Roman Curia

Gladiators, or “swordsmen”, were the main attraction in the colosseum. They reenacted famous battles, tragic plays, and even flooded the whole colosseum to perform sea battles. Gladiators could be prisoners, free men, and sometimes even women. When they fought it was it was all about the entertainment, if the people weren’t entertained then you were killed. Gladiators were a huge part of many civilizations cultures because they kept traditions alive. People would come from all around just…

sculpture was diversity. Every period had different style. As we can see, they were improved by time to time. In Hellenistic period, they were already developed. Those figures already had movement and emotion. For instance, Statue of a Gaulish Chieftain (Roman copy of a bronze statue from Pergamon, Turkey ca. 230-220 BCE), also called Ludovisi Gaul. According to Boardman, this figure was “thought to be a copy of a bronze original which formed part of a monument set up in Pergamum in the late…

The magistrates, Roman Senate, and the assemblies and tribunes are the three parts of the government. However, the most powerful one is the magistrates or the consuls. They controlled the tripartite, army, and decide if the people were guilty or not on court cases. They were elected only for one year and had the potential to control the citizens and other people that served in the government. The second government is that Roman Senate. They guide the magistrates and served…

Source 15, Letter from Christopher Columbus (1493), is the writing of Columbus who is writing to the King and Queen of Spain to tell inform them of his voyage and the things that he has encountered entering the Indian sea. “In that island… which… we named Espanola, there are mountains of very great size and beauty, vast plains, groves,and very fruitful fields.” He goes and continues to describe the scenery of the island, “The convenience and excellence of the harbours in this island, and the…

Hello my fellow Roman Senators, Enough is enough! Today we discuss the issue of attacking Carthage and whether to, or not to, destroy their city and take our pride back. This issue is one that has been talked about all over our land and throughout our people and needs to be addressed. I believe that we should attack and burn the city for many reasons including revenge for our people, it gets rid of all threat from them, and our pride is at stake. My first main point is, the army of Carthage…

intention for it to be published.Marcus was born in Rome to a wealthy and highly political family, which was able to give him opportunities with emperors he would never have otherwise. He also was skillful philosopher as well as a leading emperor in Roman history (Bunsen). Marcus Aurelius was a bold and effective leader, who wrote Meditations, giving him a way to express his ideas and philosophy. Beginning at a very young age, Aurelius was seen as mature leader and his future began to be laid…

There are many gods and goddesses in Greek mythology, but there are only 12 major Olympian gods. Greek mythology teaches the origin and the significance of them. All of the gods and goddesses have long pasts and large effects on other people. An example would be the goddess Artemis, who is part of the major Greek mythology family. Artemis, the goddess of hunt, had a strange birth, unique morals, and many companions and enemies. Artemis had two parents named Leto and Zeus, one sibling called…

betrayal. The impact of betrayal in the case of Julius Caesar is of unimaginable magnitude. The betrayal’s immediate consequence is the assassination of Caesar and there after massive chaos, instability and destruction become the cheif features of Roman life. The dreams of Calpurnia come true and the city falls in flames. In the case of the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ betrayal causes separation between Amir and Hassan and unfortunately ,the separation was so destined that both of them never…

Perhaps two of the most renowned artists ever to live were Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet. These two artists, although said to be very different, have many similarities. They were born merely 13 years apart, putting them in the same time period. Although born and raised in the same time period the two artist lived similar lives growing up, but as they matured their lives changed and these different paths helped create the individual style of these painters. Both painters were introduced to…

There were many different groups of people that resided in Rome. One of these groups was the plebeians. In the following short paragraphs, the plebeians will be described and the reason will be given for their importance. First, who were the plebeians? This group of people lived in the countryside for the most part. Many were poor and many owned small farms. They often also participated in wars, and were a vast population compared to the patricians of Rome (Morey, 2017). Second, why were the…