overthrow by Lucius Junius Brutus of King Tarquin the Proud’s monarchy led to the creation of the Roman Republic in 509 B.C.E. The focal-point of the new order was to emphasize the sharing of power‚ which contributed to its fast-paced success. However‚ the Republic also decayed and collapsed as quickly as it had grown. The main factors that attributed to its decline were the political reforms proposed by the Gracchi‚ its rapid expansion and conquests‚ and the consuls Marius and Sulla. These three
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Scipio Africanus The General who brought an end to the punic wars. Scipio’s father held the consulship in one of the most critical years of Rome’s history‚ 218 B.C. While with his father during a battle on the Ticinus‚ a young Scipio made his first mark on history‚ seeing that his father was wounded and cut off by the enemy‚ he charged at the enemy cavalry and saved him. Scipio africanus was an outstanding military leader who not only defeated hannibal but also ended the second punic war.+ Scipio
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on January 14 of 83 BC.[1] According to Suetonius‚ he shared his birthday with Drusus‚ the father of the emperor Claudius‚ who was Antony ’s grandson through maternal lineage.[2] Another source[citation needed] states that his birth coincided with Sulla ’s landing at Brundisium in the spring of 83 BC‚[3] and Plutarch[4] gives his year of birth as either 86 or 83 BC.[5][not in citation given][6] He was the homonymous and thus presumably the eldest son ofMarcus Antonius Creticus (praetor 74 BC‚ proconsul
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of Rome‚ Nardo). In 88 B.C. a new army formed where the soldiers owed allegiance to their commander and not the republic. This army under the rule of General Lucius Cornelius Sulla wanted to end Marius’s command so therefore Sulla had his legions capture Rome and drove Marius out. The result was seven years of civil wars. Sulla‚ as dictator‚ tried to build a more solid senate but failed to take power away from the Assembly of Tribes (World History‚ Human Experience). The civil situations
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amount of money in donations and the public works projects he started and worked on in his reign. Before the reign of Augustus‚ Rome was still a Republic and in a state of civil wars because of the doings of consuls and senators Gaias Marius and Lucius Sulla starting in 88 BC‚ when Marius made the movement for land ownership to not be a requirement to be in the Roman army. Although it was a good short term plan‚ it led to devastating consequences. After the urban poor males joined the army‚ the patricians
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In the time of the agricultural age‚ two civilizations arose out of the plenteous food and raging waters. These two early civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt. Although many similarities can be drawn between the two‚ they each proved to be very different from each other in social‚ political‚ and religious systems as well as their stability and defeat. Although the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations paved the way modern civilizations‚ they have more differences that are illustrated in
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political goals . He became the head of his family at the age of 16 after the death of his father. One year later‚ he was designated as the new high priest of Jupiter for which he had to marry a patrician girl. So‚ he Lucius Cinna after breaking up his engagement with a plebeian girl. Sulla‚ the dictator of Rome‚ sent Caesar to exile for being the supporter of Marius. So‚ he was posted to Cilicia as a military assistant to a provincial governor where he won the Civic Crown. Later‚ Caesar left army but
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Tragedy of the Century Tragedy has com to our once peaceful nation. Our mighty leader Caesar was mercilessly assassinated yesterday on Ides of March 44 BC. by a group of rouge senators including Caesars trusted friend Marcus Brutus. These murderers have escaped and Rome has lost one of her best and most compassionate leaders. But what was the reason of this sudden assassination. The most obvious is uneasiness. For some time there has been tension between our great leader‚ Caesar‚ and the senate
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SCIPIO Africanus 236 - 184 BC Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio‚ The Elder‚ was a Roman general who fought the Carthagian armies in Spain and defeated them. Then he invaded Africa from Sicily. This act caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa to fight Scipio. In 202 BC Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama. Carthage capitulated and had to surrender her war fleet. For his victory in North Africa Scipio was called Africanus Major. Until the rise of Julius Caesar‚ Scipio Africanus
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I am Lucius Caesetius Flavus and I believe that the published acta should be accepted while the unpublished acta should be declined by us‚ the senate. Before we can vote on such a heavily weighted topic we must consider what the acta holds and their benefits or consequences which they have for the republic. It is a question about whether we want to see Caesar be honored in the form of his acta being confirmed and his legacy being reinforced or if we want to move on from him and his view for the
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