The final question in need of asking is‚ was Hannibal ever close to completing his was Hannibal ever close to getting to Rome. The answer to that question is that Hannibal withdrew before he could attempt the final attack on Rome. As explained by Polybius‚ The consuls Gnaeus Centumalus and Publius Sulpicus Galba… then boldly led out these troops Drew them up in battle order in front of the city‚ and thus checked Hannibal’s intended attack. The Carthaginians had at first pressed forward eagerly
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of whether the Second Punic War was of Hannibal’s making is debated greatly amongst modern historians but regardless‚ it is unlikely it would have taken the course it did without Hannibal as the predominant leader of the Carthaginian forces. Both Polybius and Livy described Hannibal making an oath to his father at the age of nine that he would never become a friend of Rome. With this and his defiance of Rome by attacking Saguntum as evidence‚ many modern scholars have attributed the outbreak of war
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1 What Trojan hero did the Romans considered themselves descended from? - Aeneas. What Greek historian described and explained Rome’s rise to power? – Polybius Who were the legendary twin brothers who founded Rome in 753 B.C.? - Romulus and Remus What three things did Polybius consider the main causes of Rome’s greatness? Which Hellenistic philosophy taught that we should strive for “pleasure‚” defined as the absence of pain? –Epicureanism Which Hellenistic philosophy taught that logos‚
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Sicily‚ then for the leadership of the western Mediterranean and finally to determine the survival or extinction of Carthage. By 270 Rome had conquered Italy and organised it into a confederation of Roman citizens and Latin and Italian allies. Polybius says that the Romans ‘Once having made themselves masters of Italy applied themselves to the conquest of countries further afield’ . This combined with the fact that the most populated parts of Italy were along the western side where the Dominant
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On September 17th‚ 1787‚ over two hundred years ago‚ the greatest document ever drafted was signed into law‚ and became the United States Constitution. The Constitution is the document that establishes the modern government of the United States‚ and describes which powers this government possesses‚ and which it does not. The authors of this document were the fathers of the United States‚ educated men‚ who wrote and were inspired by many different influences. The authors got ideas from many different
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Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history.[2] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to the overall history of the world (e.g.‚ to the rises and falls of empires)‚ to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity‚ and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity.[3] Hypothetically‚ in the extreme‚ the concept of historic recurrence assumes the form of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence‚ which has been written about in various
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The Roman military was the first successful professional full time military‚ which was partly because the Roman generals paid an immense attention to detail. “Roman generals paid close attention to camp layouts‚ soldier’s equipment and most crucially‚ logistics. Often it was a the details that gave the Romans the edge‚ the depth of a ditch dug around a camp or having a warm breakfast before a battle were all considerations made by Roman commanders” (“The Roman Military”). Legionaries typically
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commander and a tactician of supreme capacity” Robert Garland - Though this claim may seem questionable to our post Hanibalic world‚ It was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated the Romans to write a national history. Polybius chose 220BC to begin narrative of Rome’s tak over of the Mediterranean - It is largely due to Hannibal’s defeat at Zama that we stand here today as the heirs of Graeco Romano culture. Had Scipio lost there is no guarantee that the Carthaginians
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see what worked and what did not. The ancients‚ who were Greek like Plato and Aristotle‚ thought that the government should promote human excellence. Plato recognized three types pf government‚ monarchy‚ aristocracy and democracy. For the Romans‚ Polybius wanted a Republic and Cicero believed in informed consent of the people. The founding fathers believed the Ancients had already established goals‚ institutions andd the mechanics of politics but did not learn how to keep a government in good shape
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Roman Republic/ Athenian Democracy and the United States Throughout history there have been several government structures that govern the people of the state‚ some ran differently‚ but maybe similar as well. There is a fine line between a democracy and a republic although there are some similarities. In a democracy‚ the citizens are their own form of government‚ all having equal say. In a republic‚ citizens still have high power but use that power to elect representatives to govern the state. I
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