Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

ranks of Roman politics and military, partly due to his relationship with Trajan. After Hadrian's father died in 85 AD, Hadrian was entrusted to the care of two men. One of them, a cousin of his father, later became emperor Trajan. As an adopted son of Trajan, Hadrian would go on to rule the Roman Empire from 117 CE to 138 CE, a time that was still considered in the Pax Romana. Hadrian, one of the “Five Good Emperors”, was a…

In the first three centuries of Roman Empire the Christianity were persecuted by the authority of empire. Behaviour towards Christianity in the Roman Empire fluctuated throughout the time period because of some events in the empire and actions of individual emperors. The conflict between Christianity and Empire was inevitable, but it wasnot on the level that the government should persecuted the Christians. The reasons that there were conflict and persecution were mostly related with political…

Caesar’s involvement in Gallic wars: Best for Roman Empire or Self-Promotion? Julius Caesar, one of many glorious Roman leaders, was a well known military leader but he was also known for being a gigantic narcissist. So, was he justified in getting involved in the Gallic wars? To understand Caesar’s reasoning behind getting into the war, we must first know what happened in Gaul. Caesar was on a military high in a military low. He had just gotten noticed as a great military leader and…

greatest emperors during the time of the Roman Empire. Christianity helped the Roman empire from not collapsing and Constantine found a way to improve both Christianity and Rome. Christianity took the blame for all problems the empire faced, Constantine was a great ruler and was the reason Rome was saved, and Constantine brought Rome and Christianity together by making it the religion of Rome. This allowed Rome to flourish and it is credited to Constantine and Christianity. At first, the…

the arena was a Roman Emperor named Emperor Vespasian. Another word for this site was called the ‘Flavian Amphitheater’. The Colosseum starting building between 70-72 AD where it had officially opened in 80 AD by Vespasian son, Titus. The Colosseum was built for entertainment as it’s known as an amphitheater doing many things from when it was first built in 80 AD for Gladiator battles, execution of people, wild animal fights and more entainment fun. This was the prime for the emperors during AD.…

eventual falling apart. Historians have been discussing many reasons which caused the falling of the Roman Empire, the one that used to stretch in a vast territory in the Mediterranean, from the British Isles down…

cultivated an environment of exploration, historically centered in Italy and influenced by Greek and Roman culture. Although mildly inaccurate, the perception of these ancient cultures was that of human betterment. This movement led to the attainment of new and forgotten information. For many scholars the Renaissance was the time of renewing old knowledge and ways of classical learning of the Greeks and Romans. During the Renaissance this was idea was brought back into practice as humanism. “The…

When were roman numerals discovered you may ask? The history of Roman numerals has been questionable for many years. What is clear is that numerals were used by the ancient Etruscans an interesting aspect of the Etruscan numeral system is that some numbers are represented as partial subtractions. The Etruscan numeric system was adapted from the Greek Attic numerals providing ideas for the later Roman numerals. The Roman numeral system is probably very simple rather than the Etruscan system. The…

The Roman Empire began in 509 BC, lasting 1,000 years, having many strengths in how it was ruled and operated. There were also many weakness, which resulted in its fall in 576 AD. The Roman Empire collapse was the cause of both internal and external factors, and even though Rome was the biggest Empire for years, it could not stop those factors. Rome had many strengths, and one big one was its army; consisting of thousands of men, Rome’s army conquered many neighboring lands, expanding its…

The Roman empire has been very broad in which the government could not take care of each and every land so Rome was split into Eastern,Western and Southern Rome. In which each had small provinces that was governed by the higher class. Because of the expansion and the division of the lands it made it economically hard for the Roman empire, in the western part of the empire one of the reasons was because of how agriculture…