angered when a Trojan man‚ Paris‚ did not choose her as the fairest of the goddesses. She became even more determined to do whatever she could to destroy the Trojans when she learned that the ancestors of these men were fated to bring the downfall of Carthage‚ the city of which she was patron. Juno is the driving force behind the Aeneid: her passionate hatred for the Trojans drives the plot of the novel‚ as she steers them into one treacherous situation after another apparent motive of destroying his
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Aeneas‚ the Devoted Hero In Virgil’s Aenied‚ he illustrates the hero and central character‚ Aeneas‚ as a man who presents piety and duty. This human emotion piety‚ pietas in Latin‚ is duty towards family‚ country‚ and gods. Aeneas always fulfills his duty to his family‚ his fated city‚ and his gods. This piousness is what keeps him going through the grueling journeys and challenges‚ even when things are not going perfectly. Pietas is the characteristic that makes Aeneas stronger through
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Elephants in War: Was Hannibal’s Reliance on Elephants in his armies Directly Related to the Fall of Carthage to Rome in the Second Punic War? By: Cameron McCurdy History Saint John High school February 23‚ 2014 Candidate: 000320 0014 Advisor: Ms Maryanne Lewell Word Count: 3055 Abstract: This essay‚ which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal ’s use of elephants in the Second Punic War‚ refutes the contention that Hannibal was
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secured all of Italy including Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ and Corsica. No one can pass through the Mediterranean now without dealing with Rome. As I have just spoken with Hannibal‚ he assures me that another conflict with Rome will end in their defeat and Carthage standing on top‚ victorious. We have already discussed strategy and there is virtually no way we can lose. We will strike where they are vulnerable. Their arrogance will be their downfall. Rome was determined to extend their reach as far north as
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The Significance of Female Roles in The Aeneid Though there are female characters in The Aeneid who are commonly interpreted as having a negative impact on Aeneas’ journey‚ Juno and Dido contribute to Aeneas’ legend as a mythical hero. The female characters‚ Juno and Dido‚ are known for wreaking havoc in the epic‚ since they both express anger toward Aeneas. Because of their treacherous actions‚ Dido and Juno play significant roles in the epic as they impact Aeneas’ conquest to found the Roman Empire
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“Projects were broken off‚ laid over‚ and the menacing huge walls with cranes unmanning stood against the sky”. By her saying this she pretty much telling us about how in love she is with Aeneus‚ and how she is forgetting about her duties as Queen of Carthage. Meanwhile the play “Medea” the nurse says‚ “It’s a bad thing to be born of high voice and brought up willful”. Meaning that people are born spoiled and greedy causing them to feel like they are better then everyone else. In the end in both “The
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then Hannibal’s use of Numidian cavalry mercenaries should likewise suggest that Carthage had a feeble cavalry that was worthy of disbanding‚ just like Rome employing auxiliaries from neighboring Italy did. Additionally‚ Rome employed many non-citizen cavalry prior to Scipio Africanus’ use of the Numidians at the Battle of Zama in the Second Punic War. As mercenaries‚ compensation motivated temporary loyalty‚ which shifted easily and often. After Nola‚ “…272 troopers‚ Numidians and Spanish‚ deserted
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searing course of conquest left an imprint still diescernible in Italy.” As Spray writes in the book Hannibal “we have the impression that [Hannibal] had admirers and faithful adherents rather than men who were personally close to him. His peers in Carthage were suspicious of him and were jealous of the power and fame of the Barca family.” Lastly the Romans viewed Hannibal “[as] the cause of great evil. They insisted that Hamical and his sons had consciously provoked a war.” With all the people of that
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In the Ancient World‚ women were not portrayed as they are today in modern literary works; women usually played controversial roles where their actions ranged from killing their own family to destroying their own town. Women in ancient Greek plays and Roman stories did not posses the social standing that we naturally think of today‚ many times their only power was to strike back when they were hurt. Medea‚ Phaedra‚ and Dido‚ admirable or dangerous‚ are among the most complex literary characters of
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Similarities between Conflicts: Second Punic war and Second Persian War The Second Punic War was led by Hannibal during 218 – 201 BC in Greece and the Second Persian War was led by Xerxes During 480 – 479 BC in Greece. Both have similarities and differences between wars. The second Punic and second Persian wars are similar in their background causes but different in their foreground causes. The conflicts have similar structural causes such as social factors‚ vengeance and geographical proximity
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