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    Roman civil war happened caused by the slave group in late Roman Republic to complete political power and the establishment of military dictatorship. Caesar had occupied Rome and the civil war began. Later, Caesar defeated two other opponents. He practiced personal dictatorship, soon Caesar was assassinated and alliance with Augustus. Augustus is the final winner and the civil war came to an end. He established the Roman Empire. In fact, the civil war played an important role in promoting the…

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    Rome's Political Problems

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    of the Western Roman Empire. Many of Rome’s emperors were greedy, cruel, and lacked the skills needed to rule an empire. In addition, multiple emperors were mentally unstable. An outstanding example of an emperor with these traits is Nero. Nero burned down much of the heart of Rome, in order to make a palace to attest to his riches and honor himself. He also thought of himself much like a god and killed his own mother. A large number of Rome’s emperors were assassinated by their own Praetorian…

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    view of the entire public area. The monument focused attention on rome in that it made Rome a true center, a culmination of the expanses of the soon-to-be empire. It was such a success in its meaning, in fact, that in the fourth century A.D. the Emperor Constantine I erected a similar monument of identical purpose in Byzantium, in direct imitation of Augustus. Augustus’s contributions and addition to the system of the old Republican roads served both to revitalize them for their practical needs…

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    The Burg Eltz castle began construction between the 9th and the 13th century between Koblenz and Trier, Germany, and took more than 500 years to finally complete construction. The Eltz castle is one of two Medieval castles in Germany to have never been destroyed. Actually, the Burg Eltz castle has never seen battle action in it’s whole 800 years of existence. The castle was built over the Moselle river in a strategically important position, and the foundation itself is 70 meters high. In German…

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    Today I am going to talk about how Christianity destroyed Rome. God gave Christianity power for helping Constantine believe only in him. Christianity enforced their will on Emperor Theodosius. Finally, Augustine showed the Romans that they were spared by the barbarians through the respect of Christ. In Rome their were a group of men that were called Christians and had a great power. “They offered a spiritual comfort and the prospect of salvation on the one hand, and even riches as a worldly…

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    Senate and being the first name on the roster. This title was used officially by Augustus (then Octavian) because it had no royal connotations. In actuality, Augustus had auctoritas (‘authority’) far greater than that of merely a Princeps. He was an Emperor, but he did not explicitly say so, for his predecessor Julius Caesar had done similarly and as a consequence was assassinated by Senators for fear of his tyranny. There have been many Roman generals in the past who have made the transition…

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    Tang Yin Dichotomy

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    Tang Yin (1470-1523), also known as Tang Bohu or Tang Ziwei, was a famous artist of the middle Ming dynasty. Interestingly, his names are not only associated with the historical figure of a recognized painter and poet, but also with numerous fictions that feature him as the protagonist, ranging from Ming dynasty novels to modern television shows. Within the Tang Yin scholarship, studies are therefore sometimes divided into the ones on his biography and oeuvre and those on the fictional or…

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    set of values changed the way Romans looked at the Emperor. The introduction of a different religion was the beginning of the end of the Empire. When Constantine I, or Flavius Valerius Constantinus became Emperor, he believed Jesus Christ helped him win his battles (Mark). “Throughout his life, Constantine ascribed his success to his conversion to Christianity and the support of the Christian God” (Nicol). Constantine the Great was an Emperor who allowed Christianity to spread in Rome (The…

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    Beginings of Christianity In history change typically is never taken in a good way. Sometimes with change wars have started because the change or new idea denies and or doesn’t agree with the original idea. What happens if someone goes to someone and say what they were thought was all wrong and what they learned was the correct answer. Some say that Christians were hated because of their lack of loyalty to the ruler but it was because of their believes in gods. Christians were being tortured…

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    were, Social reforms, Military, Executive, Political, Religious, and Toll. Diocletian’s reforms were expensive and required a predictable income. His reforms results were less than easy to anticipate. He made the Social Reforms in order to give the emperors respect and overcome again. The military reforms to liberate from field armies. He separated the civil leaders from the military leaders. What Diocletian tried to accomplish was that he supported the borders and fixed prices for wages and…

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