character in the movie is Maximus Decimus Meridius he is a general leading the roman army against the barbarians and he has won. As a result of the victory he Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the emperors daughter Lucilla favor him. Before the empereror dies he asks Maximus instead of his son Commodus to be the roman
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Most Important Texts During my high school career I have endured many sleepless nights due to my insistence that I read all the books assigned to me. For my freshman and sophomore year this was no big deal. However‚ after junior year with McGee I have come to realize that trying to read all the texts assigned would be my demise. As much as it pained me‚ I had to‚ instead of reading then entire text‚ read a simple summary. This year I have managed to get by with this same method. Throughout my semester
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influences. This paper will look into four great empires of the Roman world. It will discuss their ideals and cultures of their day. Were these four emperors a culture influence in their day? The four emperors of Rome‚ Augustus‚ Nero‚ Domitian‚ and Marcus Aurelius‚ had good and bad ideals‚ shaped‚ and influenced the culture in many ways. Augustus had many ideals including being a kind man and a military leader. “as victor I spared all the citizens who sought pardon.…...I preferred to preserve than
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sake and that of his father’s. This is very similar in Gladiator when Commodus kills his father‚ the Roman Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius. Maximus‚ a Roman General‚ was very close with Marcus who told Maximus "he [was] the son [he] should have had..." and wanted Maximus to carry on as Emperor instead of his son Commodus. Maximus seeks vengeance on Commodus not only for murdering Marcus‚ but also because he murdered Maximum’s wife and eight-year-old son. In both cases Claudius and Commadus wanted to reign
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Aristotle thought of eudaimonia as an activity done with virtue performed rationally and consciously. Aurelius and the other Stoics insist that the way for eudaimonia is to live a morally virtuous life‚ in regards to the fact that virtue is good‚ vices are bad and most everything else is neutral. A popular argument for this where a death in the family would
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fulfills all of these requirements; therefore‚ it is an excellent example of an archetypal movie. Maximus Dessimus Meridius is the main character and the hero in the film Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott. He is given instructions by Emperor Marcus Aurelius to return Rome to the people because of the corruption by the leaders. While thinking about the Emperor’s decision Maximus is awakened to discover the emperor has been "slain" by his son Commodus; therefore‚ nobody knew of the Emperor’s wishes
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Marcus Brutus and Stoicism Essay In Julius Caesar does Brutus exemplify the stoic life? Stoicism is “the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint” (google.com). Julius Caesar‚ and The Meditations prove that Brutus is stoic when Portia died‚ when Brutus killed Caesar‚ and when Brutus admits he hates sticking out. Brutus has a stoic philosophy. First off‚ Marcus Brutus has shown stoicism through his emotions when his wife Portia died. When portia died by swallowing
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called to man’s labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into this world for? Is it for this that I am fashioned‚ to lie in bedclothes and keep myself warm?” Roman Imperalism II Marcus Aurelius Meditations Then the god said‚ “Since you cannot be my bride‚ surely you will at least be my tree. My hair‚ my lyre‚ my quivers will always display the laurel. You will accompany the generals of Rome‚ when the Capitol beholds their long triumphal
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film are the following‚ Russell Crowe as Maximus‚ Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus‚ Connie Nielsen as Lucilla‚ Oliver Reed as Proximo‚ Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius Derek Jacobi as Gracchus‚ Djimon Hounsou as Juba. Commodus is a character based on Lucius Aurelius Commodus who lived from 161 to 192 and was the son of the reigning Caesar Marcus Aurelius. After his father died‚ he acceded to power over of the Roman Empire from 180 until his death - he wasn’t very popular with his subjects during his
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Marcus Cocceius Nerva‚ was a roman emperor who ruled from 96 to 98 A.D. He was born on November 8th in the year 30 A.D in Navia‚ Umbria. He was descended from a family of senatorial origins‚ having history with the previous emperors. Nerva’s great grandfather was consul during the year 36 B.C‚ and Governor of Asia in the same year. Nerva’s mother was the great granddaughter of Tiberius‚ therefore he had connections to the Julio- Claudian line. Nerva did not seek to hold any military or public
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