Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ also known as Constantine the Great‚ is believed to have been born sometime between the years 274 and 288. He was born in Naissus‚ which is now known as Nisch Serbia‚ to the Roman officer Constantius Chlorus. Constantius belonged to one of the Leading families of Moesia and his mother was a niece of the capable and soldierly Claudius‚ the conqueror of the Goths. Constantine’s mother Helena is said to have been the daughter of an innkeeper o Drepanum‚ and later
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Vergil’s description of the Shield of Aeneas. The Breastplate of Augustus is supposed to represent Pax Romana and the return of the standards “aquilae” that was lost by Crassus (Ramage and Ramage). This breastplate draws attention to Augustus’ great diplomacy and the glory he brought back to Rome. However‚ the emphasis on Crassus failure and Augustus’ success cannot be ignored. Augustus models his art to depict where his predecessors failed and he succeeded. The Shield of Aeneas described by Vergil
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Rome had remained a strong republic for over 450 years. It had ruled over all other countries and had taken over a vast majority of all the land excluding the undiscovered New World. Rome had its victories‚ its defeats and its fall……. The Founding Rome was created by two brothers named Romulus and Remus on April 21‚ 753 B.C.. The brothers founded a city and argued about who should be the ruler. Romulus killed his brother Remus and named the city after himself. Rome started off as a slow and strong
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the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. Constantine played a significant role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan (a document that was established religious tolerations for Christianity between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius)‚ which act religious tolerance throughout the empire. The Edict of Milan raised the stock of Christianity within the empire and it reminded the importance of religious worship to the state and made the empire officially neutral with regard to religious
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Did Augustus restore the Roman Republic in 27BC? Julius Caesar is perhaps the most well known in the history of Roman Emperors‚ yet there is no denying that his reign was filled with controversy‚ no reason more so than his devious rise to power and his mischievous ways of suppressing the senate. There is no doubt that in ruling as a Dictator; Caesar lost the support of the Roman people‚ who had fought for freedom against an Etruscan King‚ a role in which Caesar was playing. His death in 44BC
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controlled most of the Italian Peninsula and soon spread into the Mediterranean‚ they came in conflicts and things started getting hard. Although the dying republic was ruled for a short time by the famous triumvirate; it soon collapsed with the death of Crassus and Julius Caesar became the first Roman Emperor. The Empire itself lasted no longer than the Republic‚ but its territorial gains were considerably more extensive. The Empire extended to Britain in the West‚ and to the banks of the Rhine and Danube
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Spartacus was an important leader in Rome. He was born in 109 BC and died in 71 BC on a battlefield near Petelia Italy. His occupation was a Gladiator. He is best known for leading a slave uprising against Rome. Spartacus was of the the Thracian nationality. He joined the Roman army when he was young. When he tried to leave the army‚ he was caught and sold into slavery. He was then forced to be a gladiator. A gladiator was a man trained to fight wild animals and other gladiators in an arena. In 73
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Emperor Constantine has been frequently credited for ending the persecution of Christians and converting himself to a Christian‚ His association with Christianity began with a fateful battle for control of the Western Roman Empire. Constantine faced Western Roman Emperor Maxentius at the Tiber River’s Mulvian Bridge in A.D. 312. Fourth-century historian and bishop Eusebius of Caesarea reported that before the great battle Constantine saw a flaming cross in the sky bearing the words "in this sign
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Rome and Parthia‚ had first clashed after Pompey had annexed the Syrian rump of the Seleucid empire in 64B.C.‚ then there was Crassus in 53B.C.‚ who was governor of Syria at the time‚ and was eager for glory‚ only to be destroyed by the Parthian horse arches. Then after Crassus we know there was also Caesar‚ who had planned an invasion only to be assassinated before he was able to see his plans take place.
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and its accomplishments any less admirable? The Roman poet Aulus Licinius Archias was a favorite of the great Roman orator Cicero. While defending his citizenship in 62 AD he cited his loyalty‚ honesty‚ and other honorable characteristics were cited alongside a number of papers with his name recorded on the citizen list as reasons as why he should be considered a citizen. Cicero argued in his speech‚ In Defense of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias‚ that Archias was in fact a Roman citizen because he had
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