Roman numerals

The Battle of Cannae was among the Romans led by Aemilius and Varro, and the Carthaginians led by Hannibal. The battle took place in the southeast Italy the battle was part of a campaign of battles in an attempt to cut Rome off from their allies. B69-y taking the city of Cannae the Carthaginians chose a strategic battlefield because it is a flat plain, which is ideal for Calvary a military strength of Carthage. Cannae was also a critical supply city to the Roman army, Hannibal’s army had food…

THE ANCIENT GRECO-ROMAN DISCOVERIES IMPACT LIFE TODAY The ancient Greco-Romans invented, or had a part in inventing, many things that impact our lives every single day. We don’t even think about how these creations affect our lives much less the difficulties that the inventors had to overcome to create them. Throughout our daily lives we use and see so many great discoveries and creations yet we don’t even know who to thank. But those who do know thank the ancient Greco-Romans for…

The Ancient Greeks and Romans. There are many differences and similarities between the two empires, from their famous leaders throughout history, to their declines. It is interesting to study and go over what made up their Empires, the achievements that set them apart from others in history, and what each time period held for their people and their ways of living. We will be looking at and going over some of the main parts of their empires, from their famous leaders to the reason(s) for their…

Introduction The Romans were the most successful ancient civilization. First, they had conquered many countries with their armies. Next, they had a great Roman Republic. But finally, they had breathtaking architecture. We can still see the buildings that have been around, today. Roman Army Conquered Countries The Romans had the best military, and to prove this they had many great wars conquering Egypt and Greece. Like in c. 146 BC the Roman Republic fought a battle against the Greece city of…

Roman’s life was not that much different from yours. They had jobs, they had families, and they had a good family. The rich Romans had a wonderful life because they had slaves to do all of their tasks for them, they had plenty of food, and they had great families. The family and slaves would start their day by wishing the father of the home good morning (Newton). A wealthy Roman would wake up to see his slaves already working. One slave would be ready to put his toga on for him (Newton). Then,…

potestate, followed by the numeral indication of the number of renewals, was always part of the Imperial titulature. The adoption of tribunician power by the Emperor was part of the gradual creation of the Empire that, at first, was done exclusively within the officially republican framework of the Roman state. The process started when Octavian (63 BC – 14 AD) renounced his provisional powers that he held by virtue of his triumvirate in 28 BC . His power, in what concerns the Roman…

During the first two centuries of the Roman Empire the number of slaves increased dramatically. These slaves were mainly war captives, kidnapped and sold in Rome’s large slave trade. Slaves had no rights and the immoral Romans looked at slavery as part of everyday life. During the early Roman republic, debtors would be forced to work for landowners in order to work off their debt. When this practice was outlawed, slave labor was needed. Slavery was thus of immense economic importance. Slaves…

from early philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato. This resulted in a new way of thinking throughout Europe as these ideas that had been lost for hundreds of years had been rediscovered. Europeans also discovered Arabic Numerals which were easier to use than the traditional Roman…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is the most well-known religious leader in the world today. The office of the Pope was instituted early in the history of the Church. The Papacy was established much later. The leader of the church in Rome was a Bishop as was customary in the early church. In its origin the office of the Pope was not unlike any other office in church leadership, the term was not used exclusively at the church in Rome nor did it convey any special authority not available to…

After the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 5th century, the eastern Byzantine Empire flourished while the western regions disintegrated into fragmented kingdoms without any unifying authority. Europe was in the midst of its Dark Ages when Charlemagne was born in 742 AD. This time was marked by frequent warfare; therefore there were few cultural achievements during this time. Charlemagne became ruler of one kingdom in Germany in 768 AD, immediately setting out to expand his territory. Through…