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Cicero, Tradition and the Crisis of the Late Republic The Late Republic the period following the rise of the Gracchi was known largely as a time period where chaos, disorder and the breakdown of tradition conspired to break down the Roman state that had functioned largely harmoniously since the end of the conflict of the orders and especially during the Middle Republic a time period ruled by the crisis of the Punic Wars. The Roman state and its Constitution was ruled not by any set of written…

This essay is anchored on the issue whether monetary engagement, necessary to expedite business operations between business operators and government regulatory agencies, is grounded with ethical foundation of facilitation or an act of bribery. Furthermore, this article aims to tackle the concept of cultural and ethical disparities underlying facilitation or bribery. Also, this author would like to explore universal tenets of business ethics which would theoretically govern the ethical dimensions…

Women in Science, the Revolution has Begun The history of women from the Middle Age until now, had continuous periods of emancipation, and depending on the time in history, different roles and different considerations. In the Medieval society women could only work in the fields or at home taking care of the family. In the first decade of the ‘800 women started to be able to access to jobs in factories even though they still couldn’t have an instruction that could put them at equality with men.…

The words “veni, vidi, vici,” or otherwise roughly translated as “I came, I saw, I conquered”, were spoken by the man who could be considered as ancient Rome’s most famous persona, Julius Caesar. These three words have become iconic and synonymous with what can readily be labeled as ancient Roman “philosophy”. It was an outlook that, in certain contexts, marginalized groups of people through slavery while glorifying the image of honour and warfare. The Forgotten Legion, written by Ben Kane,…

To be a baseball catcher it is very important you have the right setup of their body in back of the plate. Baseball catchers have to go through a lot of strength training and drills to gain that ability to have the right stance and be able to keep that position and be able to change positions when needed. It looks like a very easy position but in the end it is one of the most important positions in baseball. To start off in the position you will have cervical extension to be able to watch what…

that what he had discovered was not India. He navigated, according to his own imagination, close to the coasts of the fourth Asiatic peninsula (which Heinrich Hammer had already drawn cartographically in Rome in 1489 31 ), always close to the Sinus Magnus (the great gulf of the Greeks, territorial sea of the Chinese) when he transversed the Caribbean. Columbus died in 1506 without having superseded the horizon of stage 3 of the interregional system. 32 . He was not able subjectively to supersede…

Studies have shown that alcoholism is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, with approximately eighty eight thousand deaths per year. A Swedish physician named Magnus Huss invented the term alcoholism in 1849, before that the word used to describe the uncontrollable need to drink alcohol was “dipsomania”. Even from back then, the causes of alcoholism have been examined over and over and it has come to the conclusion that there is no known exact cause. It has been…

Thando Consolver 12F Since the unbanning of the ANC and PAC in 1990, formal negotiations had been opened up by President F.W.De Klerk. President De Klerk’s motives for this were due to a list of dynamics including: sanctions, disinvestment and foreign pressure. After the release of political prisoners (including Nelson Mandela), talks between the government and ANC had begun and CODESA 1 was put together as the final and formal part of negotiations and as a forum to negotiate the transformation…

Dante voyages through paradise in nine spheres, there order is the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Fixed Stars. This is a trip through heaven's journey towards the vision of God in the Empyrean, a realm of pure light (The World of Dante). The sun is the home for the theologians and wise men (Digital Dante). At this time, the sun was seen as a symbol of intellectual power and illumination, it could even represent God. This “planet” was perfect for the theologians and wise men…

HEATHFIELD CLASS 11 PROJECT. JANUARY 2015 THE HISTORY OF HOT AIR BALLOONS Hot air balloons date back to Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han kingdom (220-280AD) in China. These were used for signaling in the military and are known as Kongming lanterns. Albert’s Magnus who was a German philosopher also contributed with his theory of relative weights. In the 1500s Giovanni de Fontana made a object from cloth and rings of wood. His theory was if a burning brand that made lots of smoke was placed under the…