Tacitus

to what Nero was doing while this was happening. Cassius claims that Nero “climbed on to the palace roof, from which there was the best overall view of the greater part of the fire and sang the ‘Capture of Troy’” (Emperor Nero). Another claim from Tacitus said that “At the very time that Rome burned, he mounted his private stage and, reflecting present disasters in ancient calamities, sang about the destruction of Troy” (Emperor…

Lucretia 1666, Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn, Oil on Canvas Rembrandt explains the tale of Lucretia, who was the wife of a Roman nobleman. Rembrandt’s retelling of t Lucretia’s story showcases deep emotional feeling. Lucretia was raped by the son of a tyrannical roman king, named Tarquinius. Lucretia was a woman who valued Virtue and Honor (Harris.) In this period of time, a women virtue was idealized and at most times valued more than the woman’s life itself. Fearing that she would be regarded…

treated Christian very bad, they regarded Christian as evil. Because they thought Christian is a threat to their traditional religion and their dominant position. So they started persecute, to frame and even killing Christian. On the basis of Tacitus which is a Rome historian’s record and narrate. Nero deliberately incendiary in Rome city and fabricate it against Christians. Afterwards Galelious did same thing to Christian twice in fifteen days. It compelled the empire in that…

The Aeneid’s Impact on 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…

Hobbes refutes Machiavelli’s arguments concerning an ideal prince by arguing against Machiavelli’s rejection of natural law, his subsequent alteration of justice, and his misapplication of the good life. Hobbes begins by refuting Machiavelli’s rejection of natural law. While both men cite the nature of man as violent whether in acquisition through force, or a standing disposition of war, Hobbes argues that this bent of men stands in opposition to natural law. While men remain independent…

his paternal Aunt, Domitia Lepida the Younger. (Pg. 38) Suetonius described the younger Gnaeus as cruel as well. He was also dishonest, cheated his creditors and stole the charioteer’s prize money. He was “a man of ‘wholly despicable’ character”. Tacitus, a senator and another Roman historian, remarked that Gnaeus only avoided prosecution for treason towards Emperor Tiberius with Emperor Tiberius’…

strong sense of hostility between these communities, authors tended to focus on this aspect limiting evidence concerning Romans and Jews. What’s more, Greek affairs heavily influenced the Romans permeating their prejudices evident in the works of Tacitus , Hecataeus of Abdera and Apion . The main Jewish writer, who can provide details on the relations of Jews and Romans, is Philo of Alexandria. His high status in Alexandria already suggests Jews were able to secure respected positions. While…

Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, religion played an immense role in society. Romans saw religion as a duty to the state and to the community, not for the love of gods or the willingness to surrender themselves to the gods. During the Roman Empire the Romans practiced religion and worshiped their gods uniquely and in numerous ways. Worships practices, public religion, private religion and superstitious elements exhibit how the Romans practiced religion as well as how they view and…

Master and slave morality is a prominent theme in Nietzsche’s work Beyond Good and Evil. Master morality is an attitude of being to moral and appalling, respectively. Slave morality is an attitude which holds to the standard of that which is beneficial to the weak or powerless. Besides the differences, there are also similarities between them, including using this relationship as an undertake to getting to the basis of what it means to be “good” or “bad” and both types of morality being equally…

Thaqif Kamaruszaman Enlightenment and the French Revolution Marques The fires of the revolution that swept the nation of France during the 18th century were fueled by Enlightenment ideas brought in by thinkers, coming from the recent Scientific Revolution, to France composed of various backgrounds. From the execution of a monarchy, to the creation of a monumental empire, the French Revolution was ravaged and fought on the ideas of freedom and justice for all. The people of France were…