they did not need family reputation or political connections‚ simply the ability to persuade some troops to back them. Previously‚ when an emperor dies they adopt someone from the extended family by searching for a good young man. However‚ Marcus Aurelius allows his natural born son to succeed him‚ rather than finding the best candidate‚ and it screws up the system. The Late Roman Empire was not designed to be an efficient government‚ but to keep the emperor in power and to benefit the members
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Gladiator is set during the peak of the Roman Empire. The story revolves around Maximus (Russel Crowe)‚ one of the best General’s in Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ (Richard Harris) army. The emperor is dying and makes his wishes known that Maximus be his successor instead of his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) . As you might expect‚ going through life with a name like Commodus‚ and then being passed over by his own father doesn’t look good. He orders the death of Maximus‚ who manages to escape and become
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experienced a downfall. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by internal decay in political and military issues‚ economics‚ sociology‚ and religion. The political and military state of Rome started to decline after the death of Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. When he died‚ his spoiled son‚ Commodus‚ took over. Commodus was a poor leader causing civil wars and tribes around the Mediterranean to invade. The Roman Empire declined from "a kingdom of gold into one of iron dust." To deal
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This was when Octavian was ruler. Rome had many great feats in arts and engineering. The Romans build roads for their army and aqueducts to carry water. Five additional good emperors ruled at this time‚ including Marcus Aurelius the last emperor of the Pax Romana. In a turn of events‚ by the end of his reign Rome could barely defend
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Christianity was not the cause for spiritual decline of Rome. Many factors contributed to the growth and expansion of the church‚ and ultimately its success. Rome did not welcome this new religion with open arms right from the start. Some emperors‚ like Marcus Aurelius openly rejected Christianity numerous times. Once Christianity was welcomed and even encouraged‚ many people followed their emperor’s lead and embraced this new religion. The first of the reasons that the Christianity spread was a political
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Just like the Economic and Social problems in Rome the Politics also played a big role when it came to The Fall of Western Rome. When Emperor Constantine came into power in 306 CE. He made the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. He renamed the city Constantinople and ruled it for 30 years. Under his rule the empire would thrive and become powerful. Constantine also embraced Christianity. The peak of the Byzantine Empire occurred during the Justinian Dynasty. When Justinian
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events on to the vases/amphorae in silhouette form. As I have said in my introduction‚ Greeks being outside a lot‚ may have made them more creative and upbeat‚ allowing them to create amazing works of art. As a part of art‚ Greeks frequently made sculptures‚ portraits‚ paintings‚ or statues of their favorite gods or goddess. Other hobbies done or practiced by the ancient Greeks was weaving‚ knitting‚ embroidery‚ carving‚ and
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Victoria Sogbesan Ms.Skinner World History 20 April 2015 Greek: Geography played an important role in the development of Gee civilization. The mountains and the sea played especially significant roles in the development of Greek history. Much of Greece consists of small plains river valleys surrounded by high mountain ranges. The mountain isolated Greeks from one another‚ causing different Greek communities to develop their own ways of life. The sea also influenced the evolution of Greek society
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November 2011 Choosing a Destiny Things can be very difficult for some people to choose their own destiny. “Accept the things to which fate binds you‚ and love the people with when fate brings you together‚ but do so with all your heart.” (Marcus Aurelius) What this quote is saying is that people should accept things in which fate binds people. Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me Ultima takes place in Guadalupe‚ New Mexico after World War II. This novel is about a young boy named Antonio. He does not
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artwork. Three core beliefs of African societies included honoring ancestors and animal deities‚ elevating rulers to a sacred status and consulting diviners and fortune tellers. You can see this in their artwork by the use of symbolism in the sculpture to portray how important someone was by making a rulers head oversized and the use of tame animals near the figure to show his power over all things. They also honored their ancestors by way of body decoration and modification‚ rituals and masks
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