Were the Romans welcome in Britain? When emperor Claudius invaded Britain‚ he did something very smart. Namely‚ showing the people of Britain how good the life in the Roman empire was. He did this by giving the sons of local leaders‚ a trip to Rome‚ so they could see how well-civilised and flourishing the Roman people were. After being overwhelmed by all this wealth and culture‚ a lot of British tribes went to collaborate with the Romans. However‚ there also were quite some tribes which did
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The Romanization of Britain took place soon after the invasion of the Romans - headed by the emperor Claudius - in 43AD which created the society I have chosen to look at called Romano British. I personally believe that Romanization made little difference to Britain and this is what I will aim to explain in this essay. Before doing so we must analyse the reliability of our main primary sources; Tacitus‚ Julius Caesar and Cassius Dio. All three sources were well educated but each have individual
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Assess the usefulness of functionalist approaches in explaining crime. (21 marks) Functionalists see the source of crime as located within the structure of society and they believe society produces an individual and many of these functionalists also believe that crime serves a positive function in society. Functionalist supporters like Durkheim claim some crimes are inevitable in society and are impossible to vanish completely‚ and he believes these crimes can become a positive in society because
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of the Qin Dynasty who became a ruler at the age of 13. He died when he was 49 but before his death‚ he was still a ruler. Emperor Shi Huangdi did not treat his people well. The people of the Qin Dynasty were under absolute control and had to serve harsh punishments if they did something bad. Even though‚ Emperor Shi Huangdi was a mean and harsh ruler‚ he made a lot of great Changes for China and the whole world. A couple changes are that Shi Huangdi unified government and protected his people from
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ROLE OF ROMAN EMPERORS IN THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY The very cruelty and hate of Christianity that various Roman emperors exhibited actually worked in favor of that religion. As it is said‚ "The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church‚" for in many ways‚ persecution was beneficial to the new religion. Persecution gave the Christians a chance to flex their spiritual muscles‚ which many did‚ to great effect. The miracles that took place during these martyrdoms
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The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill The first question that came to me while reading O’Nelil’s play “the Emperor Jones“ was: “would anybody seriously still bring that play to the stage today?“ The answer is‚ as I found out with a quick look into the Internet: “Yes!“ I found a review of a production of the “Irish Repertory Theatre” that was not dated but seemed to be pretty recent. The review doesn’t give a lot of detail about the production‚ but only that the lead actor is brilliant and the
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The Secondary Education in Britain Introduction The United Kingdom has a completely world-leading education system. The education in the United Kingdom has hundreds years of history‚ which is quite perfect and complex‚ and also has a very large flexibility. It is quite different from the education in China. Overall‚ the education in the UK is divided into three parts: primary education‚ secondary education and tertiary education. The secondary education in the UK and China The difference
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From my webpage at http://cappsfamily.hypermart.net/justinian.htm Byzantine Emperor Justinian was the bold architect of a revitalized Byzantine Empire that would leave a lasting legacy for Western Civilization. As much of Europe entered the Dark Ages‚ Justinian ’s vision of a restored Roman Empire would reverse the decline of the Byzantine Empire and lay a firm foundation that would allow the Byzantine Empire to survive for centuries to come. Justinian‚ whose full name was Flavius
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Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus whose birth name is Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born December 15th‚ 37AD and died June 9th‚ 68AD. Commonly identified as Nero‚ he ruled as Roman Emperor from 54AD until his death in 68AD. Of the Julio-Claudian dynasty‚ he was the last emperor hailed. Claudius who was Nero’s great-uncle adopted him to turn into his heir and successor. In the year of 54‚ Nero succeeded to the throne in the event of Claudius’s death. Even though accounts alter entirely‚ many
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is seen with The Head of a Ruler from 2300 to 2000 BC and The Marble Portrait of the Emperor Carcalla from 212 to 217 CE‚ they both were at one time a public figure of royal status‚ but they have their own individuality in the way these artists made them for their time and way of remembering them by. The Head of a Ruler represents a classic way of how rulers are remembered whereas The Marble Portrait of the Emperor Carcalla appears more casual and sets up a new way of portraiture‚ expression wise‚
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