continued to be surrounded by Christian influences. His mother encouraged him to attend a school of religious education in Tagaste (an important part of the Roman Empire) and Madura until he was sixteen. He accepted. After his education‚ he left for Carthage where he fell to the pleasures of the half-pagan city’s theatres and was re-educated by his insubordinate fellow students. Finally‚ after a time‚ he confessed to his mother that he had been living sinfully with a woman of whom he had had a son‚ Adeodatus
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The alliance between Rome and the Aetolians. This passage comes from an inscription which notes down a key part of the alliance between Rome and the Aetolian League. The reasoning behind this was to help Rome in their war with King Philip of Macedonia‚ the First Macedonian War happened from around 214-205BC. With the alliance between Rome and the Aetolian League taking place around 211BC. Polybius gives great detail of a reaction from the eyes of the rest of the majority of the Greek city states
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Augustine. One year after his father’s death‚ at the age of seventeen‚ Augustine traveled to Carthage to further his studies. He described his days in Carthage‚ saying‚ “In that unstable period of my life‚ I studied the books of eloquence‚ for it was in eloquence that I was eager to be eminent‚ though from a reprehensible and vainglorious motive‚ and a delight in human vanity” (Augustine‚ Confessions 41). Carthage marked the beginning of his downslide into moral
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is one example. Despite the rather small size of this civilization‚ its impact on our world has been considerable. Being a seafaring nation‚ the Phoenicians established colonies all over the Mediterranean area‚ including the present-day cities of Carthage and Tripoli. As notable traders‚ they shared cultures with many nations‚ which allowed their invention of the alphabet to spread throughout Eurasia. The Phoenician Empire continued to evolve until its eventual incorporation into the Persian and Macedonian
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Juno’s rival‚ Venus‚ the fairest in a divine beauty contest. What Juno decides to do is call upon the god of the winds‚ Aeolus‚ who brings a deadly storm upon the Trojan fleet which destroys all but seven ships. Aeneas eventually finds his way to Carthage and meets Queen Dido‚ who falls in love with Aeneas because of Cupid‚ who was sent by
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Carthage was a thriving city that was quickly becoming the world super power. Virgil described the people bustling around the city like “bees in early summer that work at the blooming meadows under the sun” (1.520-521.62). They were led by Dido‚ a powerful
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 I. ORIGIN OF PELAGIANISM 4 A. BRIEF BACKGROUND OF AUGUSTINE (354-430) 4 B. PELAGIUS 5 II. PELAGIAN CONTROVERSY 5 A. DOCTRINES OF PELAGIANISM 6 B. AUGUSTINE’S RESPONSE 8 III. RESULT 10 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 12 INTRODUCTION Tracing the history of Christianity‚ there have been immense intellectual wars engaged for the sake of truth. Clearly‚ Christianity was a small religion with little importance in second and third
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XXXXXXXXXXX Dr. Philip Phillips European Literature August 10‚ 2010 The Aeneas Model Pietas‚ Latin for pious‚ is a fundamental trait found in Roman history and literature. Virgil’s inclusion of pietas in The Aeneid enables readers to appreciate an essential quality of any admirable Roman. Aeneas‚ the primary character‚ struggles with the implications of this central virtue; however‚ as he walks the paths the gods set for him‚ he personifies the essence of piety and thus portrays the quintessential
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The Contribution of Virgil’s Aeneid on Roman Morale A leader is characteristically defined by their willingness to depart from selfish pleasures and act instead with the interests of the greater good in mind. As an epic hero‚ the son of the prince Anchises and the Greco-Roman “goddess Venus” (Hardie 4)‚ Aeneas’s objectives are no less than greatness. Bound by the fate of building imperial Rome by “all-powerful [Jupiter]‚ who sways the world… and heaven[s]” (Dryden 128)‚ Aeneas faces many hardships
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A Tale of Two Epics An epic is typically defined as a long poem pertaining to a hero’s journey‚ focusing on the achievements and obstacles of said hero. An epic can be external—a literal journey from one place to another in which the hero faces physical challenges and struggles‚ needing to overcome them using resolve and guile‚ or an epic can be internal—in which the hero faces more mental obstacles‚ needing to make smart decisions using thoughtfulness and wisdom. Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s
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