Tacitus

the Roman army, wrote an account but his relationship with Tiberius, the future leader, may have resulted in bias. Paterculus wrote Roman History Dedicated to Marcus Vinicius 20 years after the battle and allegedly talked to survivors. Cornelius Tacitus wrote another depiction. Lendering claims he may have written a “masterpiece,” but he most likely took his descriptions of the battle from Pliny’s History of the Germanic Wars. While the facts may be true, they are third-person accounts at…

David Cox (2015), in his article "Celebrity Culture is Natural and Can Be Beneficial,” observes celebrity culture and the modern day obsession with the seemingly witless entertainment stars. It is quite a regular theme, even perhaps ironically, for movies to criticize the intellectual drain amidst society. There exists a notion that society needs to shift its focus of attention more towards intellectually gifted people than entertainment figures. The critical view taken by most still hasn’t…

The stories of the Christians being fed to the lions could have been fueled by the insanity of Christians to willingly die according to the pagans. It would be hard to argue that Christians were tossed to the lions for being Christians because most surviving accounts and evidence comes from Christians. The small Christian population at the time would have reason to exaggerate the truth in a empire surrounded by “bloodthirsty” pagans calling for the lions. The Christians being apart of the lower…

resent the criticism he received from her about his personal life and extravagant spending on the arts. Soon after this, Burrus died and Seneca withdrew from his position and Tigellinus was appointed prefect of the Praetorian Guard. According to Tacitus, this was a turning point in Nero’s reign. Tigellinus is attributed as a harmful influence on Nero. He is responsible for a reign of terror in Rome due to the extensive use of delatores, hiring spies and secret agents to track down possible…

“On all sides. we see war, on all sides, we hear groans, our cities are destroyed, our strongholds razed, the countryside desolate. Their is no one to till the fields; no one almost to keep the towns.. some are left limbless, some slain.” The quote stated by Pope Gregory II speaks of the brutal and destructive ways of barbarian tribe, The Lombards. The Lombards originated in the Lower Elbe Valley in modern day Dresden, Germany. Although from Germany, records state the Lombards origin is in…

In Kenneth Waltz’s Man State and War, he argues that “states are motivated to attack each other and to defend themselves by the reason and/or passion of the comparatively few.” Although most focus on the power of these small groups or the logical reasoning, much less attention is paid to the “passion,” where it becomes easy to see how nationalistic sentiments could become influential. John Mearsheimer has paid a great deal of attention to the role of nationalism in state interactions, arguing…

Pompeii was an ancient Roman city, located in what is know today as southern Italy, that remained lost to the world for over sixteen hundred years after a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius left it blanketed in ash. As the city was unearthed a clearer picture of Roman life began to emerge. Though several Roman cities were merely left to disrepair after the empire fell and not impacted by a volcanic eruption, they were affected by the elements that fell upon them in the nearly two…

Hadrian’s Wall is an ultimate example of incredible Roman architecture. Implying the use of many fine characteristics such as the superb shape, position and look, Hadrian fused all of these together to create an absolute masterpiece. However historians can only guess the original function. The most notable opinions, that challenge the idea that the function was to omit a fear factor, are the defence of a frontier from a dangerous enemy in the North, and the taxation and the monitoring of…

Title Name Class Introduction A culture according to Terry Eagleton (2016) is a complex whole of society. Culture includes the society's identity, language, values, beliefs, law, customs, and cuisines. It's the social norms and behaviors that are found in the human society. It's a concept central in anthropology that encompasses a range of phenomena's transmitted through the social learning in the human society. It is a sum of customs, attitudes, and beliefs distinguished from one…

Much like today, bread was a staple food in the Roman diet. Rather than making bread at home, buying bread from bakeries was commonplace as it is today. In most cases, these bakeries or pistrina made many varieties of bread and sold it in adjoining shops. Archaeological remains show a large quantity and a highly advanced number of bakeries throughout Pompeii proving their importance in everyday life. Likewise, thermopolia were important and very comparable to modern day dining. Thermopolia have…