Why Antony Lost Against Octavian Your Name Here Roman History March 7‚ 2012 Why did Mark Antony lose to his rival‚ Octavian? Antony lost because of his failure to view Octavian’s political and military success as a serious threat‚ his lack of political favoritism and support with the Senate in Rome‚ and finally abandoning his loyal army at the battle of Actium. Antony was well known throughout the political world in Rome and among his military colleagues as a virtuous‚ trailblazing commander
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When Alexander III tried to invade the Indian subcontinent‚ he faced tough opponents who eventually discouraged rest of the Macedonian army to abandon the campaign into the India subcontinent. By the time Alexander III reached the Indian subcontinent‚ he had conquered‚ rest of East Asia and north Egypt. Before straight out war‚ Alexander the Great formed alliances with King Ambhi Kumar who was the ruler of Taxila. Taxila provided Alexander with army and resources to subdue the rest of the tribes
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PESS202 Lecture and Commentary Notes. . [4] alpha (http:/ / www. etymonline. com/ index. php?search=alpha) on the Online Etymology Dictionary [5] Symposiacs‚ Book IX‚ questions II & III On-line text (http:/ / etext. library. adelaide. edu. au/ p/ plutarch/ symposiacs/ chapter9. html#section91) at Adelaide library [6] Hesiod‚ in Works and Days (see on Perseus Project (http:/ / www. perseus. tufts. edu/ hopper/ text?doc=Perseus:text:1999. 01. 0132:card=405))‚ advises the early Greek farmers‚ "First
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Alexander held a giant wedding ceremony at Susa where 10‚000 of his generals and noble men married Persian women of nobility. Whilst Plutarch somewhat contradicts Alexander ’s vision of mixing Persians with Macedonians. Green takes Plutarch ’s views and argues that by Alexander mixing the nobility of Macedon and Persia; it would then allow the intergration of Persians and Macedonians all over the empire. Curtius accounts Alexander married
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of Spartan youths whose job was to kill helots. They’re massive powers were expressed by Xenophon‚ Aristotle and Plutarch. Xenophon explains that Ephors were ‘competent to punish whomsoever they choose’. He goes on to also express the honour that Ephors were eligible for‚ stating “All rise from their seats for the King‚ but the Ephors do not rise from their seats of office.” Plutarch believed that the Ephorate strengthened the aristocracy and Spartan constitution and was to the people’s advantage
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Alexander the Great was born in Pella‚ the son of Philip II and Olympias. Even at a young age‚ people respected his abilities‚ like the taming of Bucephalus and his activities as regent. Despite these tales‚ I assert that he was in fact quit unfair‚ proud‚ and neglected to listen to any outside governments and the desire of their people. Alexander the “Great” should not be called great because of these and more. The first vestige of my case is his injustices and unfairness against others. In the
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In the 1960 film Spartacus‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick‚ the character called Spartacus is depicted as a revolutionary who leads an army of slaves against the oppressive forces of Rome during the first century B.C. Though the overall story is true‚ and most of the main characters are real‚ the presentation of their character is entirely fictional. Spartacus and the other characters have been split into groups epitomizing good and evil‚ and the story itself has been vastly romanticized. This essay
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Question 1: With reference to source A‚ what does the evidence reveal about the roles and status of women in Spartan society. In Sparta‚ women were well respected and had multiple roles within society. They were given more freedom than in most other Greek societies. The main reason for this was the fact that Sparta had a warrior culture and the men were away either at war or training for war. while the men were away the women had multiple roles. The most important of which was to give birth to healthy
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Riley Ellis Ms. Althoff Lit and Comp 10 5-20-15 Hunger Games Final “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so free that your very existence is an act of rebellion” (Albert Camus). Excessive government control leads to rebellious actions. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire is about 12 districts that fight in games where people get killed. The games are created by the capital and are watched by the people in the districts and capital. Usually there is only one victor‚ but when you
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Roman Society in the 2nd and 1st century BCE. Analysis on the Servile Wars. A Thracian slave‚ unchained and fighting for freedom against the Romans suppressors. Many who have watched a movie or two will know exactly who we are talking about. Spartacus‚ leader of one of the most stirring wars Rome has ever faced. What a lot of people do not know is the reality behind it. Not known‚ for example‚ is that Spartacus followed in the footsteps of other people. Eunus and Salvius were also starting a
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