Western Roman Empire

The Forum of Trajan’s patron was Trajan. The purpose of the Forum was to house a market-place. The forums of this period were named accordingly as to glorify the names of the rulers. Trajan’s Forum was the largest built, a feat that certainly reflect the amount of power and wealth wielded by the patron. A structure in the Trajan Forum, Trajan’s column, celebrates Trajan’s victory over the Dacians. A modern structure that is similar to the Forum of Trajan would be a shopping mall. Both structures…

Roman Mythology The great city of Rome, we all know how Rome came to its great fall, but what about how it all began. Greek was very influential on Rome's development and cultures. The Roman have two stories to how their city began. With Rome's various versions of “Romulus and Remus”,the more famous version of how Rome began, this story has everything from Roman culture, wars, and Rome’s very influential way to run a government. The Roman culture has it all, fashion, art, and food.…

The history of Jerusalem goes back far in to the past, the best source of information about how the life looked like long time age is the Bible. The Old testament presents us with a lot of informations regarding how the structure of the city looked like because of the main religious sites that were build in the city. We can also learn from the Bible what kind of religious practices were performed and developed when the Jewish religion was born. There are other archeological findings that help us…

of Jupiter. As a priest he was engaged to a plebian girl, but Caesar broke off his engagement because being a priest he needed to be married to a patrician. Caesar then married Cornelia, daughter of a high profile and influential family. When the Roman ruler Sulla…

Roman Domas These town homes ranged from small single room dwellings to one with multiple rooms that could cover an entire city block. These were places of rest, leisure, and work, occasionally large enough to hold both extended families and their domestic slaves (Fife, 2012). A common feature was a central atrium where inward sloping roofs poured rainwater through a central square hole into a basin (impluvium) for storage. (Kamm, 2003). Roman Domas (Fife, 2012) Tenements Roman cities…

Stephen Taylor Humanities Epictetus. Enchiridion. Dover Publications, 2004 28 September 2014 The philosopher Epictetus was born ca. 50 A.D. in southwest Turkey. He was a weak and frail bodied slave that resided in Rome. Even as a slave he was allowed to attend philosophy lectures. Eventually he was set free for having opposing views to the Emperor. After expulsion from Rome in 90 A.D. he spent the rest of his days in Greece. This brief history of Epictetus is vital to understanding his works;…

The axial age, a period of about five hundred years from 800 to 300 BC, was an age when many different philosophies and ways of thinking emerged in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Some of the philosophies established during the axial age have endured the test of time and are ingrained in the cultures of today. One school of thought that emerged between 500 and 400 BC, at the tail end of the Zhou state, and is still prevalent in the Chinese culture of today is Confucianism. Although during his…

In ancient Italy, before the Romans risen, there was the Etruscans. This civilization occupied the central region of the Italian peninsula, in the tenth century BCE; they have settled down in now called the regions of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, Italy. Moreover, The Etruscan civilization shaped the early Roman society before they were conquered and absorbed; they made a profound influence to the Romans in which the Roman society adopted features and cultures such as artistic traditions ,…

From the Christian Martyrs in Ancient Rome to the suppression of Catharism in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Counter-Reformation and the 30 Years War that followed it, religious condemnation and persecution has been commonplace throughout European History, including the medieval era. Often, this persecution in fact benefitted the persecutors personally, rather than being a selfless act to ensure the faith remained ‘pure’. This was no less true during the 12th century Renaissance – the time of…

components from one piece, to another. Spolia, or “the spoils of war” is seen on a lot of different artworks, or monumental constructions. Like many roman constructions like the coliseum, the arch of Constantine doesn’t go unnoticed for its use of repurposed material. The use of spolia has many advantages that were very meaningful in the time of the Roman Empire. Recycling older material is a lot more cost effective than producing, or extracting new material. Not only is it cost effective, it…