Family Relations and Background: Agrippina was related to the Claudian ‘gens’‚ one of the oldest and most illustrious patrician families with imperial connections. Her father Germanicus had risen through the cursus honoroum to two consulships and the proconsulships of Germany and Gaul. Germanicus’s brother was the brother was the future Claudian emperor‚ Claudius. Agrippina’s family lineage was therefore immensely prestigious. Her mother is quoted twice by Tacitus asserting her descent from the
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AGRIPPINA AND THE DEATH OF CLAUDIUS Was Agrippina responsible for the death of Claudius? BY “Lydia Irankunda” Claudius was the emperor of Rome from 45-41 B.C after Caligula. Claudius married four times. His fourth and final wife was Agrippina his niece. He actually had to get the law changed to allow him to marry his niece because laws against incest previously covered first cousins. For years there have been different interpretations of whether Agrippina killed Claudius. Although
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Essay Question: Using five ancient sources‚ two of which must be written‚ explain the economy of the cities of Vesuvius. The economy of the cities of Vesuvius was small and commonly restricted to being local. The textile industry along with bakeries‚ vineyards‚ farms and the fishing industry all played part in the thriving commercial activity present at Pompeii and partly at Herculaneum‚ despite the fact that Herculaneum was primarily a fishing village‚ with little evidence of major craft manufacturing
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Unique Identities In the Younger family there are three generations of women which are Lena Younger‚ Ruth Younger‚ and Beneatha Younger. Each person’s look on society and how they grew up make them differ. Having goals helps portray their identity in this article‚ in which they are ‘Unique’. Lena Younger (Mama) is a very hardworking‚ faithful woman. Her nurturing personality is symbolized by her houseplant. She dedicates her whole life to her children‚ but struggles to instill her value in them
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opportunity for Agrippina to achieve her life’s ambition of watching her son‚ Nero‚ ascend the throne. To do this‚ she had Lucius Vitellius‚ convince the senate to change their laws on incest‚ as Claudius was her uncle. According to the ancient sources‚ Tacitus and Suetonius‚ she used seductive methods to gain Claudius’ affections. Claudius was also intent on the marriage‚ because unlike his predecessors‚ Gaius and Tiberius‚ he had not been adopted into the Julian family. Marrying Agrippina would unite
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Beneatha Younger is the daughter of Mama and the younger sister of Walter Lee. On the outside‚ Beneatha is portrayed as stubborn and self-centered‚ but when the play focuses on her more directly‚ she is shown to be intelligent and independent person who is trying to find her own identity as a person in a whole. Even though she does show the want for the money when the check arrives‚ she still wants Mama to do what’s right with the money and tries to do what she can in order for the Youngers to live
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This letter was written by Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan while he was serving as the Governor of the Roman Province of Asia Minor during the time frame 111 through 113. This letter was written after Pliny had his first interactions with the Chirsitans. This letter seems to have been written as a letter of concern‚ asking the Emperor for guidance on how to handle legalities of his interactions with Christians. This concern was seen in his opening statement to the
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gain a higher status of living. Well‚ again‚ society dictates that the idea of living is always going up and achieving more. And so‚ as I was growing old‚ I was taught to compete and be the best of whatever there is. Indeed‚ I have earned many achievements during my schooling years. As I was growing in age and much more in height (I was almost 6 feet before college)‚ my idea of choosing a course is neither on what I feel like doing nor on what my heart tells me (Nah! What a thought) but on how I
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Nikki Slesin Ms. Marshall-Fleenor History 9-1 November 17‚ 2007 Islamic Achievements made by the Muslims during the Golden Age In less than a century after Muhammad created the Islamic faith and state‚ Muslims and the new cultural power of Islam controlled half of the civilized world. Expansion that started with the rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphs continued under the Umayyad Dynasty‚ which ruled from A.D 661 to 750. Islam gained political control and influence from Spain to the borders
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The Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodriguez In Richard Rodriguez The Achievement of desire‚ he had grown up in a minority group / family being a Mexican-American ‚ who on entering school was barely able to speak English ‚ but then mastered the art of speaking English that one day his teacher had remarked that he was losing all traces of a Spanish accent. He considered himself to be success even to become known as a “scholar boy” and additionally prized student‚ his earlier teachers the nuns
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