Lycurgus reigned for a long time in Sparta‚ as he claimed to be a descendent of Heracles. He held all power to develop and implement laws. “But Lycurgus was an eleventh-generation descendent of Heracles and had reigned for many years in Sparta‚” (Plutarch‚ 22.16). With the power he held‚ Lycurgus created laws that benefited his state‚ not individuals. These laws were mainly developed around military benefit‚ such as the law practice of removing young children from their families to train
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of the biographers that chose to write about Julius Caesar. In fact a famous ancient writer named Plutarch depicted Julius Caesar as a power-hungry and arrogant man in his biography The Life of Caesar. Plutarch was one of the world’s first modern biographers and his work is still used today. Even Shakespeare used him as a historical reference in his play on Caesar. Although this is the case‚ Plutarch and Shakespeare’s portrayals of Caesar and the events that encompass his life are quite different
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look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was known colloquially among Europeans as the Dark Continent. Whether owing to its mystery or its
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Essay Plan To what extent was tradition in English Christianity restored in the 19th century? Introduction What is considered tradition and what is considered dissent Changes during the reformation Churches and Christianity after reformation Anglicans / Methodists/ Roman Catholics Main body - Dissent from tradition Industrial revolution - Population migrate to cities Lack of churches in cities Modern skylines – chimneys not spires Community centre move away
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It has been said that Sparta had two separate histories‚ its own and that of its image abroad...Considering how much was written about Sparta in antiquity‚ it is remarkable how confused‚ contradictory and incomplete the picture is. Partly this is because the mirage is constantly cutting across the reality‚ distorting it and often concealing it altogether; and partly because the Spartans themselves were so completely silent.With respect to our knowledge of the helots in ancient Sparta‚ how accurate
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faction known as the populares. These Marian connections were exploited by Caesar himself at every possible opportunity most notably the funerals of his aunt Julia and his wife Cornelia. While delivering their eulogies he flaunted his Marian heritage‚ Plutarch telling us that “As nephew of Julia the deceased wife
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could be “blended and assimilated”‚ his authority would be more securely established and would rest on good will rather than on force‚ according to ancient historian Plutarch. This tell us that Alexander did not want to destroy the Persia that Darius and his ancestors had set up and replace it with a Macedonian ruling. Quoting Plutarch‚ “He understood that the sharing of race and customs is a great step towards the softening of men’s heart”. Alexander knew that if he were to change Persia to a Macedonian
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figures in history. One reason for his popularity could be his well-known assassination on March 5th‚ 44 BC‚ also known as the Ides of March. Many adaptions have been written of this event‚ but the two ancient authors who have accounted the death are Plutarch and Suetonius. Neither of the authors were present at the murder (seeing as how neither of them were born yet)‚ but instead received the details of the event from someone who saw the incident. Both accounts are probably correct‚ but came from different
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calculations done by the Byzantine Greek historian John Tzetzes who concluded that Archimedes lived for around 75 years. In ‘The Sand Reckoner’‚ his father’s name is mentioned as ‘Phidias’‚ who was an astronomer‚ about whom nothing much is known. Plutarch marked in his ‘Parallel Lives’ that Archimedes was related to King Hiero II‚ the ruler of Syracuse. However‚ many aspects of Archimedes are still mysterious. For instance‚ whether he ever married or not or whether he had children are details that
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his arms that he wanted Egypt. It was in his treasury." This greatly contradicts Roman literature which describes her as manipulative and a danger to Rome. When Plutarch describes her first meeting with Julius Caesar he emphasises this when describing how she "captivated Caesar” and how he was
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