The Julio-Claudians Emperors: Civil Government and Military Concerns Relations between emperor and subjects encompassed dealings with the senators and equites Augustus portrayed himself first among equals rather than as dictator like Julius Caesar, thus emphasizing civil rather than military power Augustus’ immediate successors came from his extended family so a single dynasty ran the Roman…
Landlord and tenant law has a lengthy history which can have its origins traced all the way back to the Code of Hammurabi. However, landlord and tenant law evolved into its present shape during the Middle Ages in England. A landlord is defined as a person or group which owns property and agrees to allow…
Al-Qaeda, an Arabic word for “the base” was a terrorist group started in 1988 by a wealthy Saudi named Osama Bin Laden. The members of Al-Qaeda believe an extremist form of Islam known as Wahhabi. This is one of the most traditional forms of Islam which teaches that the only respectable word is that of…
Outstripped any other kind of public entertainment Bread and circuses Chariot races were held in the circus (circuit) The Circus Maximus- largest in Rome, one of the oldest Rudimentary seating all around the race track but it kept getting renovated until it became the largest building in the Roman empire 600 m x 150 m;…
Mark Antony: Co-Consul With Caesar Assassins killed Caesar and said the republic was restored Mark Antony said well I’m in charge He was Caesar’s best friend- Brutus refused (we’re not butchers, were getting rid of a tyrant; we’re not killing all of our opponents) MA was now in charge No one knew what was going…
Coliseum; amphitheatre Invented architecture primarily for these combats Amphi- going all the way around; the theatre in the round Coliseum- colossal Performance space with people sitting all around is a Roman invention Arena= sand (that’s what you needed to soak up the blood) 45m x 20m (performance space) 200x 150m 9 storeys tall Equipped with…
Countess of Longford, Elizabeth Pakenham, was born in London England in 1906. She attended Lady Margaret Hall and Oxford University where she studied classical history and philosophy. She later married Oxford professor and politician, the seventh Earl of Longford in 1931, with whom she had eight children. She worked as a tutor from 1930-36 in…
George Lucas is one of the most influential film makers in Hollywood history. He is also the guiding force behind Star Wars and its sequels. The Star Wars movies tell the story of the rebels Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo as they battle the evil imperial forces of Darth Vader. These films became…
In pre-revolutionary France, the monarchy was more than a core component of the French identity – indeed for many, it was the French identity. A king had always ruled, and the nation held a sense of pride and a vested interest in upholding a throne that had endured centuries of turbulence and had emerged relatively…
The ‘Brumaire Coup’ I)The Consulate I. 25 December 1799 Constitution: Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul A. The constitution was approved in the Dec 1799 plebiscite B.1802- Napoleon becomes “consul for life” C. 2 Dec 1804- Crowned ‘Emperor of France” II) The Napoleonic Years A Firm Rule Centralism and Growth of Powers by the State Reconciliation…
The Greek playwrite, Sophocles, wrote many exceptional plays. One of these is Antigone. The play is named after Oedipus’s daughter, although it is primarily about her Uncle Creon. Creon is the focal point and it is his misjudgment and pride that causes his downfall. Yet, the title of this story is still Antigone. This is…
Subsequent to the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August of 1945, WWII finally came to an end. Along with the death of “The war to end all wars,” came an ideological battle that started a stagnant nuclear war which had the potential to eliminate mankind. Following the over-glorified allied victory of WWII, two…
The Olympians The Polytheism (belief in more than one God) found in poems of Homer stayed a permanent belief throughout Greece until the Christian era There are twelve principal gods and goddesses (deities), headed by Zeus and the rest are his siblings, his children, and grandchildren, it is only Dinoysus that Homer doesn’t acknowledge Zeus…
Ancient writers were aristocrats, they didn’t know what it was like to be a slave, to be a Sometimes masters would breed slaves If someone who was freed, had children with another non-citizen, the children were free but had limited rights, not citizens Sources – worthless because masters always shown the slave as goofing off…
Key players Lady Capulet: Wife of Capulet Nurse: Juliet’s helper Juliet Capulet: Daughter of Capulet Summary of key events Back at Capulet’s house, Lady Capulet visits her daughter’s chamber to tell her about Paris. Juliet’s nurse is in the room and she begins to ramble, recounting Juliet as a young child: “For then she could…
1) If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had…
Archaeologists are basically detectives who attempt to reconstruct past human activities from evidence most of which is buried in the earth. Archaeology involves experts from many other fields. Even the science of archaeology, commonly divided into prehistoric and historical can be further divided into various fields: paleolithic, Egyptology, classical, industrial, environmental, underwater, salvage, and experimental…
Categorized as the earliest of all civilizations as people formed permanent settlements Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means “between the rivers” Specifically, the area between the Tigris River and Euphrates River (present day Iraq) Mesopotamia is not within the “Fertile crescent“, it is in the more desert area that the “Fertile crescent” arcs around…
Archaeology involves controlled methods of survey and excavation, aimed at recovering objects and remains which provide information about the structures and activities of people in the past. The relationships of these objects and remains can be reconstructed, and aspects of their cultural meaning determined. Since so much of the material which survives the passage of…
Hatshepsut female ruler around 1470 BCE wore beard to symbolize power husband was Tutmosis II Tuthmosis III was her stepson first powerful female leader ruler in own right peace & prosperity expanded trade built massive tomb & 2 obelisks death-unknown Tuthmosis III inherited throne from father through stepmom around 1450 BCE training in military “Napoleon…