Nero was a well known Roman emperor‚ but for the wrong reasons. He was a terrible ruler‚ and killed thousands of people during his reign between 54 AD–68 AD. He was born on December 15‚ 37 AD in Antium‚ Italy. He was first known as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. His father was Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and his mother was Agrippina the younger. At the age of two his mother was banished by Caligula to the Pontian Islands. Then when Claudius became emperor he recalled Agrippina the younger back from
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Born in 1500‚ Charles I of Spain is the successor to the Habsburg dynasty ruled Austria and large parts of Europe during the Reformation as Emperor Charles V. On the side of his father‚ Philip of Burgundy‚ Maximilian Habsburg Austria Mary of Burgundy and. On the side of his mother‚ Joana "The Mad" of Castile‚ Ferdinand and Isabella’s‚ who unified the crown of Aragon Spain and Castile. This made Charles the heir of many lands‚ which he started at the age of sixteen successor. Growing up in Burgundy
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Hollywood vs. History in the 1979 movie Caligula The third Roman Emperor was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus‚ most commonly known by the nickname Caligula. The nickname Caligula‚ meaning "Little boots‚" was given to him as a child while accompanying his father’s army on military campaigns. Caligula became Emperor of Rome at the age of 24‚ after the death of his great-uncle in 37 AD‚ the second Roman Emperor Tiberius. Throughout his reign‚ Caligula was famous for his cruelty and bizarre
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During the time period from the beginning of the Roman Empire to the Crusades‚ there were changes and continuities in religion. After Christianity became the main religion in the Roman Empire‚ it slowly changed as time went on and in some areas remained the same. At the beginning of the Roman Empire the Romans were a polytheistic people. They believed in many gods‚ which they adopted from the Greeks in Southern Italy. The Romans copied many of the Greek gods and myths but gave them different names
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In the middle of the fourteenth century a cultural transformation took place‚ this transformation was initiated by Italy and was called Renaissance. It separated the Middle Ages from the New Modern Age and is where Humanism and Reformation blossomed. Portraiture became a huge part of the Renaissance Era and artists became intrigued in trying new and unique styles. During most of the fourteenth century‚ only royalty had portraits made because they required status and wealth. A portrait is typically
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Constantine provided a mean for the word of God to be spread‚ an end to the masacres of the innocent christians‚ and a safe haven for those who practice this religion. According to A Dictionary of British History‚ “Constantine was the first Christian emperor known as ‘the Great’.” His reign was from 306-337 A.D. during which he widely spread the
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how Christianity transformed the Roman Empire. The church started in Jerusalem with the twelve apostles mainly doing missionary work‚ and Christians like Paul were witnessing to God-fearers‚ people who admired Jewish monotheism but thought the Jewish law was too demanding. Paul explained that they could worship the same God without the Jewish law‚ and during this time of sharing the gospel‚ Christians were being persecuted on and off by emperors such as Roman Emperor Nero. It became a worse worry
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among the general populous to decrease‚ and in turn‚ trading decreased. 2. The first “Holy Roman Emperor” was Charlemagne although he was originally crowned as “Emperor of the Romans” before the Roman Empire fell. He was dubbed “Holy Roman Emperor” after the Holy Roman Empire rose. The Roman Catholic Church was one of the sole central and unifying establishments in the Roman Empire and later in the Holy Roman Empire. This allowed The Church to establish authority over all the
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“The Roman Emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps or fire fighting watchmen in 24 BC”. (NAED) In this primitive form of fire fighting the men passed water by buckets from hand to hand to the flames to put them out. Since then fire fighting has changed and grown immensely and will continue to. The description though of what they do has stayed the same. Firefighters are the men and women who take control of‚ and put out fires. They respond to emergencies in which people’s lives‚ possessions
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Byzantine Empire : As the first Christian Emperor of Rome‚ Constantine claimed to have divine favor for his rule. He defined Christian practices and intervened in theological disputes. This policy came to be known as "caesaropapism"‚ whereby the emperor ruled as both secular lord and religious leader. This tendency to exalt Byzantine emperors as absolute rulers of both state and church was reinforced by the appearance of Justinian in the 6th century. He was an energetic‚ capable ruler with an energetic
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