Military of ancient Rome

Roundup The chief of the Greek fire department, G. Karatzias, submitted his resignation, following his disagreements with the political leadership. New Democracy: The tender for the broadcasting licenses has collapsed political, legally and morally. The tender organizing committee has been exposed to great responsibilities, because it did not ensure the effective control of the asset acquisition records of the bidders and the non-existing guarantees of Kalogritsas. The central Jewish council…

The Minoan civilization on Crete that flourished during the Aegean Bronze Age from around 2600 to 1400 BC, has been a subject of study and imagination for centuries. From the ancient Greeks who told tales of a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull to Sir Arthur Evans, who started to unravel the secrets behind the mythical Minoans around te turn of the twentieth century. With the unearthing of huge palaces, roads and temples in Knossos, and other parts of Crete in subsequent…

The Tuscan Florentine vernacular is a Romance language that arose from Vulgar Latin, between the 6th and 9th century. It belongs to the subgroup called “Italo-Romance”. This descent is due to the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Despite the many other Romance dialects that arose from Latin, this vernacular became the most dominant and prestigious vernacular for writing and for educated communication in Italy today. The first official document in the vernacular in Italy was the…

The American Gilded Age yielded an extreme amount of economic prosperity and industrial improvements. During the late 19th century following the Reconstruction Era, the economy flourished and America transformed from a struggling country to a thriving nation. Railroads, businesses, cities, and agricultural centers benefitted from the growth during this period. Gilded, as defined by The Free Dictionary, means “to cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold” or “to give an often deceptively…

3. Musicians and dancers: Fine arts like music and dance have reached glorious heights during the period of the Vijayanagara rulers. The wide spectrum of music and dance in the Vijayanagara period is attested by testimony of sculpture. An attempt has been made to give an account of different aspects of the musicians and dancers in the Vijayanagara temples of Rayalaseema. The temple walls, pillars, adhisthana, gopura and other component parts display different models of musicians and dancers.…

– Hazel Wong (Abdel-Razzaq, 2015) Humans, Body and Building: The idea of harmony and proportion has been haunting the human mind since antiquity. The use of proportion and measurement to create a harmonious city scape can be seen in ancient cities like Athens, Rome, and Cordoba but where does this proportion come from? Nature of course, but it’s a specific part of nature that humans relate harmony and proportion to: the human body. Vitruvius was the first person to publish his ideas on the…

Bloodlust has been the driving force in the formation and persistence of empires since humanity’s manifestation. The Romans, Spanish, Mongols, and British are a small example of groups that both rose to power and expanded through the merciless slaughter of thousands, simply to satisfy their own greed and yearning to conquer. Yet for some reason it seems to be common Western practice to reflect upon these “great conquerors” and praise their accomplishments, while simultaneously berating the…

engulfed in a great civil war against the Taira or Heike Clan. The Heike clan were an aristocratic group full of cultural refinement and arrogance. Their defeat was imminent, for the Minamoto clan slowly restored order and peace through strategic military actions. Through Atsumori’s story, a member of the Heike clan, the buddhist ideals of reconciliation and enlightenment are embedded as social messages. In the beginning, as the Heike clan were retreating, Atsumori forgot his flute, named…

The Odyssey is a classic piece of literature. This is an indisputable fact. The work has traversed centuries, influencing authors, playwrights, film directors, and every form of media we now use. In creating this narrative, Homer set standards for all future authors, one of the most prevalent being the formula for a hero. Odysseus appears to be the ideal protagonist, intelligent, strong, often described as attractive, and always acting with the best of intentions. He seems to be the original…

What is the answer to the elusive question that is immortality? According to the reveled rulers of the ancient lands, one lived forever in the vast monuments that these authorities had crafted as representations of their supremacy. Ironically, however, it is because of these “immortal” renditions, that we have proof of just how evanescent life – no matter how formidable, can be. Nevertheless, those rulers who thirsted for immortality still live on due to their stories being captured forever in…