Lawrence of Rome

One of the biggest reasons that the Roman Empire grew so massively is the acceptance of other cultures and religions. At its height, the Roman Empire covered 3.5 million miles. The emperors had a significant amount of power but they were respective of local customs. Free Roman citizenship was given to all the inhabitants of the Roman Empire. This became a source of revenue for the emperors. The large Roman army provided protection for the empire. The military camps allowed for the spread…

Introduction Rome was the most successful ancient civilization. First, they had the best battle techniques. Secondly, Rome built the best weapons and tools. Finally, Rome had amazing Architecture. The Roman Army By 27 B.C the Romans already controlled large areas of Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. Rome was able to control this area because of their dominating fighting force.The fighting force of Rome was one of the most feared and successful armies in history. For…

When it comes to Rome’s greatness, I do believe that God appointed Rome to be a vast empire, so that the gospel message would be spread all over the world. You see, there had to be an empire during the time of Jesus because God wanted the message of the cross taught throughout the Roman cities. We have learned in our readings that there were two common languages (Latin and Greek), that were used during the height of the Roman empire. Latin was standard in the western part of the empire and Greek…

Carthage College was founded in 1847 as a private liberal arts institution in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Located directly on the scenic shores of Lake Michigan, It provides an idyllic location for higher education yet remains accessible from two major urban centers, Milwaukee and Chicago. The Carthage College Choir, founded in 1927, began as a small a capella group which exclusively performed sacred music. Now, nearly 90 years later, the choir is a celebrated component of Wisconsin’s cultural landscape…

famous building looks the way it does today. The Colosseum is officially known as the Flavian Amphitheatre since it was the work of Emperor Vespasian who was a part of the Flavian dynasty era in Rome. Around 70-72 A.D., Vespasian constituted the Colosseum be designed and built as a gift to the people of Rome (“Colosseum”, 2009). Construction on this masterpiece took just about a decade but unfortunately, Vespasian died before the Colosseum opened. His…

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 frankincense, Egypt…

Roman Empire had a lot of influence on western societies today even though the Empire has been gone for a long time. The quote, “Rome never fell: it became something greater, an idea that achieved immortality” we can see that the Roman culture had survived, which in a sense means that the Empire also survived. Here are a few examples of important cultural ideas from Rome that still exist today. First of all, there is the Roman language, Latin. Since the Roman Empire conquered many different…

The Byzantine Fresco Chapel opened in February 1997 as part of the Menil collection which displayed the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the western hemisphere from the time it opened till February 2012. A frescoe is a quickly done painting in watercolor on wet plaster on the ceiling or wall, in order that the colors penetrate the plaster and when it dries they will become fixed. After it was announced that the collection would permanently return to Cyprus, the frescoes were later stolen from…

The Roman Empire is unique in its original and effective ideas Ancient Rome’s government set an example for future countries that used it as generations passed. Rome established a Republic, where citizens voted for The Great Roman empire also contributed a great deal of great ideas of their time and use today, such as the development of the alphabet, sewers and sanitation, the original concept of “lawyers”, and roads. The Roman Empire did invent “Aqueducts, Underfloor heating, Concrete and…

republic and finally by an emperor. The Roman Empire lasted 500 years, beginning in 27 BC and ending in 476 AD. The fall of Rome was caused by several factors, some of which having more of an impact than others, three of these potential factors are, the spread of christianity, the struggle to find enough troops and resources to defend the empire and the increasing size of Rome also had a big impact on the ‘Fall’. PEEL 1 One of the major issues that impacted the fall was their exertion to gather…