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The Success of the Romans

over rough terrain. Also, with a such a large empire, they needed a very orderly system of travel with connected paths to ensure t...

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 ...

London's Early History

for his death (Wells, 1931, 469). In effect, Caesar was consumed with one goal: to satisfy the desires and urges of Caesar. Well...

Ancient Rome's Leadership Contributions

In five pages this paper discusses the Roman Empire's contributions that were considerable despite emperors' defective personaliti...

Comparison of the Romans and the Greeks

In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...

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...

Livy's The Early History of Rome

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

Rome’s Great Peace and Julius Caesar

Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus served as the first...

How Constantine Changed the History of Rome

_The Roman emperor Constantine was responsible for more than making Christianity the law of the land. This paper examines his cont...

Tiberius and Augustus in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

In six pages 2 Roman emperors and their reigns are examined as featured in Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars. There is no bibliograp...

Sixth Century Codex of Justinian

regard to the constant oppression of overtaxation; in their attempts to "escape from the burdens" (Hanson PG) of unfair economic o...

Western Roman Emperors and Power Disintegration

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

Fair and Accurate? Evaluating Constantine’s Conversion

there is also the possibility that his refusal to do away with pagan practices entirely is because of his own adherence to them. ...

The Communist Emperor of China, Mao Zedong

on the planet. It had a number of dynasties and emperors in its long history, until the 20th century, when it became a Communist n...

Essay on Hans Christian Andersen

were dashed when his voice began to change; however, an off-hand remark that referred to him as a poet inspired Andersen and he be...

Literary Portrayals of the Conflict Between Illusion and Reality

her book The Feminine Mystique. Not all fifties kids turned into sixties hippies. Goodwin talks about baseball and the pleasures o...

Violence, Conflicts, Contact

In five pages culture and contact, a conflict that often escalates into violence, are examined with references to three books Jiha...

Questions on the History of China

huge country (Kaplan, 2001). Wihtin this country were seven great powers (competing with one another in both military and economic...

Crime Detection in the Works of John Dickson Carr, Edmund Crispin, and Agatha Christie

In five pages this paper examines detective crime fiction and how the readers are engaged in the detection of the crime in Carr's ...

Political and Social Changes in Japan and China

In a paper consisting of 5 pages changes in politics and society resulting from mid 19th century emperor's actions to the end of t...

Emperor Augustus and Roman Advancement

Emperor Augustus, previously known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, effected numerous changes that led to the Great Peace or the...

'Optimus Princeps' Roman Emperor Trajan

Trajans rule that actually brought in the Roman Empires Golden Age. Bennett examined what gave Trajan the reputation that follow...

Life and Works of the First Roman Christian Emperor Constantine

before Constantius died and the army promptly proclaimed Constantine as Caesar; this was something which worried Galerius, but he ...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

the Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558. He was born to King Philip I of Castile in February 1500 and although he was born in Ghent,...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever

about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...

Greek and Roman Theater

As such one could clearly argue that the basic design of the Epidauros influenced the design and construction of the Colosseum. Th...

264 BC to 133 BC Roman Empire

results of this long and complex war was that Carthage and Rome decided to essentially share, or divide Spain. However, a bit late...

Roman Society and Culture in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

among those of the ancient kings, and a raised couch placed in the orchestra at the Theatre....What made the Romans hate him so bi...

Dinty Moore The Emperor's Virtual Clothes The Naked Truth about Internet Subculture

The writer analyzes the Moore book using examples from the text and reveals the possible implications they have for today's techno...