Austrians. Ironically‚ Napoleon refused to co-operate with David‚ stating “Nobody knows if the portraits of the great men resemble them‚ it is enough that their genius lives there”. Nonetheless he came around‚ in fact it was his idea to have an equestrian pose‚ “calme sur un cheval forgueux” (calm on a fiery horse)he solely requested. On the rocky bottom‚ his name was carved alongside Hannibal and Charlemagne‚ two great leaders who also led their troops over the alps. Again asserting his authority
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Weapons and Arms in the Middle Ages In my observations of the Medieval time period I found the weapons to be brutal‚ and atrocious. From war hammers to napalm to the arquebus‚ this was by far the most in-humane advancement in weapons apart from modern day. The Medieval time went from about the 11th century to the 14th. During this time survival depended on the power of the certain ruler people served under. The power of the ruler depended directly upon his army and the army upon their weapons
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Michael Kors was born on August 9‚ 1959‚ and was raised on Long Island. He moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology‚ but dropped out after two semesters. Kors launched his women’s collection in 1981 band became a judge on Project Runway in 2004. First Lady Michelle Obama posed in a Michael Kors dress for her first official portrait. Kors lives in New York City. He is half Scandinavian‚ half Jewish. His mother is Joan Krystosek Kors‚ a former model. Designer‚
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How Significant was the Second Triumvirate to the fall of the Republic? By Martin Kimber The Second Triumvirate had a limited amount of significance towards the fall of the Roman Republic. This is a direct result of the Second Triumvirate’s lack of involvement in the direct issues affecting Rome and the Republic long before the inception of this political coalition between Octavian‚ Antony and Lepidus. The Triumvirate’s influence in the collapse of the Republic can be seen in their march on Rome
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seemed to be in fine working order."4 However‚ during this time Roman society was highly stratified in terms of class‚ and divisions bubbled just below the surface. Consisting in this system were noble families of the senatorial rank‚ the knight or equestrian class‚ citizens (grouped into two or three classes depending on the time period - self-governing allies of Rome‚ landowners‚ and plebs or tenant freemen)‚ non-citizens who lived outside of south-western Italy‚ and at the bottom‚ slaves. Only men
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The Italian Renaissance genius‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ was born in the town of Vinci‚ Italy on April 15‚ 1452. Leonardo was an architect‚ sculptor‚ inventor‚ scientist‚ master painter‚ anatomist‚ and engineer during the fifteenth century. He had displayed extraordinary talent in sculpting; therefore‚ his parents had apprenticed him to a sculptor near Florence‚ Italy at only fifteen years of age. By 1477‚ he had opened his own studio to practice his crafts‚ but by 1482 he realized he has not appealed
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English language Project Topic: my Olympic Diary Name: deepshika .p. shetty STD: ix To: Miss Katherine Acknowledgement First of all I want to thank my English teacher miss she helped me lot to complete this project. Then I want to thank my tusion teacher who gave me idea that what to do in this project. Last but not the least my parents who supported me to do this projec The modern Olympic Games
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Country Report on BRAND MANAGEMENT OF BURBERRY By Abhinav Goyal A0102211183 MBA-M&S Class of 2013 Under the Supervision of Dr. Ashish S. Noel Department of Finance‚ Amity Business School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration ( SAP ) At AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL LONDON DECLARATION I declare ‚ (a)That the work presented for assessment in this Country Report‚ Amity SAP London is my own‚ that it has not
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Kevin Paltoo EUH 1000 Mr. Rogers 04/10/2010 The Lex Oppia was a law established in ancient Rome in 215 BC‚ at the height of the Second Punic War during the days of national catastrophe after the Battle of Cannae. This law was designed to limit the rights of women. The law was also passed to tap into wealthy women fortunes by the state in order to pay for the costs of the war. This law basically stripped the rights of women. Marcus Porcius Cato also known as the censor is one of the statesmen
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How significant were the wars against Mithridates and the Parthians in the political developments of the Roman Republic between 78BC and 31BC? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The wars against Mithridates and the Parthians in the period 78-31BC are acutely significant on the political developments of the Roman Republic. The expansion of the Roman Empire into Eastern settlements took place under the leadership of an oligarchy‚ thus
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