incompetency. Under the Empire‚ the power of Rome began to decline and slowly came to the point of collapse. The fact that the Empire held together for another hundred and fifty years was largely due to a series of strong soldier-emperors such as Marcus Aurelius. But they were still not able to take Rome back to what it once was and as soon as weak emperors such as Commodius took power‚ Rome entered its final decline and loss of glory. The empire was brought about largely by Julius Caesar. ROMAN ART
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The Life and Times: Antoninus Pius- “The Excellent Emperor” Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Another dead white guy. Evidence points toward the reign of Antoninus Pius being one of prosperity; when Rome was ruled by an upright man‚ who could not be troubled to expand or dominate‚ instead choosing to internalize efforts and innovate both policy and structure. Pius’s image and reception‚ those exact innovations‚ and the connections from him to the rest of Roman History all
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TOK essay – November 2012 * “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false.” “Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius The quotation above explains the claim that is discussed in this essay; weather truth and falsehood can be distinguished. If a person claims they are aware of the truth‚ it is impossible for it to be absolute. Absolute truth would be information‚ which has not been manipulated
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The "pioneer generation" of the Renaissance artists was generally considered to be the painter Masaccio‚ the sculptor Donatello‚ and the architect Brunelleschi. They applied Humanist thinking to art by using the styles of the classical world‚ instead of their immediate past‚ to depict the world around them in a naturalistic manner. The idealized statuary of classical antiquity served as their models‚ while in architecture the classical orders were applied to Renaissance buildings. They also extended
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STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1 (Prehistoric - Roman) FORMAT All questions will be multiple choice. Some will be accompanied by images while others will rely on your use of your knowledge without visual reference points. COVERAGE Visual Material: Selected from the works of art and architecture we have studied - see list below. These have all been discussed IN CLASS AS WELL AS IN THE TEXTBOOK or other readings. (If we do not cover all the works listed below in class‚ you will not be responsible for them on
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“Story of an hour”‚ happiness or tragedy? Kate Chopin‚ an American writer born in 1850‚ is best recognized for her short‚ but meaningful stories for children and adults. Although Chopin was way ahead of her time‚ her work was well criticized for the experts across the country. Chopin was considered a leader writer with “a native aptitude for narration amounting almost to genius.” (Garrett) Chopin was married‚ and after her husband passed away‚ she was into a deep debt. The implications and consequences
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seeing how terribly Dorigen feared that whatever ship brought her husband home would crash on these rocks and sink‚ provided further distractions. One day‚ her friends had organized a party and a dance in a beautiful garden. It was at this dance that Aurelius‚ a squire‚ danced in front of Dorigen‚ who was as fresh and well-dressed as the month of May. His singing and dancing were better than any man’s‚ and he was one of the most handsome men alive. Unbeknownst to
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VI. Roman Civilization Rome was a small town on the Tiber River in the central part of the Italian peninsula Rome was located in the heart of Italy and could expand in many directions Romans adopted Greeks’ alphabet‚ military techniques‚ and styles of literature‚ art‚ and architecture The Romans built a strong Republic Etruscans lived in prosperous trading cities to the north and west of Rome tribe of people who lived north of the Tiber From the Etruscans‚ Romans learned practical skills
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the Meditations‚ honor is shown as an irrelevant characteristic. Aurelius believes that honor is not a trait to die for‚ because both the honored and the ones that honor other will die. Along with that Aurelius states that all human beings are the same in that every person possesses a body‚ mind in the form of intellect‚ and a soul. By this reasoning everyone is same and no one is above or below another by profession or status. Aurelius states that one should‚ “…be free from vain conceit with regard
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HELLENIC AGE PHILOSOPHY • Greeks used observation and reason to find causes for what happened • Ethics and morality • In Athens‚ Sophism- success is more important than moral truth o Rhetoric- art of skillful speaking o Socrates- Sophist‚ Athenian philosopher ▪ Socratic Method- pose series of questions to students and challenge them to examine the implications of their answers o Plato- student of Socrates ▪ Emphasized the
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