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    At the time and throughout his life‚ Constantine was not a Christian convert until immediately prior to his death. But he had been known prior to the battle and subsequently‚ as one who did not favor persecution of the Christians. He was not the first to advocate this tolerance of Christians‚ as part of a political tactic. It is also difficult to understand why Constantine would pursue the political course of declaring Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. The path to political power in

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    Nomen: _______________________________________ Latin III / Greenman Eutropius VII.8-9 (Chapter 57 A) A. Eutropius‚ Breviarium Historiae Romanae‚ VII.8-9 Note: Ablatives absolute are still [in brackets.] Sentence subjects are still in CAPITALS. Objects of verbs are still boldface. Finding the verbs is now up to you. The adjectives of noun-adjective pairs are in italics. Finding the nouns is now up to you. Before you translate: Identify the subjects and verbs of each sentence‚ particularly

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    American actor‚ film director‚ and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart‚ Driving Miss Daisy‚ The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits‚ including Unforgiven‚ Glory‚ Seven‚ Deep Impact‚ The Sum of All Fears‚ Bruce Almighty

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    Morgan Freeman Actor‚ director‚ narrator. Morgan Freeman was born on June 1‚ 1937 in Memphis‚ Tennessee. As a kid‚ Freeman spent a good portion of his time scraping together enough money to see movies‚ where he gained an early admiration for actors like Gary Cooper‚ spencer Tracy‚ and Sidney Poitier. It was luck that Freeman himself got into acting. He was in junior high and‚ as punishment for pulling out a chair from underneath a girl he had a crush on‚ Freeman was ordered to participate in the

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    of scandals led to the couple’s estrangement in 1992‚ her dismissal from his cabinet in 1995‚ and their official divorce in 1996... Nelson Mandela has been played in the movies by Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom‚ 2013)‚ Morgan Freeman (Invictus‚ 2009)‚ Sidney Poitier (Mandela and de Klerk‚ 1997)‚ and Danny Glover (Mandela‚

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    that isolation is far more effective than torture at eroding the human purpose. The final portion of this passage details the note left by Dave Hatcher for Stockdale upon returning from isolation and the hospital‚ and it reads the lines of the poem Invictus about being the master of one’s own fate and soul‚ a very Stoic

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    open-minded. Romans have ’gods ’ as opposed to a single ’God ’ and romans can choose which gods to praise for different reasons. (Ancient East; Religion in Ancient Rome) Despite‚ there was an official state god names Sol Invictus which means‚ ’the unconquered sun ’. Sol Invictus was created by the emperor Aurelian in 274 AD. There was a festival on December 25th to celebrate "the birthday of the unconquered sun.” The date was chosen because it was the date after the winter solstice. (Listverse Fascinating

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    Primary socialisation Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18th‚ 1918 and recently died on December 5th 2013. He was born in Eastern Cape‚ South Africa. Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (father) Nonqaphi Nosekeni (mother) were both Christians‚ therefore so was Mr Mandela. His father Gadla was the head chief in his community. The strengths his father would have needed were to speak up for his people‚ have courage‚ be caring‚ be supportive of his community‚ strong‚ powerful worker‚ a good communicator

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    Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade‚ Nor lose possession

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    Ancient Roman holidays &  Festivals  by emily deal                           Ancient  roman  calendars  were  a  little  different  than  ours  for‚  example  their  weeks  were  eight  days  long.  The eight days didn’t even have names‚ they were just letters. A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚G‚H.  On  the  eighth  day  of  the  week‚  H‚  a  regular  school  holiday‚  kind  of  like  our  weekends.  It   was  called  Market  Day‚  the  meant  for  washing  your  whole  body  and  going  to market to get  the food 

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