Tiberius

There exists a symbiotic relationship between history and collective memory, whereby historians become the undertakers of this memory for preservation. In the predominantly oral culture of Ancient Rome, the conventional model for historical production was exclusive to the noble historian, whereby history would be an amalgamation of the public Roman memory and his own memory and assertions. For as sociologist Halbwach surmised, the individual memory does not alone have control over recovering the…

The soul of the Classical Era was the creation of universal religions and their spread through Afro-Eurasia. These religions shifted and hijacked whole empires and became one of the most influential developments of history by 300 C.E. Arguably the two most notable religions were Christianity and Buddhism. To understand the impact these religions had on history their origins, spread through Afro-Eurasia, and similarities are to be analyzed. The origins of Buddhism were created by the first…

Emperor Nero, infamously known as one of the most oppressive of the Roman emperors, came to power in 54 AD, with an extensive range of reforms. While Nero’s initial rule and reforms were immensely prosperous and popular, his rule soon degraded as negative influences, debauchery, and maliciousness, became his legacy. The reforms under the influence of Seneca and Burrus were exceptionally successful, however, without their guidance, Nero’s further reforms brought colossal amounts of chaos and…

Now we move on to Augustus of Primaporta. This piece is a life sized statue sculpted in marble. It is believed to have been commissioned in 15 AD by Augustus’ adopted son Tiberius. Like Justinian, we see Augustus in military regalia. Augustus has his right arm raised in the classic pose for orating, perhaps addressing his troops. In contrast, Justinian appears to be in the midst of, or perhaps just returning from, battle.…

by extension, judgements, are ill-informed than the entire system falls apart, which is why they say they are crucial. In order for it to work you have to have a proper perspective to make judgements, and in order to gain that you have to think carefully about subjective values to make sure they are appropriate. To help form appropriate values there have to be some restrictions. These particular restrictions include values that are informed and that fit the person. There cannot be any radically…

Small landowners lost their farms to aristocrats 3. This caused a large class of poor families 4. Tiberius and Grais tried to introduce a law to prevent this from happening 5. But they were beaten to death by some senators B. A New Role for the Army 1. Marius recruited in a new way, intriguing the poor and lower class with promises of land…

instead to “the story of [Brutus] whose devotion to Rome and to the cause of the republic was . . . unrelenting” (Crow 462). After expelling the Tarquinians, Brutus, “[the establisher of] the first Roman Republic,” is informed of his sons’, Titus and Tiberius, involvement in a plot to reinstate the monarchy, so Brutus executes them both (“Study for ‘The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons”’ par. 1). In lieu of mounting Revolutionary momentum, the story of Brutus “acquired new . . .…

Romulus. The following day Odoacer, who is now the ruler of the Western Empire, plans to have Romulus killed; However, Ambrosinus convinces Odoacer to spare the boy, and exiled him to a summer villa on the island of Capri which was built by the emperor Tiberius. The historical account of Romulus Augustus is that he was “son of Orestes, who once had been an assistant to Attila the Hun. After Attila's death, Orestes joined the service of the western empire and quickly achieved senior position. In…

Roman society was built on the back of slaves. Slaves were an essential asset to all Roman Imperials. Roman slavery defined Imperial society, and without it, life would have fallen apart. This essay will be focusing primarily on Italy, as this was the centre of Imperial Roman society, in addition to the fact that we have the best estimate of the numbers of slaves in this area. This essay will be structured and analyzed as follows. First will be the number of slaves who were in the Roman Empire.…

Throughout the late Middle Ages, there were numerous powers of authority that were overlapping their jurisdiction. This caused great upheaval in terms whose authority hand the final say in the land. The papal authority held fast to the hierocratic state which believed God gave the papacy both swords of authority (civil and spiritual) leading the church to believe that the sword of civil authority could be withdrawn from those in power. This created a stain on civil and papal authorities which…