Tiberius

The Roman empire vastly transformed during the time period of 500 BCE to 500 CE politically and culturally due to social class division. It lead to the motivation of citizens to change their government and the conversion from their polytheistic beliefs into one monotheistic religion. This great empire’s history began with the tale of two brothers, Romulus and Remus, who are said to be the founders. According to Kotkin, “ The source of Roman greatness lay instead in their peculiar civic…

Celebrated Greek Thucydides talked about ladies and said "the best eminence is to be minimum discussed among men, whether in recognition or point the finger at." At first look, the part of ladies in old society absolutely appears to reflect that counsel. Ladies had no part in the mechanics of majority rules system at antiquated Athens for instance. Medieval society was completely managed by men; females were not guided even in matters that particularly affected their lives; they had little or…

SUMMARY Adrian Goldsworthy’s book, Augustus First Emperor of Rome is an extensive biography examining the life and political dominance of Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus. Goldsworthy states that he wrote this biography in an attempt to give a more detailed and accurate account of the life of Caesar Augustus. He believed that Caesar Augustus’ life was separated into three distinct time periods based on his given name at the time. “Thus, we have a man with three very distinct names at…

The ancient Roman and Greek societies received the most recognition but my interest resides elsewhere. The one civilization that drew much attention and had a lot of interaction with Rome and Greece is ancient Egypt. To the Roman and Greek peoples the Egyptian civilization was seen as a mysterious realm of exotica, power, and wealth. For these reasons I, just like the ancient world, wanted to know more about this culture. My main focus was the unique belief system the Egyptians possessed. I…

easily have touched the man's eyebrows. Simon controlled his eyes and kept his stance on the other man waiting for his answer to his identity. But to his surprise, Ebela spoke again, “This, Simon, is a visitor to Bethany from the town of Gesher near Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee.” “Yes, I know the town of five homes well. And which house do you come from,” he asked the man, looking at his eyes intently, “the gray stone hut as you enter the town, or the gumbo clay hut near the creek?”…

The cult worship of Mithra, the supposed Iranian god of light, justice and the contract, grew at a rapid rate during the course of the late first century A.D. The mystery cult is now a topic of debate amongst scholars, due to the mysterious nature of the cults appearance across such an incredible distance so suddenly throughout the early empire. This essay will discuss this issue of sudden growth across several distant regions during such a short a short period of time, taking into account…

Gladiators had to be strong to stay alive and normal citizens had to be strong to perform their jobs. Strength was so important that the emperors were typically weight trained and led by example. The Roman historian Suetonius stated that Emperor Tiberius (14 AD to 37 AD) could punch a hole through an apple and inflict a wound on a human with a simple flick of his finger. Thus, training with resistance was a staple among all Romans for preparing for war, work, and for rehabilitation. It should…

An Exegesis of John 15:5-11 Historical Context The Gospel of John has been widely recognized as one of the most influential books in the New Testament. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are quite different from this fourth Gospel of John. The first three books are known as the synoptic Gospels due to the fact that they all convey the same picture. Although there are many similarities, John significantly differs from the other Gospels. John is unlike the other Gospels is that John does not…

To accomplish this, we turn our attention towards Rome’s greatest historian, Livy. In his work, History of Rome, Livy dedicated ten of his 137 books to the seventeen year long Second Punic War. So to begin, Hamilcar, Hannibal’s father, was the commander of the Carthaginian forces late in the First Punic War, and this is the root of Hannibal’s great disgust for the Roman Empire. Livy tells us that after this war, when Hamilcar was preparing to transfer his troops to the Iberian Peninsula to…

Two courses of action, it was argued, were required. First, crypto-Judaism could only be overcome by the introduction of an Inquisition; second, Jewish influence over the conversos could only be overcome by their expulsion. These ideas, adumbrated in works such as Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium Fidei, continued to gain ground, and on 27 September 1480 the Catholic Monarchs appointed Inquisitors in Castile who began their work in Seville shortly after (1481). Conversos, often subjected to torture…