Carthage

Introduction The Senate of Rome was the first actual representation of republic system around the world and played a pivotal role in Roman politics, it transformed from the advisory agency to the most authoritative political power of Rome. On the other hand, the senate not only make great influences and important decisions for Rome, but served as the foundation of the modern republic system. In this extent, it is vitally important to understand the history of the Roman Senate in order to…

Through the growth and development of the Archaic Era what followed was the period of development known as “Classical Greece”. Between the time of 480 and 323 BCE Athens and Sparta ruled the Hellenic world with their artistic and military accomplishments. Along with the participation of the other Hellenic states, Athens and Sparta, rose to power through their associations, restructurings, and successions of triumphs against the conquering Persian armies. Only after a long and revolting war,…

Saint Augustine was a well-respected and historically impactful philosopher. His intelligence, diverse upbringing and worldly experience all combined to shape his philosophical ideas. One of his most recognized philosophical teachings was his thoughts regarding time. There are countless philosophers who taught their beliefs of time and the reality of existence. Many other philosophers developed complex presentations, but Saint Augustine did the complete opposite. Saint Augustine proposed a…

The Romans were known as one of the greatest civilizations in the Ancient World. Through their utter Military domination the Romans were able to take over much of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. One reason as to why the Ancient Romans were so powerful and successful was due to their technology. Their weapons allowed for the Roman leaders to implement many different strategies whether it be through using the gladius, pilum, or hasta. Soldiers in the Ancient Roman Military had to…

Caesar, only two of the Senators tried to intervene (Grant 260). Julius Caesar’s funeral was held on March 20, 44 B.C.E. (Strauss XII) Even after his death, Caesar had many lasting impacts on Rome, including three new settlements that he founded named Carthage, Corinth, and Hispalis (Nardo 83). Shortly before his death, Caesar planned to open a library consisting of Greek and Latin books for the people of Rome (Nardo 88). Caesar constructed the Julian Calendar, no w used today, that consists of…

often lead me across the the street to the public library. It was there where I developed my bibliophilic nature. This was how I sojourned — it was through the bookshelves of history that I learned about topics ranging from the great Hannibal of Carthage and his legendary achievements in the Second Punic War to memorizing Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to diving deeply into King’s theory on nonviolence coupled with the SCLC’s strategy to win equal rights for our people. This was my escape from the…

surprisingly more towards the “attractions of sex, fame and pride in his own cleverness.” However, the fact that he was raised as Christian immensely affected him when he was young, and later on his adult life too. Few years later, he became a student at Carthage and with his academic curiosity, he learned Greek. Later, he left Africa and went to Rome. For the longest of times, he was intrigued by Manicheeism, a religion…

Throughout time each civilization has spread its folklore about their gods. Many of the stories still hold an impact on the world today. Maybe not in the sense of worship but people are intrigued to figure out the state of mind of the ancient people that once worshipped these gods. Civilzations worshipped these gods in hope that they would help them in their daily lives. Most civilzations had gods for everything. They had gods that controled the weather, the harvest, or if a woman would have…

Plumbum: The cause of Western Roman Empire’s fall? “Roma Invicta”. It’s a proud phrase for the Romans that carries the meaning of ‘Unconquered Rome’. It signifies the glory of the empire and its striving economy, its colosseums holding thousands of crowd for ceremonies, its gladiators fighting in the arena to their death, its great aqueducts carrying water for the city of Rome, its busy port filled with traders from the far east of China to the cold, northern Germanic lands, its senators…

The writings of the New Testament have survived thousands of years due to the work of faithful believers and scribes who copied the Christian works that we treasure today. During their day, these people would use a variety of resources as writing surfaces, including wood, bone, broken pottery, and parchment. However, the most important within the New Testament period would be papyrus, a fifteen-foot stalk harvested from the Nile area. These stalks were cleaned, flatten, and cut into strips that…