worse emperor in the history of Rome. The fact that his father‚ Marcus Aurelius‚ was a popular and successful ruler may have raised the precedent that Commodus had to live up to. But for whatever reason‚ Commodus proved a disconnected and self indulgent leader. At the age of five Commodus was named Caesar‚ and at the age of seventeen he became co-Augustus with his father. He spent his childhood accompanying his father Marcus Aurelius on political campaigns‚ and learned a lot on how to run an empire
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of Donatello’s life show how important he was to the Renaissance: the first period is influenced by Gothic sculpture‚ the second period is characterized by the reliance on the models and principles of the sculpture of antiquity‚ and the third period emphasized realism and the portrayal of character and the dramatic action. The first period comprised the years before 1425‚ when Gothic sculpture influenced his work but also shows classical and realistic tendencies. Donatello was a realist. Most of
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Hannibal‚ leader of a Germanic Tribe Marcus Aurelius The Roman Empire declined and fell because of politics. However‚ the empire was strong at a point until the third century crisis happened. The last emperor before the crisis began was Marcus Aurelius‚ and the empire went from peaceful and Pax Romana to catastrophe and they called it “the anarchy.” There were both internal and external conflicts throughout the empire. The external problems were the violations of the borders by the Germanic tribes
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Cited: Aurelius‚ Marcus‚ Meditations Book II‚ Part 1‚ London: Modern Library‚ 2003 Ovid‚ Allen Mandelbaum‚ The Metamorphoses of Ovid‚ New York: Harvest Books‚ 1995 MacMullen‚ Ramsay‚ Romanization in the Time of Augustus‚ Yale University Press‚ 2000. Veynw‚ Paul‚ editor
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throughout the Empire in order to check up on the Roman provinces and to ensure that the Governors were doing their duties to the Empire. Before his death in 138 Hadrian adopted Antonius Pius on the condition that Pius adopted either Lucius Verus or Marcus Aurelius as his successor. During his reign he was viewed by the senate with suspicion‚ because upon his accession and in his absence the members of the Senate had been “forced” into calling for the execution of four Politian’s who may have been seen as
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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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