Republic of Venice

William Shakespeare’s plays have survived and celebrated through the ages for their extreme drama and attention-grabbing plot. “Othello”, one of his widest know works, is no exception. Othello, an African American man who is married to his love Desdemona, serves as a General and creates conflict with Iago when he passes him up for a promotion to the Lieutenant position and instead promotes an inexperienced soldier, Michael Cassio. Iago turns for revenge from Othello and decides to strike him…

Another of the earliest poems of William Yeats is “To The Rose Upon the Rood of Time”, published by the poet in 1893, and has its focus on, then again, mythology and folklore as a way to convey longing for the past. The poem focuses on a narrator, presumably Yeats himself, and his detachment and dispassion for contemporary life, resulting in his nostalgic longing for the past and to be part of the Irish ancient legends – to transcend the life of the ordinary man. The red rose is used by Yeats…

Critical Commentary of ¨The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea¨ The documentary ¨The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea¨, is an academic investigation into the feasibility of a sea voyage into the Land of Punt at the time the events are described and also the possibility of being able to construct ships able to bear the attrition caused by the climate and currents of the Red Sea. Hatshepsut, known as the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, is considered to have had one of the most…

(Pg. 11) Julia Agrippina, also known as Agrippina the Younger was born in AD 15 to Germanicus and Vipsania Agrippina, also known as Agrippina the Elder. Julia Agrippina’s name was designed to emphasize her ties to Marcus Agrippa, her maternal grandfather and one of Augustus’ favorite soldiers, and Julia the Elder, his wife and Emperor Augustus’ only biological child. Much of Agrippina’s early life was spent on the northern border of Rome as Germanicus was on campaign there. Agrippina was born…

Introduction The movie Centurion follows the path of Roman officer Quintus Dias in the year of 117 A.D. The movie begins with Dias escaping from the Picts, a tribe which is preventing Rome from conquering northern Britain. Dias joins the Ninth Legion to fight against the Picts. The legion has a scout, Etain, to guide them to the Picts. However, Etain is not on the Roman side and leads the legion into a trap. Most of the soldiers die, but a few survive. The Picts take Roman General Virilus as a…

Throughout history, there have been many wars where it can be argued who won. During the times of the ancient world, one of the biggest arguments that can be made is whether Athens or Sparta and her allies won the Peloponnesian Wars. While there is substantial evidence to prove either side won the war, there is more information supporting Sparta and her allies as the victors of the Peloponnesian Wars. Sparta and her allies won the Peloponnesian Wars due to the strength of the Spartan military,…

Timekeeping was an important aspect in ancient rome. The romans used it in everyday life but also in the long term. Calendars allowed them to keep track of festivals, seasons, and agriculture. Though it was difficult to work with, it improved with time. For daily occurrences like meeting or meal times, knowing the time of day was convenient to know. These simple aspects that the Romans created simplified life for them. Timekeeping and calendars posed as an important aspect of Roman life and…

The Decline of Rome The most significant factors that contributed to the downfall of the Western Roman Empire were barbarian invasions due to a weakened military and a shrinking population that held resentment towards Rome. These problems converged and created a domino effect that eventually toppled the dignified Roman Empire. Rome had lost the essence of what made the Roman empire Roman. This included a disciplined and driven military made of confident soldiers who believed in the power of…

Nathan Sloan Humanities 1 Professor Richards 16 November 2017 Paper 2 The Aeneid was written in a very different time then the odyssey and the Iliad, it was a time of social change in Rome after the fall of the republic in the final war of the Roman Republic having creating a huge change the society of Rome and with the greatness of Rome declining, the new emperor Augustus Caesar began to institute a new era of prosperity and please by trying to re-introduce Roman values. The Aeneid was a…

After Alexander’s death Ptolemy, Seleukos and Attalos, three of his closest friends, emerged as leaders of their own major dynasties, founded in the aftermath of the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BCE, namely, the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, the Seleucid kingdom Asia, and the Antigonid kingdom in Macedon. Each of these kingdoms were similar in terms of their degree of Hellenization, the speed at which they grew, and extent to which they spread throughout non-Greek cultures within Egypt, Asia and Macedon…