Definitely a good leader. She remained in power while constantly straggling with a brother or sister and keeping alliances with Rome at the same time. She held her own even when the first Roman Emperor was coming against her. Her fatal mistake was that she reached too far. She tried to become the ruler of the thenknown world‚ along with her lover and her children. Rome just didn’t let that happen... 1 Rate firstly‚ Cleopatra’s family may have ruled Egypt‚ but they were Greek. Cleopatra was the
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Rome and Carthage were quite similar in many ways‚ they both started as a colony or outpost of another city-state (Rom from Latium‚ possibly Alba Longa and Carthage from Phoenician Tyre) (Morey‚ 1901a; Morey‚ 1901b)‚ both were strong powers within the Mediterranean‚ and both had very similar governments. Our text specifically points out the similarities in government between the two city-states. "[Carthage] had two chief magistrates (called suffetes)‚ corresponding to the Roman consuls. It had a
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in Ancient Rome The people in ancient Rome lived everyday life in reference to the social status of the people the poorest of the people being the most oppressed in the kingdom. The people in the other societies were‚ however different from the ancient Romans. The book “Roman Blood” is a history book that depicts the times of the ancient ruler Sulla‚ who was a dictator in 80 B.C. The ruler like many others was above the law and had command over numerous numbers of people. Ancient Rome was associated
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foundation of this great empire‚ they have to back to the time a bit to the “the early Rome and the Republic” period. In this period‚ these events happened orderly‚ from the rise of Rome in Italy peninsula that led to creating the Roman republic‚ warfare with Carthage Empire‚ the conquest of the Mediterranean and it ended with the fall of the Roman Republic. First at all‚ in 753 BCE‚ the brother Romulus and Remus founded Rome‚
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The respective form of government of Rome and Carthage has an "outward similarity" in terms of structure. If Rome has two consuls‚ Carthage on other hand has two chief magistrates called as suffetes. Carthaginians have also a legislative body such like the Roman Senate which is called the hundreds or "the counsel of thirty Nobles" (Mackay‚ 1999). In addition‚ it has also a citizen assembly similar to Rome’s comitia (Moray‚1901). In governmental organization the two two great nations were parallel
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Rome wasn’t built in a Day The great masters of the Renaissance — da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ et al. — if asked by the House of Medici‚ the Holy Father or any other influential patron of the visual arts to put a “rush job” on their masterpieces‚ would’ve probably dropped their palettes‚ chisels and other tools of the trade and wryly replied‚ “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Ever wonder who cleverly arranged those six words into the powerhouse catchphrase that it is today? As it turns out‚ nary a Roman
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does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill. “ Although suicide has a negative view towards it in the modern day‚ suicide was viewed as a way to uphold one’s honor in ancient Rome. Due to the implementation of Christianity‚ the views of suicide today differ from those in ancient Rome In ancient Rome‚ there was very little treatment for suicide because it was accepted when done for the appropriate reasons. The School of Stoics defined suicide as appropriate when the act suicide served
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Ancient Rome began its fall in the third century A.D. Before the fall of Rome it was one of the largest empires in the world. At its height it spanned from England to Egypt. The fall of Rome was caused by political decay‚ a failing economy and military upheaval. The first cause was political decay. People lost money holding a political office as well “The basic trouble was that very few inhabitants … believed that the old civilization was worth saving …. [T] he overwhelming majority of the population
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Similarities: Greece and Rome Relationships: Government‚ Religion‚ and Military Two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world were the civilizations of Greece and Rome. These two civilizations were especially significant from the time periods prior to the Roman Republic. These two civilizations both affected Europe and the Mediterranean regions including the rest of the world around them. Though the two civilizations differed in location‚ they also had many aspects that were
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After the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD‚ western Europe fell into shambles. In an effort to reorganize themselves‚ a new government needed to be developed. They settled on a system called Feudalism. Feudalism is a loose system of government based on land deals called fiefs between lords and their vassals in exchange for military‚ or other services. Loyalty was given first to one’s direct lord. Some serfs (peasants who worked the land) had many lords. Some lords had many vassals‚ giving them
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