Jeremy Allen History 111 May 6‚ 2008 Commodus Some claim that Commodus was the worse emperor in the history of Rome. The fact that his father‚ Marcus Aurelius‚ was a popular and successful ruler may have raised the precedent that Commodus had to live up to. But for whatever reason‚ Commodus proved a disconnected and self indulgent leader. At the age of five Commodus was named Caesar‚ and at the age of seventeen he became co-Augustus with his father. He spent his childhood accompanying his
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How would the world react when one of the greatest empires in history fell? At the Roman Empire’s height of power‚ the empire was bigger than modern day India‚ and its influence was felt throughout the world. By 180 CE‚ the empire surrounded the Mediterranean Sea and controlled most of Europe‚ as well as parts of North Africa and the Middle East. However‚ as numerous empires before them‚ the Romans also collapsed and left the world in a problematic state. The greatest evidence of the lasting impacts
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is a general of a Roman Army that was highly respected by his soldiers and the Emperor of Rome. Add some point when the emperor is at his end‚ he leaves Maximus the honor of ruling despite that he has a son (Commodus). Once the emperor’s son gave wind of him not becoming ruler‚ he kills his father (Emperor of Rome) and claims ruler. Maximus realizes what happened and tries to put a stop to the Commodus. The young emperor is aware that Maximus knows of his treachery and sentenced him and his family
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represents the departed souls of the emperors and shoguns as well. Amaterasu‚ the chief of the kamis in Shinto‚ is the goddess of the sun and the Plain of the Heaven according to the Kojiki(the oldest extant chronicle which is the source o Japanese mythology). She was the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami‚ and it is believed that her descendant‚ became the first emperor that ruled Japan. Actually‚ the emperor of Japan is called Tenno‚ which lieterally means the godly emperor. This idea lays the root for
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Rome when it faced terrible danger and a person would have to step up and take control of the army to face whatever enemy was opposing them. Yet‚ once Octavian or Caesar Augustus took over‚ he made the laws and the senate was no longer useful. The emperors were almost always generals because Rome decided to become an empire and conquer new lands so the republic aspect of Rome was shrouded in the hands of one man with most of
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He spiraled up the ranks thank to his father‚ and eventually became co-emperor with his father at the age of fifteen. They ruled together for 3 years until his father’s passing. Once the throne was passed to Commodus‚ the people began to show much more hostility and displeasure towards their new emperor. He continued to care very little for government affairs and only seemed interested in the position thanks to the advantages it granted
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their society and politics. When Constantine became emperor during the 4th century‚ his belief in Christianity led him to create new buildings in Rome that supported his belief in the new religion. One of those buildings built under Constantine’s reign was the Basilica Maxentius. Constantine’s belief in Christianity inspired the final design of the Basilica Maxentius incorporating classic Roman architecture for the new Christian religion. Emperor Constantine was the ruler of Rome from 306 A.D. to
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Raymond Trombley The long reign of the Ming dynasty bridged two periods during which China was ruled by foreign invaders‚ the Mongols (1271 1368) and the Manchus (1644 1912). The first Ming emperor‚ Chu Yuan chang‚ drove the Mongols from Peking in 1368. After providing China with nearly three centuries of relative peace‚ stability and prosperity‚ the Ming dynasty lost the capital city to a Manchu army in 1644. The Mongol Empire‚ which in its heyday included Central Asia‚ most of Russia and
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An Analysis of Empress Lü Given that the Shiji is a framework for China’s early imperial political thought‚ it can be used to demonstrate the influence of women on politics during the rule of the Han dynasty. Empress Lü‚ in particular‚ is a key component to the understanding of these roles‚ since she was the only woman who reigned for several years during the Han. It is unclear whether the author was concerned with the character of Empress Lü‚ or whether the author was instead writing about a political
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When the emperor took the throne in 1868‚ he made it clear that Japan would abolish feudalism and modernise into an industrial society. This period in which Japan borrowed ideas from the West and reformed in such a short time is called the ‘Meiji Restoration’. Japan for some time was considered too remote and poor to be subjected to Western Imperialism. However Emperor Meiji and his advisors made it clear that they were determined to adapt selected features of Western civilisation to become a powerful
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