Constantine I

than a building. Representing an early treasure of Italy, this church illustrates a great masterpiece of architecture. A circular structure outside the walls of ancient Rome, Via Nomentana, was built as a mausoleum for Constantina, daughter of Constantine I (Poetschke 52). The ambulatory is surrounded by a central dome and the building is constructed as a tholos related design. The structure has survived stability in its original form, but despite the damage it has undergone over the past…

The theme/text that I found enriching and challenging is Iconoclasm. Before this class, I had only heard a little-bit about icons, and I was ignorant and ambivalent about the controversy. I discovered through this class that icons are central to Eastern Christian theology and identity. For Eastern Christians, icons are used in religious contexts and also venerated by touching, kissing, bowing in front of them, and lighting candles—these Christians are iconophiles (icon lovers). Icons were…

be seen after Belisarius tried to get rid of Theodosius. When she heard that Constantine had said, “If I’d been in your shoes, I should have got rid of the woman rather than the youngster” (Page43) she reacted out of emotion. She was able to hold on to her dislike of Constantine until the right moment. Once Antonina was able to convince her husband that she did nothing wrong, she was able to get her revenge on Constantine. She did this by cutting out his tongue and throwing it to sea, and then…

the other hand, is written in first person(shown by the use of “I”), giving the reader the opportunity to comprehend the battle differently. The reader can see in the epic that the battle was a victory for the Anglo-Saxons due to the Vikings and Scottish retreat after being slaughtered when Raffel writes “The enemy ran, all the Scotch and the ship-borne Vikings ran of drowned in blood”(10-12). In the lyric, Borges writes “Last night I did a man to death”(2). The reader is given a personal point…

she could be ready for 6:30. She managed to get back to her room by 5:45 which gave her plenty of time to shower, and fix herself up. She jumped into the shower and got out 10 minutes later. 'What the hell do I wear? Are we going somewhere nice or casual? Should I text her and see? Fuck it, I 'll surprise her. ' Carmilla decided to wear her black skinny jeans with the tear on the kneecaps, her leather boots, and a black top that slightly showed off her stomach. She had the abs, so why not…

these sentiments of control over their church the event started with the stoning of state officials for the imprisonment of a charioteer who was very popular in Thessalonica by the populace. When word of the incident reached the emperor, Theodosius I, he was furious and sent his soldiers to the city with orders to treat it as a hostile city to be captured. As a result, the soldiers slaughtered seven thousand people, although Theodosius had quickly changed his mind on the matter his new order to…

shows only upper-class people would usually have them. With more and more trade Constantinople was getting more and more population which meant that the Byzantine Empire had to expand its borders and conquer territory. During the reign of Justinian I the empire started to expand and conquered territory that the Roman Empire had lost. Even though the Byzantine Empire was an expansion of Roman Empire their grand strategies were significantly different. The Byzantines realized that they could not…

He has a blog that he responds to people who have questions about history. He is married to a woman named Catherine Tipmore and lives in Maryland now. Brownworth’s book started off talking about the foundation of the Empire. He discussed how Constantine founded Constantinople and claimed it as the New Rome. He married a Catholic women…

longer masked. Procopius does not have to fear of what the consequences will be for speaking of them so harshly. His opinion of their true personalities is displayed. To summarize his views on Justinian, he (Procopius) includes a paragraph that says, “If I select some of those which will exhibit his whole character to prosperity, and which clearly shows his dissimulation, his neglect of God, the priesthood, the laws, and the people which showed itself devoted to him. He was utterly without…

This was my exit. I had skipped breakfast and at that time my stomach had began to rumble. Not far off the highway I spotted a quaint home that had been transformed into a diner. I decided to stop. An elderly woman with bouffant silver hair, wearing a blue checked dress and apron greeted me at the door with a smile before seating me. It was as if I had stepped back into an old movie or perhaps a doorway into the past. Upon the waitress’s instance, I ordered the daily special. It was a…