Ravenna

periphery by giving to the poor. He would constantly give his bus fare for charity and run home to catch meals. He considered it an honor and a privilege to be a servant of the poor and suffering. By 1921, at the age of 20, he was a central figure in Ravenna. Pier was anti-fascist, and participated in church-organized demonstrations in Rome. He withstood police violence and rallied other people by grabbing a banner the the police had knocked out of a petitioner’s hands. Many people were…

Dear Brother, it is I, your sister, Eudokia Laskarina, writing to you from Ravenna. I have awful news concerning our former homeland. I am terribly heartbroken to say that it is no longer. Many of our former friends and family perished in the awful, frightening battle, including my fiancé, who was felled by the sword as he was doing his best to defend the city. I am very thankful you escaped the deadly siege the city was forced to endure. I am afraid it has been the Turkish people who were…

to join it again (by emperors Diocletian and Constantine, who made Christianity an official religion of Rome), but in 395 A.D., weakened by Barbarian’s pressure, it was finally divided into Eastern and Western. The capital of Western part became Ravenna. By year 476 there was no Empire anymore. Its decline and collapse “was significant for future generations” (Cruickshank, Merritt, Porter 242). On the ruins of Roman Empire the Western civilization was begun, having become the heir of Romans…

Byzantines, “who employed strategies that were designed to protect Ravenna, the administrative center of Byzantine government in Italy, at the expense of Rome” (Straw). Even though he tried to solve these problems by fighting back, he realized that he was not able to defeat them, and tried to seek peace with the Lombards (Straw). Even though trying to create an alliance between them could have been risky for the independence of Ravenna, Gregory got close to Theodelinda, the catholic wife of the…

clearly, while only noble women could view Theodora’s clearly. Teteriatnikov claims that placing noble men at the head of the congregation was a custom in Roman churches in the Early Christian period and the early Middle Ages. Therefore, churches in Ravenna would have similar placement of men and women as other Roman churches did, if not exactly the…

Julius Nepos make Romulus Augustulus’ dad, Orestes, the master of soldiers. Orestes eventually took over the palace of Ravenna and later, in 480 AD, Julius Nepos was assassinated. This meant that Orestes would now rule the western empire, but he decided to give it took his son, Romulus Augustulus. No one knows why he chose his son to rule instead of declaring the throne his. Some believe Orestes thought Romulus Augustulus would be more excepted then him, because Orestes had no roman blood…

Throughout the middle ages, and more specifically for the sake of this essay the 5th to the 15th century, religion was a cause for great collaboration and, by contrast, great conflict between secular and ecclesiastical rulers. The Council of Nicea discussed Constantine’s desire for a Christianity to be the official religion of Rome. The Carolingians and Pippinids proved that there are benefits from working together with the church. Their dynasty was to be the first rule by divine leadership.…

In the city of Corinth, a woman named Medea was abandoned by her husband and banished from the city along with her two children by King Creon. Furious in rage, Medea plotted to seek revenge on them at all costs. She acts reasonable with Jason and gives him clothing gifts in return to bring peace between them. When Jason’s new wife put on her new clothes, she was in flames burning out alive. When Creon saw her daughter burning out, he jumped onto her killing himself. To make things worse for…

Social Reintegration The release of recovered addicts from treatment facilities and rehabilitation centers is very crucial for it is then that they decide if they want to continue getting better by not engaging in their previous acts anymore or if they want to go back to their old habits. These individuals would be feeling lost and confused after their release. They have gone in treatment for months and they would go back into their own community as if they haven’t even been there before. The…

Gustav Klimt’s ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the most beloved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt was well known for creating paintings, murals, and sketches. One painting that he was most notable for is called the The Kiss. In this painting, his aesthetic sensibilities are not compared with any other artists because he created art that portrayed themes that include love and feminine beauty of the body. He…