Decline of the Roman Empire

self-centered actions, including the disregard of Roman law, to try to secure his rule of the Roman Empire. The case of the United Nations vs. Marcus Antonius must be brought to trial because there is evidence to support his violation of Roman law with regard to forming a political alliance with a foreign ruler in order to enhance his personal position, committing adultery, and committing acts of treason. One account of Mark Antony’s violation of Roman law was through his alliance with a…

Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” This quotes rings true in light of all broad aspects of humanity, but upon viewing the Renaissance, one can see a very direct correlation, especially in looking at the concept of humanism of which the root was a drive to go to the source of information. However despite this newfound rush to a source, there were a flowering handful of ideas and discoveries…

classical Eurasian empires, the Hellenistic Era, under Alexander the Great is superior to its contemporaries because of its size, the time it took to build, its diversity and adaptation to culture, and its style of government, the reverence of its subjects, and its legacy. Robert W. Strayer’s 2013 edition of Ways of the World provides evidence that compares and contrasts this empire with other regimes of the era to support this assertion. While it’s true that the Hellenistic empire was “founded…

The concepts of honour and loyalty were regarded by the Romans with paramount respect, reverence and admiration. Crucial to Roman culture, along with common values of honesty, virtue and righteousness, these ideals shaped the lives of many Romans, as depicted by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. Shakespeare alludes to the Roman ideal of an honourable death, continually referring to Brutus’ and the conspirators’ interpretation of honour and loyalty through vivid and striking imagery.Brutus makes…

attention from the Romans. This allows us to have a better understanding of Roman life and the society. It is still unknown today, of what truly caused the fire and who caused…

efficiently and is known for its effective strategies of living and militaristic actions (Perry). With such an enormous amount of land and power throughout the world, the Roman society was a very militaristic one. In order to keep their immense power throughout the world, violence, discipline, and death acted as huge part of Roman society and life. In military combat frequently, Rome provided a lot war and violence to its citizens. In times of peace, however, Rome needed something to uphold this…

The triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire started with a young rabbi teaching radical Judaism. Jesus Christ, the young rabbi, taught a reformation of Jewish religion. He taught love and nonjudgmental ideology while he associated with unclean people such as foreigners, tax collectors, prostitute, and people with leprosy. The teachings of Jesus Christ created a large following of people. The followers spread throughout the Roman Empire the image of a divine being that could heal people, cure…

Has anyone ever wondered what a Roman tribune is? “A Roman tribune is an officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate or consuls” (Alchin). The leader of a tribe was known as the ‘tribunus’, which is ‘tribune’ in Latin. A tribune has ten ordinary people in it. These ten people hold a good deal of power and have the ability to dismiss any…

decisions. The fact that Brutus holds true to his beliefs, no matter the cost makes him the tragic hero in the play. Marcus Brutus was born into a very noble family, this is the first element of a tragic hero. His ancestor Junius Brutus created the Roman Republic by fighting the Tarquin Kings. This was incredibly…

part to unify the Eastern and Western empire and take back the Holy…