Roman Forum

Doctrine of Perpetual Growth – Robbin’s presents the idea of perpetual growth, an earmark of capitalism, which is defined just as it sounds: an idea or believe that a society or culture can experience an everlasting growth within their economy. Western culture holds on to this idea of perpetual growth, and through agents such as capitalism, modernism, industrialism, they attempt to make it possible. As such, it is pertinent to understand the belief of perpetual growth because the aforementioned…

Since the beginning of the “working woman,” women everywhere have been earning less than men for equal work. On average, women make only 80% of what men do. This gap in the American workforce is a prevalent issue that has led to the revolution of women everywhere, demanding equal pay. The main issue, however is that many people don’t care enough to actually implement a change. When looking at this topic through the ethical lense, it is easy to see that there are varying viewpoints on the wage…

spend, and the poor know how to spend what little money they have. Therefore, while the rich provide the means for the poor to improve society, the poor will teach them how they can use their money to do so as well, In Zapiro's cartoon World Economic Forum, the annual meeting of international leaders of industry, government, and academia in Davos, Switzerland to propose solutions to global economic issues is depicted. One might expect these leaders to approach the issues with a significant…

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Much of ancient Rome’s architecture was influenced by other cultures, but the Romans were always able to make it their own. One example is the Roman basilica that was largely influenced by Greek stoas; the Romans were able to take a Greek idea and apply it to fit their own needs and aesthetic, making it uniquely Roman. The first Roman basilica ever built was the Basilica Aemilia and was the first of many basilicas that would eventually be built in Ancient Rome. Stoas were large roofed and…

On the third day ashore, I made my first visit to Trajan’s Forum. The forum is two centuries old and was built by Emperor Trajan after their successful wars against the Dacians. Using the riches acquired during the wars, the Emperor rewarded the Roman citizens with the building of the forum. Construction was started in 107 CE and completed in 112 CE. The Emperor used architect Apollodorua of Damascus to construct the forum. The forum which is the largest in Roma, is a vast complex which has…

What do you think is the comparison between the Athenian agora and the Roman? Have you ever asked your self about what each has in common and how they are being used in a different way? Well, athenian Agora is an alternative name for a place in Greece. Also the Roman Forum. Both Athenian Agora and Roman Forum are located in the middle of their city Agora and Forum are linked to Greece and Roman cities, they both refer to a place where people are gathered together. Agora is used for commercial…

the Roman Empire and just prior, to Gaius Julius Caesar. The rise of the Roman Empire began shortly after the death of Caesar, and many of the emperors followed closely in his footsteps with the use of architecture as propaganda as he had done. This paper will analyze Caesar as one of the first and most successful users of propaganda, and how the Roman emperors after him used architecture as propaganda. Julius Caesar was a Roman Dictator who ruled during the Roman Republic. Although the Roman…

Caesar and the Creation of the Forum Lulium” author Roger Ulrich analyzes how the Forum Lulium came to be, and how it relates and changes from Cicero and Caesars early planning. One aspects that Ulrich is trying to get across is that the Forum Lulium is constructed extremely quickly, and this relates to the rapidly changing physical fabric and political state of Rome. Because of this quick construction many things are changed later, and thus the final footprint of the Forum Lulium is different…

Augustus’ Rome Nearing the last decades of the Roman Republic there were many underlying tensions. Much of the political unrest was due to the civil wars that caused great divides between the population and also due to instability of the government. When Augustus officially came into power and ‘restored’ the Republic to its former glory one of his major projects was to create parallels between the current era and the beginning of Rome. He wanted Romans to be proud of their history, and to…