Catiline

We all get advice from somebody whether it be good or bad. This is life and we take the advice given how we want and depending on how we take it, it can be helpful or hurtful. Abigail Adams is giving advice in her letter to help him experience new things and use his given talents to help him while he is traveling the world with his father. Adams Compares her son to brave and historical figures to emphasize that you do not gain knowledge and talent by sitting back and watching but going out…

In a letter to her son, Abigail Adams uses appeals to pathos, allusions, and diction to help her son because she wants him to be a good person and do well in life. Abigail Adams uses a lot of pathos to get her point across. One way she uses it is by reminding him of all the advantages her has over other people. In the third paragraph she says, “As you are favored with superior advantages under the instructive eye of a tender parent, your improvement should bear some proportion to your…

Timed Write by: Sam Kramer Abigail Adams writes to her son in the late 1700’s as he travels with his father. Her son John Quincy Adams is heading to France from the urging of his mother. In her letter Adams relies on pathos and making connections to outline her son on his expedition for success. First, Adams appeals to pathos in order to express to her son the care and hope she has for his future. She displays her care in the letter, “I hope you have had no occasion, either from enemies or…

justifiable because, in this case especially, fighting in the war prevented a potential Nazi invasion of the United States therefore securing the country. More evidence can be found in Catiline's, "To His Army Before Hise Defeat in Battle." where Catiline states, "If we conquer, all will be safe." Catline proves that war is…

So what I have gotten from the first couple of pages is that Greek city states are starting to get over populated, because of this there is a shortage of food. So in order to compensate for that the government took its first steps towards municipal socialism. Which meant that liberals would be in power now. Of course the poor people of Rome did not like that. They lived in squalor. These people started to riot but if never was enough what these people were never really unified so this caused…

In January of 1780, Abigail Adams writes a letter to her son and husband, while they are taking a voyage for political reasons. Adams meticulously constructs a piece of writing that emphasizes the importance of their journey and summarizes her high expectations for him. It would not be unlikely to that Adams assumes her son will follow in his father’s footsteps. Vice president at the time and the husband of Abigail Adams, John Adams, will become the second president of the United States.…

If the Catilinarian conspiracy was, what Gruen terms, an “aberration” within the intricate matrix of events precipitating the fall of the Republic; and one indeed that strongly expressed the plight of landless and dislocated farmers, insecure rural laborers, unsuccessful Sullan colonists, the fragility of the financial ecosystem, the oppressive pervasiveness of debt and the discontent of the urban mob; arguably the episode – rather than events surrounding it - may be treated as a reflection of…

He upheld the interest of the senate, and was one of the few politicians who tried to analyze the problems of the Republic (Spielvogel). While in consul, Cicero was responsible for exposing the Catiline conspiracy. They were trying to take over Rome by force. Cicero put five of the conspirators to death without giving them a trial first. Over the next few years Cicero’s loyalty to the Senate left him vulnerable. In 58 BCE, a proposed law, stating…

Julius Caesar, by Phillip Freeman, is a very detailed and concise biography of the great statesman and general. The book begins by giving a brief description of Caesars early life. It notes how we do not know much about the early life of Caesar, because the beginning of Suetonius’s “Live of the Twelve Caesars” was destroyed. It begin to explain the origins of his name, and what his life may have been like as child. He comes from a patrician family, which claims decadence from Aeneas, and…

Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly referred to as Virgil or Vergil, was considered to be Rome’s greatest poet. He is credited with elevating the traditions of Greek literature that formed the Roman style, manner, and technique of writing. The Romans held Virgil in high regard, and even today he is still recognized for his poetic contributions. His underlying success is mainly attributed to his three major works: the Eclogues Georgics, and the Aeneid. Virgil’s notoriety is not only owed to his…