the first foreign power with whom the Rome encountered which was outside of the Italy. There were some of the similarities in the government of the Rome and the Carthage. For example‚ there were two chief magistrates (suffetes)‚ similar to the Roman consuls. Moreover‚ the Carthage had the council of elders which is known as the "hundred" like as the Senate of the Romans. Additionally‚ the Carthage also had the assembly which is similar to the Comitia of Rome. Even though we can figure out the outward
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Alaric soon realized that he has been deceived by the Roman Empire once again. Time and time again‚ the Romans demonstrated to Alaric that they will barely tolerate the Goths and would massacre them at any available opportunity. Following the ambush‚ Alaric realized that there was no chance of formulating a treaty with the Empire. Ultimately‚ what was most important to Alaric was feeding his people. His people were in desperate need of land and food and “At last it was felt that the famine could
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The Catacombs of Rome The Christians in Rome built the catacombs for the firm believers of the Christian faith. They devoted their lives for their beliefs in Christianity‚ dying when the Romans were persecuting Christians for not worshipping the Roman Gods. Christian religion moved literally underground and was practiced in secret at its beginnings in ancient Rome because of the persecutions. During this time‚ the catacombs beneath the city‚ which were built to house the dead‚ became a place where
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The Classical empires of Rome and Han had similar and different means of imperial administration. Both empires focused on centralized administration and military expansion. They also concentrated on maintaining a full bureaucracy to help the empire prosper. The beginning for the direction of government and administration started with Julius Caesar wanting a centralized‚ imperial form of government. His plans did not span out with upset elite classes that led to his assassination. The elite men
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greatest empires in history fell? At the Roman Empire’s height of power‚ the empire was bigger than modern day India‚ and its influence was felt throughout the world. By 180 CE‚ the empire surrounded the Mediterranean Sea and controlled most of Europe‚ as well as parts of North Africa and the Middle East. However‚ as numerous empires before them‚ the Romans also collapsed and left the world in a problematic state. The greatest evidence of the lasting impacts of the fall of the Roman empire are the
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During the late classical period from 206 B.C.E to 476 C.E.‚ the Roman Empire controlled the Mediterranean world and the Han Dynasty stretched from the Yellow River to the South China Sea. Although the Romans and Han empires used powerful militaries and infrastructure to control the peasants and fend off invasions‚ they differed in the structure and organization of their bureaucracies and the control that the emperors had over the governors of the provinces. In order to control their
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Cixi’s handpicked heir‚ his two year old nephew Puyi‚ who became the Xuantong Emperor‚ the last Chinese emperor. Guangxu’s consort‚ who became the Empress Dowager Longyu‚ signed the abdication decree as regent in 1912‚ ending two thousand years of imperial rule in China. She died‚ childless‚ in
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The Byzantine Empire‚ sometimes known as the Eastern Roman Empire‚ was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)‚ originally founded as Byzantium. It survived the 5th century fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence‚
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The 18th century historian Gibbon blames Christianity for causing the spiritual decline of Rome. Take a position for or against this‚ and explain. I feel 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
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In addition to these gods and divinities‚ mystery religions began to appear around Rome inspired by the different cultural beliefs of conquered lands. One of these mystery religions was Mithraism. Mithraism was possibly brought from the Middle East back to Rome by Soldiers that converted while on campaign. Mithraism was the worship of Mithras who‚ according to The Macmillan Encyclopedia (2003)‚ “was regarded as the eternal enemy of evil‚ whose sacrifice of a bull symbolized the regeneration of life”
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