Roman Senate

newly formed navy would ram enemy ships and use “boarding bridges” to board Carthaginian ships. This allowed them to do something they were good at: hand-to-hand combat. After twenty-three years of fighting, Carthage finally asked for peace. The Romans granted it to them, for a price. Carthage had to pay a large amount of money and give up their colonies on Sicily. The second Punic…

The Roman Colosseum and it’s effect of Roman Society By: Teodoro Uberuaga Did you know that the Roman Colosseum had gladiator fights, animal hunters, mock sea battles and more. Could hold over 50,000 people. By looking at The Roman Colosseum, one can see that it had a big impact on Roman culture and politics, because they would hold public executions of Christians which made the religion appear treacherous. The colosseum main uses were: politics, entertainment and public executions. The…

These capitals were reconstructed in the Roman fashion, very often at the expense of the Roman treasury, with a network of customarily laid out streets and public buildings replicated from those of the capital, all allowances being made. Where the economic circumstances were auspicious, these capitals progressively took…

The first Roman Emperor, Augustus, began his reign in 27 BC with the establishment of an era known as Pax Romana or The Roman Peace, a span of roughly two hundred years involving peacefulness and minimal expansion by Roman military forces. Considered a miracle following the end of the Final War of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate commissioned Ara Pacis Augustea or Altar of Augustan Peace, to honor the Emperor, and align his leadership with the Roman goddess of peace, Pax. A correlation that…

Renowned classicist Mary Beard, a professor at Cambridge University, has spent much of the last half century studying the literature produced by the Romans and the thousands of books and papers that have been written about them. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome is an authoritative exploration of how a small, unremarkable and unknown village became such a central power on three continents in such a short period of time. The beginning of the worlds most renowned empire is typically lost within…

A famous leader, his double-named grandnephew, and an emperor who played a metaphorical fiddle have all influenced how we live our lives today. This essay will demonstrate each leader’s contribution to their state, the life of their citizens, and the evolution of western civilization. In order to prove that Augustus was the most influential leader between himself, Julius Caesar, and Nero, this essay will emphasize their main ideas as well as link them to the modern-day. Julius Caesar is one of…

both had plans for power after the death of Julius Caesar. Mack Antony had taken command of Caesar’s Legions, which was the largest Roman military unit. This caused enmity between the two men. Antony was engaged in war against the senate and Augustus joined the senate in the fight. He defeated Antony in 43 B.C but the senate refused his triumph. He the abandoned the senate and joined the Second Triumvirate, and they defeated their opponents in 42 B.C and assumed full control of the government.…

self-centered actions, including the disregard of Roman law, to try to secure his rule of the Roman Empire. The case of the United Nations vs. Marcus Antonius must be brought to trial because there is evidence to support his violation of Roman law with regard to forming a political alliance with a foreign ruler in order to enhance his personal position, committing adultery, and committing acts of treason. One account of Mark Antony’s violation of Roman law was through his alliance with a…

The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in its time period. It had acquired wealth and power on three continents and constantly growing its reaches to the next. It was one of the first with a much advanced government, military, and economic capabilities in which the empire flourished with its combined Greek and Latin culture. But as its constant growth and expansion was its advantage it also became one its major disadvantage, a small city to vast empire which ruled over the Mediterranean…

the Roman Republic and eventually torn apart. Octavian along the Roman Senate later broke with Antony because of his decision to govern a vast Roman world-state with his wife Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. Octavian successfully overpowered…