How dare you show your back to me‚ Slave? You will remove your helmet and tell me your name. MAXIMUS My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North‚ General of the Felix Legions‚ loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius…father to a murdered son…husband to a murdered wife‚ and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next. COMMODUS (whispering) Maximus. Maximus. Maximus. They call for you. The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator
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Disproving the Christian God According to a UN statistical report‚ God let more than a quarter of a million people get raped in the past year. People should stop believing in the bible‚ and god and Jesus as presented in the gospels because it is inaccurate and opposes logic and reasoning. Arguments will come that while it is true that God is infallible‚ and the Bible is the true word of God‚ the Bible was in fact written by man‚ who can commit errors. The Bible states that God’s word is unchanging
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Ernest Hemingway‚ a famous American novelist‚ wrote his first novel The Sun Also Rises‚ which was published on October 22‚ 1926. The Sun Also Rises is a fictional book which is set in Paris‚ France. Throughout the novel‚ the narrator is Jacob Barnes who was an army veteran from a war‚ which is presumed to be World War I‚ interacts with Lady Brett Ashley who was a nurse for the war and cared for Jake. Characters that are also involved in Jake and Brett’s life are Mike Campbell who is going to marry
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Heroes Throughout history the idea of the hero has changed from the Greek tragic drama to the Stoicism of the Roman imperialism. But while there has been a significant shift in this change‚ there are still ideals which remain the same. Greek tragic dramas started off as religious ceremonies and were considered a way to honor the Gods and entertain man. They were more of competitions very similar to the Olympics in that it brought out the best in the playwrights. The competitions were to show
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In the beginning Maximus is an army general working for the Caesar‚ Marcus Aurelius‚ and commands wins the war against the Germanic Tribes. This shows that even on the face of danger he rises above that and defeats them fairly easily. This is not the only thing that he does‚ because that would be boring‚ after he fight in the
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Melissa Cudd Character Analysis Essay of Sweat Alice Walker said‚ “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” The story takes place in a small town in Florida. Its spring‚ snakes are abundant this time of year. The story of Delia in “Sweat‚” the story is about the struggle of a hardworking woman‚ Delia‚ trying to let go of an abusive marriage she no longer wants to hold on to. While the opposing character‚ Sykes represent an uncontrolled self-appealing
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Donatello was a Renaissance artist born in Florence‚ Italy. He was famous for his artwork in bas relief‚ a type of shadow relief sculpture. * St. Mark * Zuccone | * The Feast of Herod * David | * Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata * Judith and Holofernes | Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He hailed from Florence‚ Italy. * Fortitude * Adoration of the Magi * The Birth of Venus | * Primavera * Cestello Annunciation * St. Augustine |
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continued to build; Rome had become a metropolis with a super-rich aristocracy‚ debt-ridden aspirants‚ and a large proletariat often of impoverished farmers. The latter groups supported the Catilinarian conspiracy – a resounding failure‚ since the consul Marcus Tullius Cicero quickly arrested and executed the main leaders of the
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from this list: Emperor Augustus‚ Populares‚ Tiberius Gracchus‚ Gaius Gracchus‚ Cicero‚ Julius Ceasar‚ First Triumvirate‚ Second Triumvirate‚ Trajan‚ Claudius‚ Augustus‚ Octavian‚ Mark Anthony‚ Cleopatra VII‚ Aqueduct‚ Nero‚ Jerusalem‚ Hadrian‚ Marcus Aurelius‚ Commodus‚ Herculaneum‚ Constantine‚ Diocletian‚ Edict of Toleration‚ Augustine‚ Alexandria. 2. Select the five best web sources you can find. Use the CCCOnline Library tools to help you! How do you determine the best sources? Visit http://www
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HUMANITIES STUDY QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 3 MATERIAL EMPIRE: THE POWER AND GLORY OF ROME 1. Name three of Rome’s original contributions that remain imprinted on the humanistic tradition in the West. 2. What is the name of the only surviving bronze equestrian sculpture from the Classical era? 3. What is the name of the tribes of Iron Age folk among whom Rome’s origins are to be found? 4. What did the Romans absorb from the Etruscans? 5. What did the Romans borrow from the Greeks? 6. Who ruled
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