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have a half brother, there was never an affair, and furthermore he was never sold into slavery. This is where a large issue arises. ‘Hercules and his friend are taken captive and sold as slaves. Our hero eventually ends up in a makeshift arena in Sicily as a gladiator.’ Battling as gladiators is a part of Roman culture. One of the most fun inaccuracies however, is the lighting-whip sword that somehow seems to be invented in 500 B.C. Hercules traditional weapon of choice is actually a club. One…

The Black Death The Black Death was a pandemic that wiped though medieval England. It was estimated that this pandemic of the plague, the second pandemic of this disease, killed about 1.5 million people between the years of 1348 and 1350. During this time frame there was very little medical knowledge. Even less known about the “plague”. The bubonic plague is caused by a rod-shaped bacillus called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is a bacteria that is carried by rats. Most rats have an…

troops in each location so that it would up the chances of winning the battle. Not only the Roman military but other countries militaries wanted to expand their empire and the countries did that. Between 264 to 133 BCE, the Roman Army expanded into Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Spain, Macedonia, Greece, and a vast amount of lands in Northern Africa [5]. It is important to expand the military into other countries because the diverse types of land each type of land offers diverse types of defenses.…

were acceptable and seemed to be highly workable. Similarly, it appears feasible with what resources they had available. The disastrous effect of Plague, the untimely demise of Pericles, one of the experienced commander and disastrous expedition to Sicily, where nearly forty thousand Athenian allies perished, brought the most advanced Greek state into final…

Thucydides described the 21-year long history of the Peloponnesian War (431-411BC), between the alliances of Sparta and Athens, the two powerful city states of ancient Greece (war formally ended in 404 BC). This war was the result of the Athenian rise to power because ‘the rise of new power always creates uncertainty and anxieties.' Athens and her alliance dramatically increased their power after the thirty years’ peace treaty. Both alliances “refused to give up their position under the…

ships with drawbridges which could be used in boarding the enemy’s vessels.” (Morey 1901) Rome emerged a victor from the First Punic War; the Carthaginian naval supremacy were subdued by Rome, moreover the peace terms gave Rome the whole island of Sicily, except the independent Greek colony Syracuse, and the island of Corsica. Shortly after the war, Rome took advantage of political instability in Carthage in the form of revolt, and annexed the island of Sardinia. (Durant 1972) Undeniably, the…

Birth of the Rome As most civilizations, it is a trend that neighboring communities are of some influence to one another, for nothing in this world is completely original, for ideas derive from something else that spark inspiration. Though, these peoples are still a mystery, today to most historians due to their language never fully translated despite their bountiful evidence of their existence, they impacted the world’s most striking empire, Rome. Romans recognize them as the Etruscans.…

There are many countries around the world that exist solely for the purpose of living; Italy is one of these countries. Although small in size, Italy offers an abundance of culture and historical sites to see With the Alps on the northern part of the country, it separates Italy from the rest of the European mainland. With history dating as far back as the militaristic Roman Empire, the influence of its rich culture can be found throughout Europe. Some examples of this influence include popular…

Sonnet 120 is a reflection of sonnets 33-35, though leaning more to Sonnet 34 because of the fact that he uses the word ‘once’ in the first phrase. Sonnet 120 is about the unfaithfulness that existed between him and an unnamed friend and how much pain it has caused them. In the first line Shakespeare inform his reader that his beloved had shown him unkindness at certain point of time. In this context, ‘unkindness’ is believed to mean unfaithfulness, meaning the youth in question committed an…

dominated the political landscape across Europe for much of the Medieval ages and throughout the Renaissance. The Hapsburg family ruled a large variety of different nations throughout its reign, including the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Hungary-Croatia, colonial possessions in the New World, and other nations. The Hapsburgs were an incredibly powerful royal house throughout the ages that would forever shape the world and European continent with their rulers, fights,…