Roman Curia

Discuss the impact of Greek and Etruscan influence on early Roman society. The Greek and Etruscan had many different influences on Roman society. Although the Greeks influenced the Etruscans they both promoted different aspects to roman society. The Etruscans ruled much of North Italy, while the Greeks established town in South Italy. With the knowledge and information that the Greeks and Etruscans provided to the Romans really influenced the Roman society and what Italy is today. The Etruscans…

Maison Carrée in Nimes was built in around 20 or 19 BCE, during the Roman urbanization of the Celtic’s land in southern France (Gaul). Maison Carrée was one of several temples built under the rule of Augustus Caesar. It is 82 feet long and 40 feet wide and 40 feet tall. The name Maison Carrée is derived from archaic French carré long, meaning ‘long square’ for the obvious reason that it is rectangular in shape. It was originally commissioned by Augustus Caesar’s son-in-law Marcus Agrippa, but…

Julius Caesar Assassination Paper Julius Caesar was a Roman Consul alongside Pompey, that converted Rome from becoming a Republic to a Dictatorship, under his long reign of his noble family, Julius. Julius Caesar was able to do this because the Roman Senate appointed him as Dictator for Life or “Dictator perpetuo”. He was able to achieve this noble title by becoming a successful war hero, and conquering the rest of Germania north of Rome. Once he conquered Germania he returned to Rome, to find…

A mysterious presence came up behind me, I turned around and in a blink of an eye I happened to be stabbed, I Julius Caesar had been stabbed inside the Curia of Pompey on the 15th of March (the ides of March). On the 12th of July, 100 BC I was born in Italy, Rome. My family was a noble aristocratic family, but we weren’t rich quite the opposite we were poor. father Gaius Julius Caesar died when I was only 15, ever since that day I have lived with my mother, Aurelia Cotta until I was ready to…

The Roman Empire lasted for a very long time. It was the most “extensive political and social structure in western civilization” (Mark). The Roman Empire was at its height in c. 117CE and by 285 CE it had grown too large to be ruled by a central government. This is when it was divided into a Western and Eastern Empire. There were many rulers and many dynasties during this time. The Roman Empire influenced much of western civilization and left many and lasting contributions to western…

bricks and left it a city of a city of marble”, uttered by the first Roman Emperor. When I think of this man I think of the a powerful administrator who could change a whole society by himself. Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus known as Augustus was born on september 23, 63 B.C, in velletri, Italy (Roberts 6). After his great uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated Augustus rose to power. Not only did Augustus found the Roman Empire and was its first leader but while over his rule he brought a…

On the nineteenth of August, 14 CE, the founder of the Roman principate Octavian Augustus, died of natural causes after holding the position of princeps for forty-one years. Despite significant effort in the decade preceding his death to secure a smooth dynastic succession by the sharing of offices and titles with his adopted son Tiberius, a distinguished military general in his own right, substantial unrest followed Augustus’ passing. It quickly became necessary for more popular family…

would enter the War on the following day as partners of Germany. Until then, the career of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, working in the Vatican, had been relatively routine. He fulfilled various roles in the Church and became a senior official of the Roman Curia, before being appointed to a senior position at the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in 1936. However, his speedy rise through the ranks of the Vatican civil service is a clear…

structure had a unique purpose. The Roman population needed an abundance of fresh drinking water to thrive. The water from the Tiber River was not drinkable and rainwater was not bountiful enough to supply the city. In 312 BC, Censor Appius Claudius Caecus commissioned the first aqueduct, Aqua Appia. This aqueduct showed the power of the empire to provide water to the city in a fast and efficient matter. As the population grew, the empire created more aqueducts. The Romans built the aqueducts so…

Pier delle Vigna was inappropriately charged with the attempted murder of Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor and king of Sicily. He was conspired against by envious people who wanted to see an end to his greatness. Once charged, Pier was jailed, beaten, and had his eyes viciously removed from his skull, blinding him. He saw no hope for his future, and therefore ended his life, by bashing his head against the wall until his brain leapt from his cranium. Pier was the victim of political envy, which…