Extended Essay Rough Draft The Fall of The Roman Empire Why the topic is interesting: The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and most powerful communities that ever existed‚ so how such a mighty Empire could decline in power is very interesting. Background: What was the Roman Empire? The Roman Empire came after the era of The Roman Republic. At its peak‚ it controlled territories from Britain and Germany to the Persian Gulf and North Africa. The great Empire was then separated
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Renaissance‚ Donatello created a sculpture of David by recreating a scene from the Bible. As time passed Michelangelo created a newer version of David that wasn’t so youthful and had more detail than Donatello’s David. Sculpting had evolved over time when Bernini finally created an elaborate David in mid-fight. All of these sculptures were acceptable in the time in which they were created but as time went by people’s preferences had changed and so had the purpose of the sculptures.
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The Greeks and the British are still battling over ownership of marbles sculptures from 2‚400 years ago. Parthenon Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the Greeks‚ who believe these sculptures belong to them because they were originally located in the Temple of Athena Parthenos in Athens. Elgin Marbles was the name given to marble sculptures by the British. The British believe they are the rightful owners of the marbles sculptures because British ambassador Thomas Bruce‚ who was the
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Christianity ’s Affect on Roman Virtue "What?!" "You only killed eight men?! You ’re out of the family!!" Although life in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire wasn ’t this drastic‚ Roman virtue and morals were taken very seriously. "These include tenacity‚ duty‚ courage‚ and especially discipline" (Spielvogel‚ 89). Romans valued highly the honor of one ’s family and the amount of courage one exhibits in battle. This fact is evident‚ as one can see in Rome ’s history‚ because men with a history
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Introduction Both concrete and arches had a huge part to play in the culture of Rome’s architecture‚ these new innovations were what gave the Romans the ability to make interior spaces which were not able to happen before. Even though they were not exactly new creations‚ we will see how Rome’s modification or upgrade made a huge impact on architectural designs and aesthetical designs. The Arch The arch was basically a structure in a sort of curved shape. The materials used to create the arch consisted
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The Roman republic overall grade is an +C. I gave them a +C because they did some good and bad things. The roman republic started in 509 BCE. Over time the government developed five major services. They treated slaves bad‚ but they had a great army and economic system.They also had free aqueducts and fire departments. They showed everybody the laws and were fair.Those were all part of five services‚ they were provide public services‚ protect rights‚ rule of law‚ common defence‚ and support the economic
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of the Greek societies‚ the Greeks have had an awesome effect On the Roman society. There were incredible impacts from Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic age. One of the best pioneers known not. There have been innumerable quantities of likenesses in their religions‚ However the religions did wind up changing‚ and the Romans made enhancements to the way they saw life in a religious structure. The Roman social structures and governmental issues are to some degree affected on the Greek societies
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the Roman empire‚ whose religious ways and how they practiced them set them apart from other groups. The Roman Empire would set decrees that allowed the Jewish people to continue to practice their religion‚ plus they had to pay taxes for the temple that was in Jerusalem. Even though the Jews could practice their faith there were still a lot of resentment and friction among the Jews toward Rome (Jews‚ 1998‚ pg. 171). There were other issues that caused the Jewish people to hate the Romans‚ such
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attending Indiana State University‚ one of the first sculptures I took an interest in was the Via Solaris. “Via Solaris‚” Latin for the way or road of the sun. The sculpture is about 20-feet tall and made of bronze and steel. Via Solaris was created by John Van Alstine (b. 1952)‚ an American sculptor living and working in New York State best known for stone and metal abstract sculptures exhibiting exceptional balance and poise. The sculpture is located on the north side of Stalker Hall on the campus
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I chose option 1: The intern‚ as an intern for the Supreme Court Justice I view first hand all that is involved in the U.S. Supreme Court and their decision making. The U.S. Supreme Court is seen as the one of the highest courts‚ due to it having its own original jurisdiction in limited categories. This Court is extremely importation and it plays a huge role in society. The Supreme Court is able to have authority over any federal or state case and helps to find out whether the case is violating
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