpetua was a strong woman, her narrative still upheld the idea that the only way to be heroic is to be like a man. Perpetua of Carthage, who later became a saint, was a well-born woman, who was imprisoned for being a Christian. We are fortunate to have an eye-witness account of her execution. Apparently she was still nursing her infant and the crowed was horrified when “her…

Katie Adams Mrs. Behan Latin I 04/26/17 The Development of Roman Ships This paper will explain the development of Roman boats and ships. Roman ships were brisk, reliable, and rather safe. They usually had a huge square sail, a smaller small foresail, and two huge side rudders off the stern controlled by a small tiller bar. The ship technology of Roman ships remained unequaled up until the 16th century, especially when it came to size and cargo capacity. Roman boats played a significant part in…

Papal Infallibility Those outside the Church generally misunderstand the Catholic teaching on papal infallibility. In particular, fundamentalist Christians often confuse the charisma of papal infallibility as something that affects the pope’s status. They imagine Catholics believing the pope to be sinless or unable to sin. Secularists and irreligious people believe papal infallibility to be a fairly new concept. They also speculate it was invented as a means to defend the church against the…

Many people believe that the year 476 CE was the fall of the Roman Empire. However, the Roman Empire did not actually fall, only the Western half did (which included cities like Rome, Sicily, and Carthage). The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, on the other hand, continued to live for hundreds of years. This included cities like Athens, Syria, Egypt, and Alexandria. The Western Roman Empire was already facing a mound full of problems prior to the year 476, such as an economic meltdown,…

In Dante’s The Divine Comedy, he describes the very center of Hell as an icy, frozen place. This is a direct contrast to what people normally believe Hell to be like, as expressed in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which it is rather described as a place full of fire, a literal furnace. Our minds are immediately drawn to a fiery Hell, as that is what is traditionally pictured in modern-day pop culture and the like. However, I believe Dante was right in his description, that ice is a metaphor…