Western Roman Empire

Romans decided supplanted that of Greeks in western piece of Hellenistic world. Contrasting Empires Romans and Chinese the Romans and the Chinese realms had nearly no coordinate contact however fascinating similitudes. Both prospered ca. 200 B.C.E.–200 C.E. were of comparative size (around 1.5 million square miles)…

his double-named grandnephew, and an emperor who played a metaphorical fiddle have all influenced how we live our lives today. This essay will demonstrate each leader’s contribution to their state, the life of their citizens, and the evolution of western civilization. In order to prove that Augustus was the most influential leader between himself, Julius Caesar, and Nero, this essay will emphasize their main ideas as well as link them to the modern-day. Julius Caesar is one of the most…

determine the shape of politic, and the great power of the senate has led to the demise of the Roman Republic. The people of the Roman Republic were divided according to the social status, most of the political power was in the hand of the Patricians, who were the members of certain elite families. The divided social status has given the most of power directly to the patrician men, who had dominated the Roman republic on both political and legal aspects. The most important institution of the…

At a time when religion dominated the historical landscape and was influential in every aspect of human life and determining the course of empires, the mathematician Hypatia chose to pursue and establish some fundamental philosophical and mathematical principles that govern a major part of human existence. She was responsible for many of the world’s greatest discoveries, which were obscured and hidden by the victorious agents throughout history until relatively recently when they were proved to…

does he want?”. The messenger explains, “He wants you to write another story glorifying his rule and the Roman Empire, and he is willing to pay a large reward.” To himself, Virgil thinks, “I guess my old friend needs me again.” This is a real life event that Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Virgil or Vergil, experienced numerous times throughout his life. His religion, love for the Roman Empire, and experiences with life during Caesar’s Civil War and Augustus’s reign, all affect his…

Lombards, and took control of the Lombard state… Charlemagne invaded the lands of the Bavarians in southeastern Germany in 787 and had incorporated them into his empire by the following year, an expansion that brought him into contact with the southern Slavs and the Avars… Now at its height, Charlemagne’s empire covered much of western and central Europe.” (Spielvogel…

audiences thought-out the Roman Empire from 264AD-404CE. “The term gladiator derives from the Latin gladiatores in reference to their principal weapon the gladius or short sword.” The majority of the gladiators were slaves fighting against other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. The origins of gladiators and the gladiator games are often disputed, but gladiators were believed to have started from the Etruscan civilization for religious purposes. For the Roman Empire, the…

description of Roman Women far outweighs those made, by Helen E. Wieand, due to the process of informing her audience. Clark, introduces’ the very first stages of what it meant to be a women in ancient Rome from the early years of life, to their midlife, and lastly the average age of expectancy. While Wieand describes the roman women with a sense of bias since only women involved with the upper class or high marital status are mentioned throughout her article. Therefore Gillian Clark’s article,…

The Middle Ages was an era in Europe that lasted since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE until the beginning of Renaissance in the 14th century (History). Throughout those centuries, literature arose as a way of spreading out religious topics through Europe being Latin the most popular language. Hroswitha was one of the several numbers of authors that appeared at that time. She was a canoness in the 10th century and considered the first German poet (Britannica). Hroswitha’s plays…

condemned criminals, slaves, prisoners of war, free Romans and even Emperors. In fact, the only emperor to participate in this kind of fights was Commodus. (4) He killed but was never killed because his opponents were poorly skilled or existed from previous fights or under-armed. This scene was acted in a movie called Gladiator. 5.3. Later History: The Colosseum saw various four centuries of active use, until the problems in the Western Roman Empire and the gradual change in public tastes put…