Roman Senate

Despite the efforts of the Roman officials to balance out power, the Roman Republic fell due to continuous revolts. Citizens did not agree with the government placement of authority because they felt that the Patricians had more say than the Plebeians. Corrupt Roman officials were a big contribution as to why this was occurring. People such as Crassus and Caesar were causing the decline of the great Roman Republic. Citizens and public officials disagreed where the power in the government should…

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus kills his best friend ostensibly for a greater cause. He is a well-known man, recognized throughout the Roman Empire as an upstanding citizen, who follows a path of rigorous moral and ethical code. With this in perspective, we must wonder why Brutus would the kill the leader of Rome and his best friend. Perhaps the best way to understand the rationale would be by digging deeper into Brutus probable intention for taking the life of Cesar. A leader who is…

think of history they probaly think of the past presidents, or maybe intersting geographic features of their country. People don’t often think of history from other places around the world, but if you do, you would find out about the great ancient Romans. To start, the main part of Rome (Italy) was located on one giant peninsula (Apennine Peninsula) and consisted of many rivers and mountains. Also, instead of presidents in ancient Rome, they had dictators, for the most part. Two of the most well…

“At the height of the Roman Empire a quarter of the world’s population lived under Roman law”(“Frontiers” 1). The Roman Empire was a powerful yet strong government. It grew to five million square kilometers under the rule of a great warrior and emperor named Trajan. “Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman History…”(“Trajan”1). Trajan lived to be sixty-three years old nineteen which he ruled as emperor. He was a great man,…

(B.C. 31-A.D. 14) Following the assassination of Julius Caesar, a young Roman arriviste named Octavian arrived on the scene. Renamed Augustus, he was the founding father of the government that ruled the Roman Empire for hundreds of years. History remembers him as the man who not only ended the Civil War, but brought peace, prosperity, and cohesion to the empire. Thus, began the historical period known as Pax Romana or Roman Peace. In Discourses, Epictetus tells us, "For you see that Caesar…

did not work out. Mark Anthony sought the aid of the Queen of Egypt, which at the time was Cleopatra, whom Caesar once sought help from. Octavian managed to defeat Anthony and Cleopatra and was given the title Augustus, or “The Revered One” by the Senate and was Rome’s first official emperor. When Augustus became emperor he brought the Pax Romana, or an age where Rome had peace which took place from 30 BCE to 180 CE. During his reign he brought many…

of the Roman empire as well as the first emperor of Rome. His legacy on the Roman empire allowed it to become as large and powerful as it eventually became at its peak. Augustus was a particularly powerful leader because he was skilled at advertising his achievements for the Roman people to see. The pieces Augustus commissioned were like the modern day billboards, set up for all to see. Before his death, Augustus wrote down all of his accomplishments and had them inscribed across the Roman…

their lives of luxury. This weakness could not hold up against outside forces. Another reason would be their main beliefs from when they were growing like Roman soldiers losing pride in fighting for their state and instead cared only about money which caused weaker defenses. Social weaknesses led to a decline in the Classical Empires, such as the Roman emperors which became materialistic and increased taxes on the poor while rich did not have to pay taxes. Lack of inclusiveness and over…

influenced heavily by the Greeks. Multiple popular assemblies made up the Roman Republic. The centuriate assembly consisted of adult males. This assembly incorporated different classes in Roman society; however, wealthy classes retained the majority rule. As an aristocratic republic, Rome was dominated by the small percentage of the population who were wealthy. Plebeians and patricians made up the social formation in the early Roman republic. These two groups were much different from one…

In this essay we shall discuss the Romans’ reaction to Greek culture whilst comparing their relations with other cultures. Therefore, it shall be necessary to consult both ancient and modern scholarship. In order to understand the Roman attitude to the Greeks we need to explore the various things which Rome absorbed from the Greeks into its own culture. Amongst these are the conflation of traditional Roman deities with their Greek counterparts, inspirations for literature and the social…