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    Emperor Nero

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    1.0 Historical Background of Nero Emperor Nero was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in Rome. Nero was actually born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus‚ son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger in December AD37. Nero’s father was employed as a praetor and a staff member of Emperor Caligula‚ and was charged with murder‚ cheating‚ treason‚ adultery and incest by the previous emperorEmperor Tiberius. Succeeding this is Emperor Caligula‚ but upon Nero’s father’s death in

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    Emperor Frederick 1st approach to problems of government in Germany and how they differ from his measures in Italy. Emperor Frederick 1st (Barbarossa)‚ was elected to the position of King of Germany at a time when the Kingdom was on the verge of Civil War over rightful inheritance and‚ the power of the Monarchy had been reduced to little more than that of a Duke or a Count; only holding power over the greatly diminished Crownlands. During his rule‚ he faced the monumental task of restoring the

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    I. The fragmentation of western Christendom A. The Protestant Reformation 1. Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences‚ 1517 a. Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform b. Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read c. Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians‚ princes‚ and many cities d. By mid-sixteenth century‚ half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity 2. Reform spread outside Germany a. Protestant movements

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    Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus was born on September 18‚ 53 and died on August 9‚ 117‚ Roman Emperor (98–117)‚ commonly called Trajan‚ was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. The five good emperors heightened the overall Roman Empire. Trajan was born into a prominent political family. He was the son of Marci and Marcus Ulpius Traianus‚ a prominent senator and general. In the mid 70’s‚ Trajan’s father was Governor of Syria ‚ where Trajan himself remained

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    The Thirty Years War

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    as the Catholic prince Ferdinand‚ was named to rule a largely Protestant region of Bohemia. This subsequently caused a Rebellion by the Bohemian aristocracy‚ and a further escalation of violence. The Catholic price‚ who was soon named The Holy Roman Emperor‚ would respond by Force by using this newly acquired imperial army. The Bohemians‚ with support from Austrian nobility and the Ottoman Turks‚ would not back down‚ and full scale continental war would commence. This new escalation of

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    great speed and apparent carelessness. . What the edict of worms was: The Edict of Worms was a decree issued by The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V banning the writings of Martin Luther and labeling him a heretic and enemy of the state. The Edict‚ issued on May 25‚ 1521‚ in the city of Worms in southwest Germany‚ was the culmination of an ongoing struggle between Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic Church over reform‚ especially in the sale of indulgences. However‚ there were other deeper issues that

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    AP EURO SEMESTER FINAL REVIEW

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    Taylor Gomes 1° AP Euro 1) Niccolo Machiavelli: Italian politician‚ historian‚ and writer. Wrote The Prince‚ a book on how to control nations with fear 2) Johannes Gutenburg: German inventor of the printing press 3) Donatello: Early Italian renaissance painter and sculptor‚ best known for his sculpture "David" 4) Fillippo Brunelleschi: Italian architect and engineer‚ designer of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence‚ or la Duomo 5) Henry VII of England: King of England from August 22‚ 1485 to

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    Germany by 1871; such factors are fundamentally related to economic‚ political or military origins. To accurately understand the reasoning behind the unification‚ one must look at the history preceding it – The after-effects of the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; The significance of the French revolutions and Napoleonic Wars on Germanic national identity; the degradation of Austria’s national power; the introduction of the Zollverein in 1834 and the Prussian economic superiority that followed in

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    Emperor Hadrian

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    Connor Arch 1301 3 Dec 2008 Emperor Hadrian Hadrian has been described as the one of most remarkable emperors that ever served Rome. Hadrian was born on January twenty-fourth in the seventy-sixth year in Rome‚ though his family is of Spanish decent. Hadrian’s himself has imperial rights since his father Hadriatus was both cousins with Emperor Trajan and served in the senate himself for a short time. As an adult Hadrian is tall‚ and

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    Emperor Claudius

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    10 BC‚ d. 54 A.D.; emperor‚ 41-54 A.D.) was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. His reign represents a turning point in the history of the Principate for a number of reasons‚ not the least for the manner of his accession and the implications it carried for the nature of the office. During his reign he promoted administrators who did not belong to the senatorial or equestrian classes‚ and was later vilified by authors who did. He followed Caesar in carrying Roman arms across the English

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