sure he obtained the consulship he formed a secret agreement between himself and the other two most important men at that time‚ Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was a leading military figure and Crassus was the richest man in Rome as well as a leading patrician senator. This alliance became known as the First Triumvirate which was formed in 60BC and it secured the alliance with Pompey with the marriage of Pompeia (Caesar’s sister). According to Pamela Bradley‚ ‘Caesar’s role in the First Triumvirate played
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Charlemagne‚ also known as Charles the Great or Charles I‚ was king of the Franks. In 800 A.D.‚ Charles the Great was consecrated emperor and Augustus by Pope Leo III (750-816). Pope Leo III‚ along with all other high priests‚ saw it fit to crown Charles as emperor as not only a sign of respect gained through his supplied protection from Roman rebels but also because he already held places of power in Rome and in cities of Italy‚ Gaul‚ and Germany. Also considering the fact the imperial throne remained
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Gaius Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 12‚ 100 B.C‚ to a patrician family. Julius was raised in Subura‚ which was a section in Rome for the lower-class citizens. When Julius was fifteen years of age‚ he inherited his father’s fortune‚ who worked as a praetor. However‚ his family was not considered rich by the noble standards of Rome. Caesar grew up in a time of turmoil‚ and Rome was domestically split between two warring parties‚ the Populares‚ and the Optimates. Caesar
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Family Relations and Background: Agrippina was related to the Claudian ‘gens’‚ one of the oldest and most illustrious patrician families with imperial connections. Her father Germanicus had risen through the cursus honoroum to two consulships and the proconsulships of Germany and Gaul. Germanicus’s brother was the brother was the future Claudian emperor‚ Claudius. Agrippina’s family lineage was therefore immensely prestigious. Her mother is quoted twice by Tacitus asserting her descent from the
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those men who were the first in their family to be elected consul were called "new men" . The members of this top class in the Roman Republic were called Patricians and included all political and top military positions in society. The equestrian class was also included in the lower parts of the upper class division and were considered Patricians. The basis of power was economic and a man could be enrolled as an equestrian if he could prove that he had a stable minimum amount of wealth and land ownership
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The world between 100 C.E. and 600 C.E. in the classical era witnessed the collapse of major civilizations in Rome‚ India and China. Rome‚ in the west‚ evolved from a strong centralized state to a position of complete political fragmentation. It was a society that was at its cultural height in creativity that ended in total decline; however‚ in the eastern portions of the Roman Empire there was political continuity and centralization of state as seen in the Byzantine Empire‚ which split Rome into
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This mindset created divides that further enhanced the sense of "otherness" throughout the Euro-Asian continent‚ and into the parts of northern Africa. When the Roman Republic was founded in 509 B.C.E.‚ the senate was composed of mostly wealthy patricians and commoner plebeians (Hansen). When the senate had to take a vote‚ they would "count the votes of the rich more heavily than the poor (Hansen)." Further‚ when Rome defeated
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The works of Sandro Botticelli are among the most revered of renaissance painting. The sweeping curves of his women and the ethereal beauty of their gazes are recognized instantaneously: from a grandmother in a small town to the cognoscenti of New York or Paris‚ few can claim to be unmoved by his work. Patronized by the Vatican as well as one of the most rich and powerful Florentines of his time‚ Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici‚ Botticelli was hugely popular in his own day. His most magnificent
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For thousands of years‚ ancient Greece and Rome have influenced and inspired our modern day structures. You could put it as we owe a lot to the Greeks and Romans. Everywhere we look‚ we can thank the Greeks for gifting us with their culture and designs that has influenced the world today. You may not know it‚ but the architectural structure of your school or workplace may be based on the ideas of the Greeks and Romans. Your clothing or even your science and math that you learn everyday is all thanks
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Greek 600-630 B.C. Archaic period Kouros 600-580bc * Kouros= Youth * Archaic period * From attica‚ Greece * marble Krosios (Kouros from Anavysos) 530bc * marble * High classical period Doryphorus or canon * Doryphorus = Spear bearer * Artist: Polykleitos * High classical period * Idealisim * Contrapostal= pose (relaxed) * Artist wrote
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