father and even surpass his achievements. * As he moved through Italy to Rome‚ Caesar’s friends and legions welcomed the young man. * Octavian did not expect the hostile reception from his father’s best friend‚ Marc Antony. This was shown in two ways: * Antony attempted to block
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Julius ’s heir to the throne he was forced to battle the armies of both Cleopatra Vii and Marc Anthony. Who had their own plans for power following the death of Julius. Their alliance disintegrated and before Anthony and Cleopatra could thought of striking Rome‚ Augustus attacked with full forced to gain order and leadership in Rome. The battle of Actium in 31BC destroyed three quarters of the Egyptians fleet and led to both Cleopatra and Anthony killing them. Spartacus came from the
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The Roman Empire was the most advanced civilization in architecture and the fine arts. For instance‚ the Colosseum was the largest arena for gladiatorial games‚ and was one of the largest arenas with a stage in the center. Each and every person had a perfect view of the battles between gladiators and animals. The gladiatorial games were the highlight of the average roman’s day. Theese bloody battles were sometimes tests of the convenience of new and unusual weapons. If the gladiator performed
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Context: Shakespeare’s England In groups‚ choose one aspect of 17th Century England to research (each group should have a different topic). Your task is to create a brief‚ yet informative PowerPoint that explains your chosen aspect of 17th Century England (about 3 minutes). You should (in dot point form): - Provide an overview to educate your classmates. - Explain how this affected people and life in general during this time. - Try to make some connections to ‘King Lear’. - Ask if there are
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the assassins‚ two years later Cassius and Brutus committed suicide after learning that Octavian’s forces had defeated theirs at the Battle of Philippa in Greece. Antony took his armies east‚ where he hooked up with Caesar’s old paramour‚ Cleopatra. Octavian and Antony fought for many years until Octavian prevailed. In 30 B.C.‚ Antony committed suicide. Octavian‚ later known as Augustus‚ ruled the Roman Empire for many more years.
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The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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heir‚ Octavian‚ and his right hand man‚ Marc Antony. Antony was one of Rome’s most beloved generals. He had been with Caesar through many battles and had won the respect and loyalty of Rome’s soldiers. Octavius was the undisputed heir of Caesar. Caesar had named the young boy in his will‚ and as such‚ Octavius had inherited not only his adopted Father’s name but also his wealth. Between these two mega forces‚ the Roman Republic was divided. Marc Antony gained control of the Eastern half and Octavian
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Maccabees Once again‚ because of its position at the Crossroads Of The Earth‚ the land of Israel had been contested between two branches of the former Greek kingdom - the Ptolemies to the south in Egypt (Queen Cleopatra was in later years one of its most famous members‚ see also Antony and Cleopatra)‚ and the Seleucids to the north in Syria. Earlier‚ Israel was included in the Ptolemaic kingdom. During the reign of King Philadelphus of Egypt‚ the Jews of Jerusalem provided a translation of the Torah from
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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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Classical Rome & China Tuesday‚ September 16‚ 2014 12:10 PM A Rome (509 BCE-476 CE) In a very good geographic place‚ in middle of peninsula‚ 10 miles inland connected by a river. 1 Roman Republic: The government they come up with after overthrowing their old king. People chose the leaders through election. They were practical‚ pragmatic people. They were not afraid of change‚ and saw good ideas and they weren’t afraid to jump on it. They learned from others and adopted all kinds of
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