longer” delivered by Cicero in 63 BC in the presence of a Roman Senate‚ Lincoln’s 186 “Gettysburg Address” orated during the Civil War and Keating’s 1993 “Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier” given at the Australian War Memorial. Along with universal values of patriotism and loyalty despite difference in time and context‚ all three speeches are timeless and allow us responders to interpret them according to our context and ways of thinking. In Cicero’s oration he exposes Catiline to the Roman Senate
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753BC Romulus found the city Rome. The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf suckling twin infants‚ inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. According to the legend‚ when Numitor‚ grandfather of the twins Romulus and Remus‚ was overthrown by his brother Amulius‚ the usurper ordered the twins to be cast into the Tiber River. They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them The Rape of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome‚ traditionally dated to
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Modern citizens can look to the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero as the paradigm of civic duty and good conscious. Not only did Cicero garner his offices solely through hard work‚ as a novus homo‚ but he also upheld the reputation of the Roman legal system‚ easily seen by his prosecution of Verres‚ the corrupt‚ ex-governor of Sicily. Cicero justifiably prosecuted Verres mainly due to Verres’s guilt and Cicero’s desire for power‚ thus proving Livy’s claim that the law is blind‚ for even a very wealthy
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As Sallust stated‚ “Greed destroyed honor‚ honesty and taught men to be arrogant and cruel. Ambition made men false. Rome changed.” The Roman Republic was critically weakened between 78 and 49 BC. The underlying flaws within the structure of the Senate and the republic itself‚ political corruption and violence and the formation of the first triumvirate‚ which should not have been permitted under the democratic state‚ all contributed to its decline. Manipulating these decaying social and political
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Wendy Voong History 101 J.Duran 24 October 2014 The Assassination of Julius Caesar “The Assassination of Julius Caesar” by Michael Parenti goes into details about the events that lead up to the death of Caesar due to class conflicts. In 44 BC‚ the assassination of Julius Caesar was lead by conspiring members of the Roman senate who wanted to remove the dictator‚ who was increasingly acquiring power‚ and to revive the Republic government. Parenti’s book protests
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Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC and died in 43 BC when‚ according to Plutarch‚ two men came to execute him. His last words to them were “There is nothing proper about what you are doing‚ soldier‚ but do try to kill me properly.” He was born to a wealthy family with connections in Rome‚ but no one in his family had previously been a senator‚ making him novus homo. However‚ through his brilliance as an orator and advocate in court cases he ran for consul at the minimum age for the office‚
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Some people were borne into honorable families‚ usually politicians‚ and some had to gain respect honor and political nobility. Cato‚ Marius and Cicero were New Men‚ which ment that their ancestors did not Cicero‚ we should remember‚ came from Arpinum‚ a country town 70 miles from Rome. Although the Tulli were among the leading families of Arpinum‚ Cicero had none of the ancestry that was so important to laucnhing a political career in Rome. It counted for very little that Marius also hailed from
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the “experience‚” that he will acquire while on the voyage. Given that John Adams Sr. is a diplomat‚ to France for the American colonies‚ it would be obvious that John Quincy has “superior advantages” over others. Adams relates John Quincy to Cicero as well in respect to how John Quincy’s “knowledge of the [French] language...give[s]”
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In her letter to her son‚ John Quincey Adams‚ Abigail Adams uses picturesque diction‚ a supportive tone‚ and allusions to encourage John Quincey Adams to persevere through his current journey and the ones to come‚ even when he does not want to. The first noticeable technique that Abigail Adams uses is picturesque diction that develops through her elaborate descriptions of the trials of life. In her letter‚ she describes the struggles in life as if she was referring to people on a battlefield‚ flourishing
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