Inflation - a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices Mercenaries - foreign soldiers who fought for money. accepted lower pay than Romans but felt little sense of loyalty to the empire Diocletian - In AD 284‚ a strong-willed army leader became the new emperor. Severely limited personal freedoms. Restored order to the empire and increased its strength. Doubled the size of the Roman army and sought to control inflation by setting fixed prices for goods. Claimed descent from
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The Fighting Ground By Avi Wortis 157 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction Book Report by Jake Thomas Character Analysis of Main Characters: Jonathan: Jonathan wants to be become a trained killer. However‚ Jonathan is only a thirteen-year-old boy who lives on a farm in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War in 1778 and his father will not allow him to join the Continental Army. Jonathan’s father fought in the early days of the war and seriously injured his leg and it is not easy for
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spreading‚ which changed the morals of Rome. One reason why western Rome collapsed is because of the military as seen in documents 1 and 4. These documents show that Rome’s military was weak‚ drafted more people‚ had loyalty problems‚ and hired mercenaries. First‚ the lack of breastplates and helmets(document 1) made the Roman
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince examines how to acquire and maintain power of a nation. Machiavelli states that nations are either republics or principalities. The four types of principalities are hereditary‚ new‚ mixed and ecclesiastical. Hereditary principalities occur when the prince inherits the nation from his ancestors. Hereditary states experience fewer difficulties compared to newer states because they are accustomed to the family of the prince. New Principalities are acquired either by
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the German economy from the small to large scale. The average people living in Europe during this time were perhaps the most affected by the war. The armies were huge and in order to fund them‚ states had to raise taxes. In addition‚ many of the mercenaries went through villages and towns taking all they could from already destitute towns and this‚ coupled with the increasing demands of the state‚ planted the seed of anger toward governments that would later emerge throughout the Enlightenment and
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time‚ no boundaries‚ and has no end. It tells the story of Gatsu (ガッツ)‚ a boy born from the corpse of a woman hung on a battlefield‚ who struggles to fight his unfortunate destiny. Set in a fictional version of medieval Europe‚ Gatsu is a young mercenary who travels with no direction nor purpose‚ swinging his huge sword in merciless fights in order to survive. He buries his blade deep into the flesh of his opponents‚ fighting like a madmen in battle‚ reminiscent of the nordic berserks‚ coming closer
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Marriage As A Social Contract In Jane Austen’s ‘Pride And Prejudice’ “.It is a truth universally acknowledged‚ that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife”. With these famous words‚ Jane Austen launched into what has come to be regarded by many as the greatest romance novel of all time. Written in late 1790’s England‚ in a time of radical social upheaval and political change‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’ presents a mixed bag of social ideas relating to marriage‚ the
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After Hannibal had lead his army through the Alps and Apennines Mountain ranges and finally set foot on Roman soil‚ there was the small matter of the impending battle to deal with. Part of Hannibal’s demise was that he hadn’t accounted for the number of soldiers‚ elephants and equipment that he would lose along the route to Rome‚ and the infantry numbers of Rome itself. The quincunx was the deployment of legion infantry in segmented lines defined by weapon and the class of soldier wielding. This
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size that the army wasn’t large enough to protect it. Rome needed a larger army and finding soldiers was a hardship. With that‚ the military decided to hire mercenaries to fill the gap. With that “foreigners poured into this…void [lack of soldiers]. The Roman Army was composed entirely of Germans” (Document 5). The problem with the mercenaries is that they weren’t royal to the Empire; their loyalty was to the money. The original values the Roman army was based off of; loyalty‚ bravery and discipline
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hopes of conquest‚ but the King of Syracuse there resisted them until Rome sided with some traitorous mercenaries that broke ranks from his military and decided to rebel[ CITATION Mor01 \l 1033 ]. Those mercenaries took over a city to the east and held it hostage in protest to the king. When the king began attacking them‚ they asked for the help of Rome. Rome reluctantly chose to help these mercenaries and this made the King mad. This king of Syracuse‚ Sicily resorted to siding with
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