Language: Slavic speakers moved northwest, celtic, german italic moved west and greek and persia went south.…
The Roman Forum was the central gathering for the Romans. The Forum was considered to be their capital, and with a centralized place, comes centralized government and laws (8). The Romans also held the importance of Senators, and ruling office very close. The senators were the ones who were able to keep the native-born citizens living a hectic free lifestyle (5). Religious views and inputs were also held very high in Rome. The Romans placed material goods higher up in their life (6). Rome also classified their citizens into three different social categories. First were the Egyptians and natives who were very poor citizens, second was the mercenaries who were an undiscipled body, and the third was Alexandrians who unlike their mercenaries, followed the Hellenistic customs, and were of Greek origin (10).…
Everyone has the power to change someone’s life. Two men had the power to change their country’s life. Both men were in positions of government and weren’t afraid to take action in their government either. Julius Caesar and Gaius Marius were two men who political impacted their government.…
Charlemagne (748-814), also known as Charles I or Charles the Great, was an emperor during the Middle Ages who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 until his death in 814. In 771, Charlemagne took the Frankish throne that ruled modern-day France and Germany, from the fifth through the tenth century. He embarked on a mission to rule the Roman Empire, and convert his subjects of those he just conquered to Christianity. A skilled military commander, Charlemagne spent much of his reign in warfare in order to accomplish his objectives. In 800, he was crowned emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III. As emperor, he promoted the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural and intellectual activity. Of the many scholars included in the Carolingian…
Although the Catholic Church started in Rome, Christianity was not the first religion practiced there. Like Greece, the Romans’ first religion was polytheistic; they worshipped the same gods as the Greeks but gave them Roman names and added a few gods too. Zeus became Jupiter, Hera became Juno, and Athena became Minerva. Also, some emperors were considered to be deities which influenced political power in Rome. Later on during the expansion of the empire, the popularity of religions such as Christianity and Judaism were on the rise. Certain emperors saw Jews and Christians as a threat to the empire, resulting in the Jewish Wars and the persecution of Christians. All of this would end though, following the Edict of Milan in 313 CE under the…
The barbarians seem to be very barbaric. The term barbaros was the greek word for foreigners. The word barbaric means “evil”, they had an organized army. The barbarians were a nomadic group of people.…
The Romans were ruling and the Jews wanted everything to be different. A Messiah, Jesus comes to save and teach them God's will. The Romans are against this and do something to prevent it. - - Romans are against Christianity and start taking some measures about it. Emperor Constantine acknowledged Christianity as a religion. - -…
The way of life in Rome is ambiguously well known to that of the Greek societies, the Greeks have had an awesome effect On the Roman society. There were incredible impacts from Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic age. One of the best pioneers known not.…
With the fall of Rome, Western Europe was in shambles compared to its eastern counterpart. Roman influence would hold in some aspects, but things would change. Leaders would emerge to influence its culture. Religion would maintain a major role and influence. Rome’s fall would affect the outcome of Western Europe and its development.…
Everything from the construction of their buildings to the way they played games has influenced our culture today. The travesty, though, is that we commonly fail to realize the extent these ancient people have modeled and molded our society today. There are many ways in which our culture would not be the same without the Roman influence.…
11. The later Mesopotamina people who built a large empire bsed on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the Assyrians…
Etruscans had the largest influences on Rome but no one knows where they came from, much like Greeks they had city-states. Were superior in metal working, had great resources for trade and had great weapons. They grew to over come Rome for a time. They’re art was an represtation on their life. Much more opportunity for women, much more freedom, the family tree was traces through the more. They adopted the Greek alphabet. They made sacrifice a part of religious life, they would sacrifice not only animals but humans as well. Sometimes an animal would fight a human. Divination was the way they figured out the will of the Gods. They would look a flight of birds and the inside of animals most important part of the animal was the liver.…
There are three geographical-linguistic groups, but when they’re looked at as a collective, they’re known as Blackfoot. The term Blackfoot is most likely coined due to the practice of coloring their moccasins with ashes. The three groups got together only during ceremonies. The Blackfoot were known as one of the most aggressive groups in North America because when they fought, it was typically raiding enemies for horses or just getting revenge. Their homes were usually made out of bison hide which was supported by poles. During the summer, they lived in big camps where they engaged in activities such as the Sun Dance. In the winter they separated into groups of of 10-20 families. There were multiple leaders, but only one…
In the very early days, before Christ, there were great, powerful empires. They built tall, beautiful buildings and temples. They rose to be the greatest empires ever. In my opinion, the best were the Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians. They were different in many ways, but had their similarities. (Mrs. Welsh)…
The Arian Visigoths were tolerant of the Jews, a tradition that lingered in post-Visigothic Septimania by Ferreol, Bishop of Uzès (died 581). persecution of Jews by the visigoths began after the conversion to Catholicism of the Visigothic king Reccared. The year 633 the same synod of Catholics that seized the Visigothic nobles' right to confirm the election of a king declared that all Jews must be…