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Brutus, one of his closest friends and advisors, rocked the Roman world and set the stage for the development of the Roman Empire. In a similar manner, Judas Iscariot sold his teacher and friend, Jesus Christ, for 30 pieces of silver to those who wanted him dead. Julius and Jesus are two of history’s most influential individuals, making it fitting that their stories are quite similar to each other’s.…

enemy of the state and made an act of war by deciding to cross the Rubicon river confronting Pompey, a turning point that was the start of a civil war. The sources Suetonius’ “The Deified Julius Caesar” in Lives of the Caesars, Plutarch’s “Caesar” in Roman Lives, and Julius Caesar’s The Civil War each tell of Julius Caesar’s Civil War describing his political manipulation and rise to power involving the famous crossing of the Rubicon. Being able to distinguish between…

turned around on him. Early life of Julius Born July 12, 100 B.C.E into a noble history, Julius Caesar was well educated and his family was well known. According to Cicero (106-43 B.C.E) Julius Caesar was one of the most cultural and literate of the Romans. No one figured that one day he would have served as a young Asian minor. Caesar had a great job given…

murdered in March of 44 BC, which happens to be the same day that the last Tsar of Russia advocates. 2. When Rome was on its high horse, it was way ahead of its time. During its reign, the Romans were able to develop the Roman alphabet, which is what the Western world adopted and still uses today, the Roman calendar, which we also still use today, and other major feats, such as the ability to channel water throughout their cities. This could easily…

When the first civilization had walked on earth, they may have been brought to every circumstance that life on earth had to offer them. As people of science found proofs of these, people of faith continuously thrive to explain and reason out why. Ancient creatures fought for their survival and most of them didn 't. But when humans made it through, our evolution and existence shaped the world to what it is today. The Code of Hammurabi, the laws that shaped early civilization in the Middle East…

It is said that Carnival was originated in southern Europe with the Roman feast of Saturnalia, which is known as a midwinter celebration of birth and renewal, and the inversion of the norm. It developed during the Middle Ages into the Feast of Fools, in which the pretensions of the medieval Catholic Church were scandalously mocked. The Church, unsurprisingly, did its best to suppress the festival, but in long run assimilation proved more effective, and Carnival was incorporated into the Catholic…

Not Only Dictator But Also Military Leader When the name Julius Caesar is heard, it typically triggers the image of an exemplary leader that led Rome into prosperity. Although notorious for being an extraordinary dictator, he was also most noted for his military excellence and unsatisfied zeal for global expansion. Caesar was construed as a clever military tactician, whom displayed both caution and bravery, and was merciless, yet fair, which led to boundless loyalty from his soldiers and…

Julius Caesar’s Liberality Machiavelli uses the example of Julius Caesar in his chapter concerning liberality and meanness. In this chapter, Machiavelli focuses on how a prince should regulate his expenses and whether it is better for a prince to be liberal or mean with his money, or in other words, how generous or ungenerous a prince is which his money. Machiavelli uses the example of Caesar so as to counter an opposing point one might bring up. He uses Caesar as an example of what a prince…

“Joseph Stalin was born, Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, on December 18, 1878, or on December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar (Although he later invented a new date of birth for himself: December 21, 1879), in the small town of Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian empire ” (History). In the year of 1922, Joseph Stalin was delegated to a newly formed office for the…

architecture, road design, the calendar, sanitation and plumbing, and even the building blocks of our language. The Romans (or at least those who were comfortably middle-class) were educated, well fed, politically savvy, abundantly hydrated (thanks to the impressive aqueduct system), and protected by a fierce and competent military. And yet they fell! How? To this day, historians are not entirely sure. In an attempt to explain the fall of Rome simply, some historians suggest that Romans were…