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Praetorian Guard, Their Role in Ancient Rome

This research paper examines the function of the Praetorian Guard within the political atmoshere of the Roman Empire. The members ...

1st to 4th Century A.D. Roman Mosaic Development in Great Britain

In eight pages this paper examines the development of Roman mosaics in Britain during this time with Cirencester and Fishbourne Ro...

Overview of 6 Roman Portraits

antipathy towards the Romans (2004). It has also been suggested that portraits in the Roman Empire at the time were more a reflect...

Roman and Modern Architecture

Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...

Roman Cultural Life and Architecture: Analysis and Interpretation

gender bias in the favor of men, who were lords and masters of their wives and children as well as their slaves. All male Roman c...

The Colosseum, a Roman Icon

rose to power. They were military conquerors of course, but they were much more: they were engineers and architects so skilled tha...

Declining Roman Mores Through the Eyes of Juvenal

This paper examines the viewpoints of Juvenal as they pertain to Roman society. Juvenal writes from the perspective of his day ...

Biography of Paul by J. Albert Harrill

This book review is on Paul the Apostle, His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context by J. Albert Harrill. This unusual biography f...

Roman History To The Fall of the Republic

conquests, Rome began to assimilate diverse other deities to join the old Roman pantheon, which may have had its cultural roots i...

Beowulf & Aeneas

past, which is now gone, and his son is the future (the founding of Rome), and he is the transitionary figure destined to bring th...

Children's Costumes: Ancient Egypt And Rome

of childrens costumes in ancient Egypt and Rome. VI. Conclusion a. Culture is the great equalizer when it comes to establishing th...

Paul's Letter to the Romans, Romans Thirteen, Lines 11 through 14

In six pages this research paper analyzes how this selected passage fits into the Book of Romans as a whole. Four sources are cit...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

Western Civilization and Its Ancient Influences

be the hub of all cultures and each harbored great concentrations of people. As people and cultures evolved they radiated from th...

An Overview of Ancient Egypt

In ten pages this ancient civilization is examined in terms of the significance of agriculture, the Nile River, and farmers' taxes...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Art of Ancient Greek Civilization

It is for this reason that Greek art conveyed abstract ideas such as "beautiful" concepts of the human body through a dichotomous ...

The Cultural Heritage of the West and Its Ancient Roots

in the article "Key Iraqi weapons official held" in relation to topics studied in the roots of Western Culture deal primarily with...

Museums and How Ancient Artifacts Are Uncovered

been able to gather enough information so as to understand the complexities surrounding a collection of semi-preserved writing imp...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Judaism and Ancient Egyptian Religion

the soul: the Egyptians thought that the there were several "psychical elements" comprising existence, including the ka (Dyson). T...

Figurines of Ancient Mycenae

This research paper discusses the figurines produced in ancient Mycenaean civilization and their possible uses, including the inte...

Egyptian Object/Catalogue Entry

Nespeqashuty died prior to its completion. At this time, some of the reliefs were finished, but many consisted of just an outline ...

Hesiod's Fable and Other Similar Works

Four political works in ancient history are examined. Athenian democracy is part of the inquiry but many issues pertinent to polit...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Analysis of the Ancient Near East Room, Metropolitan Museum of Art

holdings of a museum; the works that the museum owns and takes care of (The permanent collection, 2008). The Metropolitan owns mor...

Stock Characters

portrayal. Plautuss cast was in no danger of impeding upon each others characterization, inasmuch as they all embraced their own ...

Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, and Women's Roles

time expresses: "Rank creates its rules: A woman is asked about her husband, A man is asked about his rank" (Callender 12). By fa...

Comparing the Empire of Ancient Rome with Ancient Greece

to Egypt would also pay homage to some Egyptian Gods such as Isis and Horus. In Britain and Gaul there is evidence of the Romans m...

Compare Contrast Medical Care Two Countries

Many countries across the world offer universal health care. This is especially prevalent in Europe, the UK, and UK possessions, e...