Roman à clef

It turned out that the Christian converts had wanted the same things as the Romans. Unfortunately because Christianity was part of a number of mystery cults, images of the Nativity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection were not found in the third century Christian works of art (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). The theme of death and resurrection were not directly shown in the works of art but they were represented through many images that had been derived from the Old Testament. Faith and…

The Greeks have had a huge impact on the development of western society. Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle have been exceptionally important figures in the world. Homer’s contributions to literature are enduring in both “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” Certainly, the conquest of the known western world by Alexander the Great was a major influence in the region as well. However, one of the greatest and enduring contribution of Greece towards the Western world is found in their forms of…

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespare, Brutus displays leadership qualities throughout. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius, the leader of the conspirators against Julius Caesar, to participate in the assassination of Caesar, his best friend. Brutus is faced with the task of deciding to put his relationship with Caesar over the better of Rome. Brutus selflessly makes the decision to participate in the assassination of Caesar because of his potential to become too powerful. Brutus is an…

statue as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of”” and when you look upon the Capitoline Venus it would be very hard to argue. (The Capitoline Venus) The Capitoline Venus and the Esquiline Venus are to statues that depict the Roman goddess of love. Though they are of the same subject they are depicted in too very different ways. The statues are of the same material and around the same size but they portray Venus in to very different poses. The two statues have a lot in…

Starting with the social consequences, The plague had large scale social and economic effects. When the plague hit, the Europeans started to abandon their friends and family. They fled from their cities, and even shut themselves off from the rest of the world. The peasants started to become more empowered and soon started to revolt against the aristocracy once they tried to resist the changes happening as a result of the plague. Peasants began rioting in 1358, and 20 years later the…

the kings out of Rome and created a democracy. Before he did this Rome was a monarchy, which means it was ruled by a king. Cassius is talking to Marcus Brutus when he says “you and I -your ancestor- who would’ve let the devil himself reign in his Roman Republic before he let a king rule”(I.ii.158-161). Brutus suffers a catastrophe when he makes the realization that the other conspirators did not kill Julius Caesar for the same reason that Brutus did,which was for the good of Rome. After Caesar's…

The United States has come a long way since the days of the American Revolution or either of the World Wars. Today war is all about airstrikes, drones, and the use of any other new technology in order to find a way to keep our troops at home and fighting conflicts without having “boots on the ground” as the saying goes. However even with, or perhaps because of, this new technology our country finds itself involved in conflicts that are unconventional to what we have seen in our history. The…

Leaders are characterized as individuals who demonstrate compelling qualities in their leadership. This results in many followers being significantly impacted, ensuing their persistent devotion to their leader. Throughout history, some of these renown and inspirational leaders, such as Julius Caesar and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were assassinated; these leaders’ deaths influenced their followers’ actions positively or negatively. Julius Caesar and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were both revered…

To many Romans, Egypt not only was a critical source of food as well as architecture and culture, but it also posed a political and cultural threat. Additionally, despite a precedent of hundreds of years of highly developed Egyptian politics and society without Roman rule, many Romans saw native Egyptians as unintelligent, poor, or unhelpful. These xenophobic ideals were manifested in the social structures and cultural and legal restrictions placed upon the Egyptians by Rome following Roman…

I am now writing this letter to one of the world’s most famous explorers of all time, the late Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta, which is also just known as “Ibn Battuta”. Ibn Battuta was born on 25 February 1304 into a Muslim Berber family, in the city of Tangier in Morocco. ibn Battuta made a journey that is said to be the longest journey made, that lasted about three decades, where he visited many regions in Africa, Europe and Asia, where he managed to cover an area three times as great as…