King of Rome

and Roman Civilization Carthage and Rome and the Punic Wars University of the People Term 5, 2016 - 2017 Instructor: B. Chambers Abstract: The essay seeks to unpack the rivalry between Carthage and Rome which played out in the epic Punic Wars of 264BC, 218BC and 149BC. For over 100 years, the mighty Roman empire and army were occupied with keeping the equally mighty armies of Carthage at bay and ensuring that their reach never extended too far or too close to Rome. Introduction: Carthage, the…

In ancient history, Carthage was the leader in western Mediterranean and Rome the leader in the Italian peninsula were two great empires of the west. Carthage was the first foreign power with which Rome came in contact with out of Italy. Carthage and Rome were two great rivals that nearly equal resources and strength (Morey, 1901). Rome had a much better organizational structure while Carthage was wealthier. Rome had a better army while Carthage had a very powerful navy. Both fought wars to have…

early Romans. Their outstanding abilities and unique culture helped to set them above the rest, thus, causing them to have such a heavy influence on civilizations such as Rome.…

factors had a significant effect on the Greek social, political, and economic growth. One of the principal reasons why the Greece was majorly dominated by tiny states and some other independent towns as opposed to being dominated by one all-powerful king was the geographical status. The existence of mountainous terrain, the numerous offshore islands, as well as the numerous isolated valleys encouraged the residents to form other local power centers instead of relying on a single center of power.…

throughout its two and a half millennia (2500 years). Rome’s history dawns in the 8th century BC, where the future empire begins as a small Latin village founded by Italic tribes. Those Italic tribes also held other nearby city-states in Central Italy. Rome was a state in which the people held its supreme power along with the distinct representatives elected and lead by a nominated and or elected president rather than a monarch. This type of government was called a Republic making this the…

territories were bounded by countries Samnium, Sabina, Etruria and Campania. However, there was unification of the Sabines with Latins on neighboring hills. Later, Etruscan settled within the Romans and infuenced in the area of art and culture. There was a Rome of the Four Regions. These four regions were called Esquilina, Sucusana, Palatina and Collina. The Latium means the land of the Latini. The Latium was also neighbouring…

civil war out of which Octavian will emerge as the sole ruler of Rome, dissolving in that manner half a millennia long period of Republic. The next five centuries Rome will flourish, struggle, change and eventually, under the heavy pressure from incursions of Germanic and other peoples that came in waves from the steppes of today's Russia and Asia, collapse leaving the world to deal with centuries of dark ages. The importance of Rome must be understood in those terms, just like great Roman poet…

be the King of Rome. Plutarch shows how Caesar learned from the great men who came before him in order to be greater then them in his time. He followed in the footsteps of Marius by using his wars with the northern tribes to compete with the senatorial conservatives. He took ideas from Sulla as he fought a civil war to show proof he could rule and then assumed dictatorship to restructure the republic. At this point its clear that he is becoming a tyrant and has many future plans for Rome.…

Caesar was a Roman Consul alongside Pompey, that converted Rome from becoming a Republic to a Dictatorship, under his long reign of his noble family, Julius. Julius Caesar was able to do this because the Roman Senate appointed him as Dictator for Life or “Dictator perpetuo”. He was able to achieve this noble title by becoming a successful war hero, and conquering the rest of Germania north of Rome. Once he conquered Germania he returned to Rome, to find out that his wife Calpurnia was dying,…

that this is fable and the descendants of Carthage were rather the Phonecians from Tyre who acquired land over the natives of Africa, the Lydians and Nudmidians (Morey, 1901) The government of Carthage was similar in structure to the tyrant kings of earlier Rome, being aristocratic and under military rule. Further reading tells us that the Carthaginians excelled in trade, building commercial links with the world powers if the time. This included the nations such as Arabia, for heir…