Decline of the Roman Empire

firmly against a tyrant, rumors regarding Julius Caesar caused fear and uncertainty of Rome’s future, and people had personal vindications against Caesar himself. Romans prided themselves on their involvement in their government with their right to vote. Many men across Italy fought for the right to vote in Roman elections. Keeping the Roman government free of…

thousands of Roman citizens…

Constantine’s conversion to Christianity was a pivotal turning point in the highly pagan regime of the Roman Empire (Afoldi, 1948). There has been much speculation by historians and scholars surrounding whether the conversion to Christianity was a carefully articulated political maneuver by Constantine, for military supremacy of the Roman Empire. Historically, scholars suggest that the context in which Constantine was said to have converted to Christianity was a militaristic based context, with…

Unit 4 Paper: Constantine is one of the main reasons for freedom of religion still to this day. Christianity was once banned from the Roman empire. When Constantine became the Roman Emperor he legalized Christianity making it okay for people to practice the religion. While doing so, he also allowed people to practice the religion of their choice. Constantine had an impact on Christianity for that reason. However, he also had a substantial amount of impact on religion as a whole due to the fact…

Cicero’s speech he is very obnoxious displaying exaggerated self-promotion (Cic.Cat.7-10). He acts as a glory hound and wants credit for saving himself and Rome from destruction under Catiline (11-12). In his speech he is very possessive of the state of Roman affairs both publicly and personally. He depicts Catiline as a traitor worthy of death (2.10). Throughout his speech he uses Praeteritio, making references toward and mentioning things he declares he will not speak about (14.1). Cicero’s…

built many temples and altars to the Roman Gods, and this alone gave many jobs to the lower class in society. Augustus was a hero to Plebeians, but he was also loved by Patricians. The Patrician class, especially the Senate, could still get by very happily if they just kept their mouths shut. Augustus genuinely believed that the smartest man was himself and he took his own advice. The only time he would ask for help was with war and money…

skilled leader that instilled many of what we would concise modern value into his Chieftain and warriors. Attila was a son of a nomadic Hun tribal King, born during the Roman empire influence on the world. Attila was a young boy of twelve when his uncle Rugila sent him as a child hostage to Rome. Attila grew up in the Roman Empire, which…

will analyse and discuss the political impact of the iconography of Roman Republican Coinage. Using ancient and modern sources, it will consider the development of coinage as monumental, and analyse whether its political impact was for the purpose of propaganda, or simply as a means of documentation. In the Roman Republic, coinage served as goods themselves, in a system of bartering, not like money used in modern times. Early Roman coins were stamped on the obverse only, serving as a display of…

Throughout the Roman, and Indian world, the religions of Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism became the predominant faith for each civilization. Each ruler chose to convert to their new religion out of genuine belief that it was what was best for their people. Constantine, The Emperor of Rome, converted to the Christian faith after having a vision on the battlefield; accompanied that night by a dream that instructed him to fight in the name of the Christian god. This vision had such a profound…

description of Roman Women far outweighs those made, by Helen E. Wieand, due to the process of informing her audience. Clark, introduces’ the very first stages of what it meant to be a women in ancient Rome from the early years of life, to their midlife, and lastly the average age of expectancy. While Wieand describes the roman women with a sense of bias since only women involved with the upper class or high marital status are mentioned throughout her article. Therefore Gillian Clark’s article,…