Celts

In ancient Rome, military leaders had certain expectations placed on them from society and the government. The Gallic War, was used as propaganda for Caesar as a military leader, but also gives readers insight into Roman culture. The Gallic War chronicles Julius Caesar’s campaigns from 58-51 BCE. He was later assassinated by his alleged friends in 44 BCE. He had an alliance with Pompey and Crassus called the First Triumvirate, which controlled Roman government over the span of numerous years.…

savage tribes finally found their way to cross the borders. As a result, the Invasions by Barbarian tribes caused the collapse of the greatest world empire in the Ancient Era. Rome’s first sack was On July 18, 387 B.C with a fight with a band of Gallic Celts commanded by the warlord Brenna. Rome’s army scattered at the first altercation, and this group led Brennus with a perfect way to Rome. A few days later, Brennus’s band entered the Roman city and had burned buildings, booties, and committed…

actions can be evidenced by Greek philosophers and historians describing groups that were not from Hellenistic Cultures as “barbaros” (βάρβαρος) or known in English as barbarian. Referring in Western history from the Greek and Roman perspectives as the Celts, Germanics, Thracians, and Iberians. As today the term barbarian represents a group of people not part of any great civilisation, our interpretation of such cultures is tarnished by this representation from ancient sources. The process of…

1. Rome was founded by the Etruscans, but the Greeks passed on influence on Rome with cultivating the olive and the vine. Also passing on their alphabetic system of writing, providing models for their sculptures, architecture, and literature. The Greeks had a large influence on the Italian Peninsula. But the development of Rome came from the Etruscans, these people controlled Rome and transformed villages into towns and cities. 2. The Etruscans were the founders of Rome, they brought…

Medieval castles were built in the middle ages in europe and the Middle East as a structure to provide protection. Castles shouldn't be confused with the “Palaces” that we are familiar with today, Medieval castles weren't made for comfort although they were great for protection. Castles were drafty, gloomy and damp. The fireplaces typically smoked up the rooms. The only light besides was from flickering torches. The floors were either bare stone or covered with animal furs. What furniture they…

Laura Pollard Professor Pricket English 101 Section 40 6 October 2016 Halloween - From the Celtic Peoples to America As the air turns crisp and the trees erupt into an explosion of orange and burgundy- much like the flames of a phoenix 's fiery death- cobwebs, ghosts, and pumpkins begin to adorn the lawns and porches of American homes. Halloween is drawing near, and goblins, ghouls and witches abound in store windows and school hallways. [3] Halloween is a widely celebrated American tradition,…

Dialect exists in every language and it is a part of spoken language in every culture, butdefinitions of this term tend to vary a little.Edward J. Vajda explains the meaning of dialect by underlining the difference between language and dialect. First of all, he claims that the crucial role occupies the “mutual intelligibility” of two various language forms. It means that when the speakers of two particular language forms can understand each other they use dialects, not two separate languages…

King Arthur is said to be a medieval knight that was head of the kingdom Camelot. Many people debate on if he was real or not. Some say he was a military leader that fought off a Staxon invasion in the 5th and 6th centuries. His legend has been written by many authors, poets, and journalist. Not much is known about Arthur. Different writers have written different stories on Arthur. Some say he was a warrior that lead the British army. Others say he was an actually leader of Camelot. King…

„The Virgin Suicides”, the debut novel of Greek-American author Jeffrey Eugenides, first published in 1993, is a retrospective relation of now middle-aged men, who investigate the story of five sisters, their teenage years’ obsession. The girls, aged from thirteen to seventeen, daughters of strict Catholic parents, were the boys’ neighbours in the suburbs in Michigan, until one summer of the 1970s, when one of them committed suicide and the rest followed their sister’s steps a year later. The…

10:3-4 ῾῾ for the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.'' The Celts considered the Yule log a sacred log which they used in their religious festivals during the winter solstice; the fire from the Yule log provided promises of good luck along with long life. In Babylonian times, the Yule placed in the…