Roman Curia

interpretations with caution? The Second Punic War of 218-201BC demonstrated a challenge for Rome to prove its power against Carthage, and to finally establish itself as the greatest and most powerful city-state of the Mediterranean. The accounts of Roman historian Livy and Greek historian Polybius allow events surrounding the Second Punic War to be analyzed and explained in terms of significance and effect to determine what caused this infamous war. These ancient historians share related and…

before him — will also set up an idol in the future temple in Jerusalem and sacrifice to it. The Bible also associates the Antichrist to another person — The Roman General,…

skilled leader that instilled many of what we would concise modern value into his Chieftain and warriors. Attila was a son of a nomadic Hun tribal King, born during the Roman empire influence on the world. Attila was a young boy of twelve when his uncle Rugila sent him as a child hostage to Rome. Attila grew up in the Roman Empire, which…

will analyse and discuss the political impact of the iconography of Roman Republican Coinage. Using ancient and modern sources, it will consider the development of coinage as monumental, and analyse whether its political impact was for the purpose of propaganda, or simply as a means of documentation. In the Roman Republic, coinage served as goods themselves, in a system of bartering, not like money used in modern times. Early Roman coins were stamped on the obverse only, serving as a display of…

Throughout the Roman, and Indian world, the religions of Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism became the predominant faith for each civilization. Each ruler chose to convert to their new religion out of genuine belief that it was what was best for their people. Constantine, The Emperor of Rome, converted to the Christian faith after having a vision on the battlefield; accompanied that night by a dream that instructed him to fight in the name of the Christian god. This vision had such a profound…

description of Roman Women far outweighs those made, by Helen E. Wieand, due to the process of informing her audience. Clark, introduces’ the very first stages of what it meant to be a women in ancient Rome from the early years of life, to their midlife, and lastly the average age of expectancy. While Wieand describes the roman women with a sense of bias since only women involved with the upper class or high marital status are mentioned throughout her article. Therefore Gillian Clark’s article,…

self-centered actions, including the disregard of Roman law, to try to secure his rule of the Roman Empire. The case of the United Nations vs. Marcus Antonius must be brought to trial because there is evidence to support his violation of Roman law with regard to forming a political alliance with a foreign ruler in order to enhance his personal position, committing adultery, and committing acts of treason. One account of Mark Antony’s violation of Roman law was through his alliance with a…

Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” This quotes rings true in light of all broad aspects of humanity, but upon viewing the Renaissance, one can see a very direct correlation, especially in looking at the concept of humanism of which the root was a drive to go to the source of information. However despite this newfound rush to a source, there were a flowering handful of ideas and discoveries…

examine the differences between Antony and Brutus’ ways of speaking is to deconstruct two very similar sentences that they both said. To greet the plebeians, Brutus says “Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent / that you may hear” (3,2,13-14) while Antony greets the same crowd with “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” (3,2,65). Due to very small differences in these sentences it is clear who is more effective in persuading the crowd. For example, we see…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare, in many ways follows the traditional form of a tragedy, including a tragic hero. Marcus Brutus, friend of Caesar turned lead conspirator and the true main character of the play, follows Shakespeare’s specific model for a tragic hero. The tragic hero is a traditional element in tragedies. A tragic hero can be defined as a person of noble birth who suffers a catastrophe. A tragic hero also has a tragic flaw, which is a personal…