Justinian I

The Move I have moved six times in the course of my seventeen years of living. Moving is fun getting to discover new places and meeting new people, but moving can also be very difficult having to leave close friends that you have grown very close to over the years. The toughest move yet has been from Nashville Tennessee to Birmingham Alabama. I had lived in Nashville for eight years and had started to think that we were never going to move again until the summer of my seventh grade year when my…

Over the Summer, I stayed with my best friend in Missouri. We had an exciting time on their boat. I learned how to play skip-bo, which can be very competitive. It was the first time I’d been so far from home without my parents. Spending time on the boat, playing cards and getting over my malady, in the hot Missouri sun, was one of the best times of my life. We went on the boat whenever it didn’t rain. One day, we decided to go tubing. Overall, it was great until the inner tube exploded, and…

On October 27, 312, Constantine prepared for battle against Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber River into Rome. According to tradition, Constantine looked up into the sky to see a blazing cross of light with an inscription that read, “in hoc signo vinces” (in this sign you shall conquer). Although Constantine was not a Christian, the sign of the cross—a prominent Christian symbol—led him to believe this to be a sign from the Christian god, and he ordered his…

I knew immediately that I wanted to give up social media for three days from the moment I read the details of the assignment. It was an easy choice for me because, it is something that I engage in every day. I am on my apps and my cell phone constantly. Perhaps even more than the average person should be. Checking my cell phone as I awake is a part of my morning ritual, and it happens subconsciously. I wake up in the morning and grab my phone to check Instagram and Facebook like it is the…

It was a normal Saturday afternoon, I was playing in the sandbox with my brother, Tommy. We had a dull crimson shovel, which was rusty from all the countless days it has been left outside. The sand was damp, from the storm the previous night. We took several breaks, as we wanted to dig the deepest hole that we could. Several feet down, we noticed a luminous glare. We thought we found treasure and we ran to get a camera. We finally dug out a deep enough enough the pull out the amulet. The…

My purpose of my research paper is to show how the rise of christianity played a role in the fall of Rome. When christianity first arose the government leaders and emperor thought of it as a threat. They believed that believing in one god (Jesus) and not the emperor would result in disloyalty to the emperor. And because of this threat of christianity the government would punish the people who believed in it. By execution or other harsh punishments. The government made all christians convert back…

Ben Bosma’s reputation as a renaissance man is substantiated by a simple Google search of his name. While this doesn’t necessarily surprise me in the least, what does surprise me is the number of achievements that Ben has been able to amass throughout his life that was revealed by the search. It was determined that Ben had an illustrious career as a United States Air Force pilot. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1975 with degrees in aeronautical, astronomical, and mechanical…

In the first few centuries A.D. Christians were rounded up and killed for their beliefs. When Constantine became the Roman Emperor in 306 A.D. things changed. The church became very powerful in the Roman Empire. In 476 A.D. Rome fell and Christianity was one of the many factors that caused it to fall. Christianity had several effects on the Roman Empire. There were religious, cultural, economic, and political issues in the Empire that were caused by the rise of Christianity. Some people say…

give you the power of a healer, which will renight the herds. Or, you get to be the destroyer, the one who will leave the pegasi of Anok a terrible fate. Luckily star becomes a healer, at least he thinks so, “But what if I am not the healer, what if I am the destroyer?” “ Then I will break my wings and jump off a cliff.”. Star already feels the pressure. Star has to believe he is the healer to be the healer, he can’t be the foal he once was, he has to fight for his herd.…

career, being more organized and helping me help my peers. Before AVID I felt like a beginner in an intermediate dance class. AVID has helped me by being m dance instructor, helping me step by step. AVID, being my dance instructor helped me become more focused and serious on what I wanted to do and how I would get to that point in life. Before AVID I wasn’t really worried about life would be like after high school or what I wanted to do. This class has opened my eye up to a variety of…