Title of Assessed Work: Why did Thebes come to political prominence in the fourth century? ‘’The victory of the Thebans was the most famous of all those won by Greeks over Greeks’’1 This essay will look at the rise of Thebes to political prominence in Greece in the fourth century BC in a an analytical rather than chronological fashion‚ by considering both the decline of the major city states around Thebes as well as Theban advantages. It will draw on the format used by John Buckler2
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800-600 Rise of Greek city- states; Athens and Sparta become dominant. c.700 Homerian epics Iliad Odyssey; flowering of Greek architecture. 550 Cyrus the Great forms Persian Empire. 509 Beginnings of Roman republic. 470-430 Athens at its height: Pericles‚ Phidias‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates. 450 Twelve Tables of Law 431-404 Peloponnesian Wars. 359-336 Phillip II of Macedonia 338-323 Macedonian Empire‚ Alexander the Great. 300-100 Hellenistic period. 264-146 Rome’s Punic Wars. 49 Julius Caesar becomes
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What were the reasons for the rise and fall of Julius Caesar? Changes within the structure of the Roman army set the early stage of the rise of Julius Caesar to power within the Roman Empire. The republican army of the early days was founded on the “Servian” constitution. The army was the army of the state; citizens served in it according to their wealth and were called to arms when needed. In the third century this began to change as campaigns increased in duration and moved farther and farther
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Does power corrupt people or do people corrupt power? Power is something that is coveted by many. It is fickle like luck and can change between people in an instant. It can be solid like steel and wielded with absolute authority. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the Roman senators are always struggling for power‚ especially the prominent ones like Caesar and Pompey. Not only does Shakespeare use animal imagery to describe the the nature of his characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar: Military and Political Strength Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting‚ his political manipulations which covered decades of cycles which covered power and loss of power‚ and his personal life which to have been played in the most melodramatic and theatrical manner. It is Caesar whose life‚ betrayal
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Rise of Political Career Although he was not born to an influential family‚ Caesar quickly used his intelligence and oratory skills to rise in the ranks. After he married Cornelia‚ in 82 B.C. the current ruler‚ Sulla‚ demanded that he divorce her. She was the daughter of his rival‚ Cinna. When Julius Caesar refused to give up his loyalty to her‚ he was told that he would be killed if he didn’t. Yet still he refused. In 81 B.C‚ he fled from Rome. Sulla’s death in 78 B.C. gave him a chance to return
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The Degeneration of Political Morality in Julius Caesar Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. (Act III. Scene ii.74-78) Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare’s historical and political plays. The play is about
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Caesar Augustus was on born september 23‚63 bc. In 43 bc his great uncle julius caesar was assassinated . Then in 31 bc he was forced to defeat Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium‚ before he became the first ruler of rome instead of taking the caesar tradition of making himself dictator he only wanted to become ruler. Augustus’s father founded the Principate in 27 bc (the ruler has power until death)‚Augustus’ s power was hidden behind a constitutional form. His name means “ lofty and
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discernment through corruption and power‚ there would be injustice. On the left side of the drawing‚ Lady Justice stands blindfolded‚ holding the scales in her left hand and the sword in her right hand. Lady Justice is usually associated with the legal system and the principles of fairness and equity. The blindfold represents objectivity‚ meaning justice does not act or condemn upon money‚ wealth‚ fame‚ power‚ or identity. Ironically‚ people with wealth and influence have the power to control justice according
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Rise to Prominence Albert Speer was an intelligent‚ affluent and well-educated man‚ in many ways he was an atypical Nazi. Albert Speer claimed to be apolitical as a young man; however he himself like many others‚ were converted to the Nazi Party after attending a rally and hearing Adolf Hitler speak. The following essay will outline Albert Speer’s rise to prominence within the Nazi Party. The second of three sons to Albert Friedrich Speer and Lusie Mathilde Wilhelmine Hommel‚ Berthold Konrad
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