according to our historical findings‚ the Hellenistic period began‚ and ran for about three hundred years. Precisely‚ the Hellenistic period began with the defeat of the Greek city-states by Philip and Alexander in 338 BC‚ and ended with the Battle of Actium in 31 BC‚ when Caesar Augustus defeated Marcus Antonius and Queen Cleopatra‚ the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt(Bosworth). Not a single person would think to believe that the greatest Greek influence would lie ahead. Due to Alexander’s early education
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As we would expect there are some differences‚ between these two sculptures. The fact that Augusta is male and Hatshepsut is female. Hatshepsut 1479-58 B.C.E is an enormous granite kneeling sculpture of female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. She assumes the authority of the king and creates a home of ecology around her kingship that described her as a divine birth‚ the way the oracle predicted that she would be come king. She ruled Egypt for more then two decades‚ she also commission a number of temples and
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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. After all‚ he was in fact the great Julius Caesar’s second in command. Through much of the internal conflict
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Ultimately however‚ her country was annexed by Rome and she committed suicide”. Thompson also stated that Cleopatra caused great hardship to the Egyption people by paying huge amounts of tribute to the Romans‚ which eventuallty led to loosing the battle of Actium‚ and the Romans being able to invade Egypt. “Cleopatra has been called a shameless temptress who used blatant sexuality to maintain her grip on the
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What sort of woman was Queen Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator? The Romans described her as a temptress who beguiled men left and right and who was well known for her legendary beauty. They despised her because of her relationship with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony; two of some of the most powerful and distinguished men of Rome at that time. She was widely viewed as an evil seductress who enslaved the hearts of Caesar and Antony and led Antony to betray Rome and side with her against Emperor Octavian
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Caesar Augustus was on born september 23‚63 bc. In 43 bc his great uncle julius caesar was assassinated . Then in 31 bc he was forced to defeat Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium‚ before he became the first ruler of rome instead of taking the caesar tradition of making himself dictator he only wanted to become ruler. Augustus’s father founded the Principate in 27 bc (the ruler has power until death)‚Augustus’ s power was hidden behind a constitutional form. His name means “ lofty and
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The representations and interplay of types of power: In Shakespeare’s famous play Antony and Cleopatra‚ the powerful are portrayed including their personalities‚ their reactions to other powerful figures and the interplay of these powers as the characters interact. Antony’s Power: Shakespeare uses Rome and Egypt as binary opposites not just to reflect qualities inherent in the two places‚ but the changes that come upon Antony depending on which place he is in. The changes in Antony’s behaviour
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Parthian returns the military standers after pre-battels‚ and that was the victory that this sculpture was made for. Surrounding this area are Sol and Caelus‚ the sun and sky gods with some Roman females that refer to the Pax Romana. That means the sun will shine all over the empire‚ brining with her the peace to the citizens; and of course‚ Augustus is the main reason. Beneath that there are the gods Apollo and Diana‚ the two main gods in the Roman Pantheon. Augustus as I mentioned is a supporter
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Dr. Ng‚ It is my bad about citation that I corrected as Cassius Dio‚ Roman History 56.30; (Published in Vol. VII of the Loeb Classical Library edition‚ 1925)‚ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/56*.html. I also corrected the citation about Suetonius‚ as Suetonius‚ The lives of the Twelve Caesars‚ The Life of Augustus 27‚ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html. Thank you very much for reminding me. I totally agree with you
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Is Virgil’s Aeneid an Anti-War Poem? Virgil opens the Aeneid’ with the words ARMA virumque cano ( I sing of arms and of men). The central role that war plays in this Roman epic is made apparent from the very first word of the Aeneid’ by the emphatic placing of the word arma at the very beginning of the poem. A fair chunk of Virgil’s Aeneid’ is set on the battle field but its violent and gory descriptions of death and its frequent battles alone cannot make this poem an anti-war poem. Virgil
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