Roman dictator

caused by a flaw. For Brutus, this is his nativity. He often does not question anything around him and because of this, he lacks judgement. A good example of this is when Brutus compels himself to kill Caesar after reading letters from Cassius as a Roman citizen. Brutus proclaims "O Rome, I make thee promise, if the redress will follow,thou recievest thy full petition at the hand of Brutus!" (II:ii:56-58). He is essentially saying that if Rome deserves justice, then he will be the one to give…

culture. A Christian can died for their faith but we cannot affirm that his son, grandson or his offspring can the same thing. The bloody and hiding daily life filled with fear and anxiety of Roman soldiers and persuasion is not what Jesus wants for his people. The existence of church is settle…

killing Caesar is for the good of the Roman people. Yet Brutus does not simply immediately agree with Cassius, instead Brutus ponders what would happen to Caesar if he got the crown. Brutus wonders, “But, when he once attains the upmost round/He then unto the ladder turns his back” (JC II i 25-26). Brutus suggest that if Ceasar would be crowned he would forget where he came from and all his fellow friends, including him, and instead of acknowledging his fellow Romans would instead scorn them.…

Throughout the fourth century, the Roman Empire saw many different changes to how its government functioned. As Christianity grew and steadily became interwoven into the empire, it influenced these changes. The imperial bureaucracy, the army, the emperor, and the concept of the empire all were shaped by the Christian religion. Christian doctrine helped to legitimize these different organizations and people while creating a firm foothold for itself within the empire. The expansiveness of the…

What is it like to be peer pressured? The three messages from elephant Have you ever been peer pressured into something? Have you ever peer pressured someone into something? Do you ever feel like you need to do something to impress the people around you? Do you ever want to feel cool? Can you feel cool doing something that felt wrong to you? In the story Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell, George was peer pressured into shooting, an elephant for the Burmese. There could have been…

The Roman Military The Roman Empire was arguably one of the most technologically advanced powers of all time. The feats they accomplished with the technology they had was mind blowing, and today we are still trying to figure out how they accomplished everything. The Roman Military is one example of this point, from the incredible machinery to the quick witted tactics during time of war, the Romans were the rulers of the world. They revolutionized how a military is operated and how to manage it…

idea of severe oppression is conducted. That is why the Athenians may have created a democracy. It is to be noted that the Athenians did have slaves, but they were not treated like the Helots. The Romans like the Spartans had a focus on the military. According to the book of humanistic tradition, the Romans after overthrowing the Etruscans kings began to extend their…

the greatest Latin writer but also the greatest writer in any language. Cicero was a greatly respected Roman philosopher and writer who tried teaching the Romans about Greek philosophy and rhetoric. He wrote his “Second Philippic Against Antony” to try to stop Marcus Antonius, better known as Mark Antony, from turning the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into an autocracy. To persuade the Roman citizens, Cicero used the art of rhetoric in his speeches. While reading his speech again, one can…

The play is full of what might seem at first to be anachronisms, but may simply be ways of connecting this ancient story with contemporary London. This is how ancient Romans viewing Pompeii’s entrance to the city are described: Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yes, to chimney tops, Shakespeare’s contemporaries would have recognised in this the populace gathering for the processions…

In the beginning of this course we were able to decide our groups, and with that we would be picking what area of research we will as a group study throughout the semester. I knew right away that I wanted to be apart of the group that studies religion. I chose this group because I personally am a very religious person, and the only thing I have ever learned about ancient Greece and ancient Rome was their mythology and religion. What I expected to find through my research was people being…