Holy Roman Empire

The Roman Colosseum and it’s effect of Roman Society By: Teodoro Uberuaga Did you know that the Roman Colosseum had gladiator fights, animal hunters, mock sea battles and more. Could hold over 50,000 people. By looking at The Roman Colosseum, one can see that it had a big impact on Roman culture and politics, because they would hold public executions of Christians which made the religion appear treacherous. The colosseum main uses were: politics, entertainment and public executions. The…

Discuss how much of Roman society and thought were Greek in origin. The Archaic Roman Empire was molded by a great deal of foreign ideals; however, Roman religion, art, architecture, literature, and philosophy were inspired most by Greek influence. This discussion forum response will delve into the different aspects of influence that Greece had on Roman society. Influence of the Greek society was brought into Rome following the fall of the Greek Empire, when a multitude of well educated Greeks…

In 1906 San Francisco suffered a devastating earthquake and fire. Naturally, this brought a building boom to the area; making the years 1906 to 1910 Maybeck’s most productive. One year after the earthquake Professor Andrew Lawson (famous geologists associated with the Golden Gate Bridge) asked Maybeck to design his house. However, around that time, Lawson also had discovered that the Hayward Fault ran almost directly underneath where his house was suppose to be build. Instead of picking a…

The Roman aqueducts have revolutionized the way humans get water, and as a result, modern countries are still using the same basic concept. As Rome grew, emperors needed a way to supply water to cities. Engineers developed a system of pipes that transported water from lakes and rivers to a city. After the water reached the city it first went to a system of brick-and-concrete tanks called castella,or castles. From there it was relocated through pipes and sent throughout the city to places like…

Rome and China, from about 200 BCE to 100 CE, developed technology. Though Rome and China both recognized technology as an essential part of their society, the Romans believed that technology was below the aristocratic elite, and the Hans did not. The first group of documents implies that technology comes from the benevolent government. The writers of these documents are most likely vying for a place in the government. The second group, two documents from Rome, suggest that technology is not…

Mithraism contains elements of Hellenistic cosmology but the complexity of this relationship remains unclear as there exists a limited selection of primary sources detailing this masculine cult. There is no surviving text detailing the myth of Mithras making it difficult to discern and understand Mithraic culture and its perspective of Hellenistic cosmology. What has survived includes the tauroctony, an iconic depiction of Mithras wearing a Phrygian cap slitting the throat of a bull with one…

The Hippodrome was a course designed for chariot racing in ancient Greece and later ancient Rome. In researching this ancient Greek structure, my research will come from reliable historical accounts, because I am unable to go to examine a Hippodrome myself. I will be examining four areas in this essay including how the Greeks used the Hippodrome, why it was important, and lastly, how it’s importance still affects society today. The Hippodrome, similar to a racecourse today, was an ancient…

years and decades after the actual Nero’s death is a puzzling matter. At least three men (though Tacitus suggests there were much more) claimed to be the late emperor, then proceeded to gain support from plebians, military officials, and foreign empires. All of them were reasonably competent leaders, but the primary reason for their albeit limited success was their supposed name. This paper hopes to discover how and why more than one man threatened Rome by taking up the mantle of a dead…

Professor Spyridon Marinatos excavated the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri, Thera. It is believed that Thera established itself as a flourishing centre of trade in the Mediterranean, and as a result has formed the basis of the subject of some frescoes. Doctor N Marinatos summarises the purpose of the frescoes excavated in Akrotiri as much more than works of aesthetic worth, and argues that the frescoes had a specific connection to the function of the room in which they were painted. Furthermore,…

of the Mayan style of architecture on both their daily lives and culture and how it left a lasting legacy to cement the status of a classical empire will be shown. Their architectural style will also be described along with how it was different in how it was done and an original style of architecture. Mayan architecture was developed in the classical empire of Maya. They developed their style of architecture with respect to their predecessors the Olmec and the Teotihuacan people. Those people…