Republic of Macedonia

heavily by the Greeks. Multiple popular assemblies made up the Roman Republic. The centuriate assembly consisted of adult males. This assembly incorporated different classes in Roman society; however, wealthy classes retained the majority rule. As an aristocratic republic, Rome was dominated by the small percentage of the population who were wealthy. Plebeians and patricians made up the social formation in the early Roman republic. These two groups were much different from one another.…

The events that have taken place over past couple of centuries, and more so the past decade, have monumentally impacted the relationship between China and the United States’ for both better and for worst. Today, China and the U.S. have evolved into two of the most elite super powers, and classify as some of the world’s most prominent leaders in economics, military, technology and overall innovation. Currently, the United States is just weeks away from electing their next president, cyber-attacks…

During the late Roman Republic, Michael Parenti proposes to interpret conflicts such as power through the use of what he calls “A people’s history, therefore the title “A People’s history of ancient Rome”. In Michael Parenti’s words, “A people’s history should be not only an account of popular struggle against oppression but an expose of the anti-people’s history that has prevailed among generations of mainstream historians” (Parenti pg.11). His intention is to present the reader with a history…

The primary goal of the republican politician is to be elected and then reelected. This is necessary for the politician to even exist and must therefore be considered before any other issue. A common result of this is that elected officials will dishonestly try to appeal to the common man to garner votes. History is rife with examples of this. Many contemporary dictators, such as Hugo Chavez and Robert Mugabe, started by being publicly elected. They were able to manipulate the public into…

With the proliferation of cross cultural contact, it is imperative to be well acclimated with the geopolitical climate of a nation. Additionally, one must also be more generally habituated in regards to the current circumstances within that nation/Geo-political region. One such geopolitical climate that merits consideration is the Hispaniola region, more specifically the nation of Haiti. With both a rich social and geographical topography, Haiti presents an individual with an interesting case…

they would have had, and they could eventually save up enough money to buy themselves out of slavery and have enough left over money to have a semi-normal life than they had had before going into slavery. Slavery in Rome was a good thing for the Republic, and the Romans did not necessarily see the institution as morally…

dictatorship after Trujillo was in blamed for the death of their father. In a brief summary, Julia starts with Dede; the only sister left as she tells the story of her sisters through flashbacks to an American reporter. The location was Dominican Republic in 1943. Dede tells the reported how the third sister, named Patricia convinced her parents to send her with her older sister to boarding school. In bordering school Minerva, the oldest sister meets a girl named Sinita who confesses to Minerva…

The so called “Great Man History” model of viewing historical events has become more and more unpopular in modern times, being replaced with the view that historical events are merely a product of the social and political trends of the time. While I do believe that the new model is for the most part correct, it is important not to take the denial of “Great Man History” so far as to ignore the importance of certain figures throughout history. That is why I deem the statement, “history is not made…

Trujillo Molina ousted the chose president of the Dominican Republic in 1930 and remained in power for the next thirty-one years. Trujillo could profit by a tide of hostile to American assessment, the result of the way that the U.S. Marines had possessed that nation in 1916 and, after their withdrawal in 1924, the U.S. powers held control of the Customs Department Until his destruction in 1961 Trujillo would advance the Dominican Republic as a white Hispanic culture, despite the way that shoddy…

A long time ago in Rome, they had tribunes. They were called Roman Tribunes, to be exact. Roman Tribunes were very common and important back in those times. Roman Tribunes also play a big part in the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar. Roman Tribunes were basically like the military people of Rome back in the old Roman days. If fact it was around the year 490 BCE. So sit back and enjoy the ride as we find out what Roman Tribunes are and how they apply to the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar.…