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 the
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The Point of View in "Porphyria’s Lover" "Porphyria’s Lover" is an exhilarating love story given from a lunatic’s point of view. It is the story of a man who is so obsessed with Porphyria that he decides to keep her for himself. The only way he feels he can keep her‚ though‚ is by killing her. Robert Browning’s poem depicts the separation of social classes and describes the "triumph" of one man over an unjust society. As is often the case in fiction‚ the speaker of "Porphyria’s Lover" does
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Shay’s Rebellion http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Shays-Rebelion/44327 http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/shaysapp/artifact/category.do?ID=2 Daniel Shay’s rebellion showed the weakness of a limited government. p.216‚ 220 Bailey‚ Thomas Andrew‚ David M. Kennedy‚ and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1998. Print. Boyer‚ Paul S. The Enduring Vision. Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth‚ 2009. Print. PRIMARY SOURCES Gazette‚ Hampshire‚ comp. "A
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Assess The Impact Of Nero’s Principate on Rome Nero was 17 when he ascended the throne in AD 54‚ after the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his adopted father‚ Claudius. During the first few years of reign‚ Nero ruled Rome with efficiency and effectiveness‚ with the guidance of those closest to him. However‚ it is generally agreed that Nero’s instantaneous descent commenced when he committed matricide 59 AD. It is during this period‚ where the Ancient writers focus their attention
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Following Augustus’ establishment of the Principate‚ emperors became a key topic for Roman historians and biographers due to their position at the heart of politics and the state. With this natural emphasis on emperors‚ an intriguing question is whether writers conceived of and presented an idea of ‘bad emperors’ in their works. Meanwhile‚ owing to the importance of such ancient accounts for understanding Rome and its rulers during the imperial period‚ it is vital to assess their reliability with
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(1987) London: Penguin Books. Grant‚ M.(1970) Nero. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson. Griffin. M‚T. (1984) Nero: The End of a Dynasty. London: B.T. Batsford Morgan‚ M.G Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Trans. Graves‚ R. (1957) London: Penguin Books. Tacitus. The Annals of Imperial Rome. Trans. Grant‚ M. (1956) London: Penguin Books. Townend‚ G.B [ 10 ]. Morgan (1996) 42 [ 11 ]
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Historical Investigation – Hamish McPhie The Celtic Rebellions Essay Question: “Assess the impact of the Celtic rebellions and both the immediate and long term consequences of these events.” The rebellions of the Celtic tribes against the expanding Roman Empire had a great impact on both cultures‚ and caused a series of significant consequences‚ both immediate and long term. The expansion of the Roman Empire into Gaul and the island of Britannia caused a great deal of conflict between the
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edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/53*.h tml‚ accessed 14th April 2012 at 11.03am Suetonius‚ Tranquillus‚ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesa rs/Augustus*.html‚ accessed 16th April 2012 at 9.03am Tacitus‚ Annals http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/1A *.html‚ accessed 12th April 2012 at 9.15am
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Throughout History there has always been a bad guy‚ or an enemy‚ someone bad who is a threat to everyone else. What makes this person or group such a bad figure‚ well‚ the fact that they are different from the people who are writing the history‚ the creators. Using the work of Cohen’s “Monster Theory‚” one can examine the role of othering in world history while looking at the Tacitus:Germania‚ Plutarch’s The Parallel Lives‚ and the Records of the Han Dynasty. Looking at how the Romans created a monster
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become lethal when inhaled‚ along with causing serious chemical burns when splashed unto human skin(). The first traces of Fluorine were contracted from the mineral Fluorite (aliased as Fluorspar) in 1530 by scientist and German Mineralogist‚ Georgius Agricola. The substance took an interesting effect in metal refining‚ where it served as a mining enhancer that would decrease the melting point necessary for smelting (a melting process involving a catalyzed chemical reaction) metals. This process was seen
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