The illiad book 1 Who is the king of the Achaens Who is the best warriar Where are they making war What was the reason for this war Who were the prices for achiles and Agamemnon (the girls) Who is chryses Why was there a plague? Who is archilles mom what is she the god of and what favor doeshe ask of her Odyssey book one and 2 Who is Poseidon why is he mad at odyssey Who is hermes What is the favor Athena ask poseidon Where is odyssey trapped and by whom? Wha does her name mean
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Oxford University. Related Articles Sandi Toksvig: put children in charge 23 Oct 2011 Rome’s most controversial emperors 08 Apr 2011 Fall of Roman Empire caused by ’contagion of homosexuality’ 08 Apr 2011 "At the end of the imperial period‚ Carthage was one of the great Christian centres of the empire‚ so it seems odd to claim that it was spreading debauchery. The empire as a whole was becoming ever more Christian. Economic collapse and the arrival of the barbarian hordes had a lot more to do
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In the first three centuries of the early Christian church. The church was being martyred and treated badly by the Roman population. There were many reasons that the Romans persecuted Christians. Although many people thought the reason was because the Christians refused to worship the roman gods or take part in the sacrifices. But‚ that was only part the reason that the Romans actually persecuted Christians. The Romans just hated the Christians in general because of their teachings of the Lord.
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As the Phoenicians began to spread westward into the Mediterranean Sea the city Carthage became the most important city outside the Phoenician homeland which was ruled by merchant families and a very strong military especially it’s navy. Meanwhile the Assyrians began to fall in their quest for a Total Empire in which they began to destroy
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The Weapons‚ People‚ and Animals Used in Cannae Elephants: Elephants were stronger than horses and if one dies and falls it will crush soldiers. Peasants: Peasants were used to increase size‚ they were not trained like other soldiers‚ poor training and no discipline. The Town Militia: This sentry force‚ made up of townspeople‚ sometimes used for keeping peasant in line. Skirmishes: These soldiers are restricted from peppering the enemy with long javelins before battle commences used for luring the
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Banks began his maneuvering along the Red River in Louisiana. 2. On the 29th and 30th McClernand’s and McPherson’s men‚ at Milliken’s Bend and Lake Providence‚ northwest of Vicksburg‚ began working their way south‚ building a military road to New Carthage‚ La.‚ preparatory to a move south to Hard Times‚ La.‚ a village opposite Bruinsburg‚ Miss. III. Amphibious Support A. Grant kept six mortars on the city at all time as well as sending 3 gunboats to shell it from the river. 1. Not
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History Oral Report Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus also known as the "founding fathers of socialism and populism" and "The gracchi brothers" are plebeian tribune brothers who took the side with the citizens giving them their voices. Tiberius was born 168 BC and his brother Gaius was born 154 BC. In this essay I will be writing on a brief history of each of these brothers and expand on what effects did they have on Rome and modern culture. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were from one of the greatest families
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up a republic. They gained territory by force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access into Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ and Corsica. Even after the Punic Wars ended‚ Rome still managed to gain the territory of Macedonia‚ Greece and even some parts of Anatolia. Even through troubling times of the empire‚ it still managed
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Introduction Any body without a rule‚ a guide or law is doomed to chaos‚ anarchy‚ and disharmony. Any group without a guiding principle will be more disorganized than organized. A people without a distinguishing mark will surely be buried in the sand of time. They will suffer extinction wrought about by their irrelevance which is the consequence of the absence of laws and hence‚ absence of a pattern of behavior. The church is both organized and relevant. It follows then that she must have a law
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Gracchus brothers The Gracchus brothers are two brothers named Tiberius and Gaius who were called tribunes. These two wanted to pass land reform legislations that would redistribute the land among the poor and veterans from the wealth aristocrats. The law stated that “No one citizen would be able to possess more than 620 acres of public land.” The senate of Rome didn’t like what the brothers were doing so they immediately had them killed. In a way the brothers were killed just because they
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