The Roman army was an awesome force‚ their size and power wouldn’t be matched for over a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Romans believed they were the decedents of Mars; Mars was believed to be the god of war. This essentially made all romans the children of the God of war. The Roman army started small just farmers and land owners fighting for what was theirs or trying to take over new land because theirs had become un farmable. This group of framer/citizen warriors over
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Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ Summarise the paragraphs in the square boxes and write your own ideas in the thought bubbles. Highlight any new information you come across‚ and summarise that in bullet points at the end. You could also add post-it notes with related points about Acis and Galathea around the outside. BACKGROUND This set work comes from the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750) This period in history witnessed a new exploration of ideas and innovations in the arts‚ literature and philosophy. Italy
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The first battle we will see will be the Battle of Lake Trasimene. The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought about June 21‚ 217 BC. This battle was a big battle in the Second Punic War. It was the war against the Carthage. The Roman Republic was being led by Gaius Flaminius and the Carthage by Hannibal. Flaminius had been elected to replace Publius Cornelius Scipio and take control of his army. Flaminius had been sent to defend a city near Rome. Hannibal knowing this ran passed the army and destroyed
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the other heirs to the throne. Alexander the Great had 3 probable wives named Roxane‚ Statiera‚ Parysatis. He had 2 children Herakles‚ son of Alexander’s mistress Barsine and Alexander IV‚ son of Roxane. While considering the conquests of Carthage and Rome‚ Alexander the Great died of malaria in Babylon on June 13‚ 323 B.C. He was just 32 years old. Roxana gave birth to his son a few months later. After he died‚ his empire collapsed and the nations within it battled
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necessary that I obey you two‚” (Iliad‚ page 145). The Gods and Goddesses acted as politicians in “Aeneid”‚ Jupiter favored the hero Aeneas but‚ Juno his counterpart hated Aeneas. Juno has a great love for the city Carthage and she is told of a generation of Trojan blood over throwing Carthage. (Aeneid‚ page 686) As time moves toward medieval time the Gods are not as involved for example‚ “Beowulf” rarely speaks of the Gods and when Beowulf fights Grendel or
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Thecla The character of Thecla first appears in the late-second century text the Acts of Paul and Thecla Briefly‚ Paul is depicted as preaching a message of chastity in Iconium‚ which causes Thecla to become enamored with his words and to abandon her responsibilities to her mother and her fiancé in order to follow Paul. She overcomes two persecutions by miraculous means‚ eventually baptizing herself in a pool of ravenous seals that are miraculously killed by a lightning bolt before they can
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Chris McCandless from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer experienced a new idea of life from venturing off into the Stampede Trail. Growing up‚ Chris’ personality drove him to make decisions through his childhood and his young adult years. He knew at a young age that he had different goals than what his parents had hoped. "You had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around‚ neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something
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about the year 3rd century B.C that they came into contact with the Greeks of Southern Italy and Sicily and began to learn about Greek art and literature and blend it into their own cultural identity. The exact dates are those of the Punic Wars with Carthage (264-241 B.C).This contact with the Greeks made them aware of their cultural void and when‚ at the end of the Punic Wars‚ there rose a demand for better education and amusement‚ the Romans looked no further than the well developed Greek epic and
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Introduction Throughout history there have been many great empires‚ but none have made a greater impact than the Greek and Roman empires. These empires began as small city-states‚ and grew to become the powerful empires we know today. The Greek and Roman empires were not always enemies‚ considering the Romans were greatly influenced by the Greek culture. The two civilizations shared many similarities‚ but had different opinions on government operations. There are three different periods that span
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was born in Greece but was deported to Rome in 168 BCE after the defeat of the King of Macedon‚ Persius. While in Rome he became friends with people like Scipio who was a leading aristocrat in Rome at the time following his success in the army at Carthage and Corinth. Polybius followed around Scipio on his journeys and wrote a Hellenistic history of Rome after all he observed. All of Polybius writings have Greek bias in them but non the less they each give the appropriate view from a Roman outsider
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