retention of high status and importance as well as increased safety in his position. This decision to “restore the Republic” can be seen to have been hastened by Marcellus Licinius Crassus’s claim of the military honour of the spolia opima. Octavian’s realisation that he required no military rivals is believed to have caused him to deny Marcellus’s claim‚ stating that the battle in which this honour was earned was in fact unauthorised by the Senate. As essentially the sole triumvir after defeating Marcus
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considered an offer and acceptance for the GSA. They mentioned that Schedule 2 of the MOU clearly specified that the intention of it was to encourage the negotiations towards the formation of the GSA. In addition they argue that the MOU is lacking of certainty‚ which makes the MOU unenforceable. In regards Mr Ronald William Baldwin (first plaintiff) the defendants claimed that the agency contract performed did not contain such implied term. The defendants also claimed that the facts alleged by Mr Ronald
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symbolic value of honour. Fortinbras is a brave soldier who is prepared to defend his country’s honour; his leadership and military heroism are the qualities that a king should possess. An heir’s popularity among the commons is also extremely significant. Indeed‚ Fortinbras knows how to establish his reputation in a kingdom. When he realizes the absence of kingship in Denmark‚ he hastily indicates his logical inherit of the crown and then authorizes Hamlet a military funeral to honour his death. He gives
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“Hamlet’s stifling and consuming insecurities are a result of his struggles to navigate his changing world.” Shakespeare’s play Hamlet (1601) explores Hamlet’s growing insecurities and uncertainties‚ which stem from his attempt to find certainty and order within his changing transitioning society. Hamlet’s strong moral code and genuine grief at the beginning of the play contrasts with his descent into madness and deceit‚ as the corruption of the court begin to deteriorate his integrity and eventually
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“Tiberius was the second emperor of Rome and a highly-successful soldier whose reputation for arrogance and debauchery is probably unfounded” (BBC History) Tiberius was a significant Julio-Claudian emperor who applied a great deal of contributions to the Roman Empire during his reign… The Julio-Claudian dynasty refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus‚ Tiberius‚ Caligula (also known as Gaius)‚ Claudius‚ and Nero and the family to which they belonged. They ruled the Roman Empire from its
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"Regeneration" was written by Pat Barker‚ a university-trained historian and this is confirmed by the presence of very reliable sources in the "Author’s Notes"‚ at the end of the novel. It was written the 1980’s which has enabled her to gather a lot of information about the war. Pat’s grandfather had been bayoneted during the war‚ and Pat would see his scars when he went to the sink to wash. His experiences in the war made influenced Barker’s understanding of the period‚ making the effect of the
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Critical analysis of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy is on of the brightest representatives of English realism at the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century. At that time‚ a new stage in the development of the English literature began‚ characterized with the conflict between the supporters of realism and the new modernist artistic directions. He learned from his predecessors to raise important and interesting problems‚ to tell interesting stories ‚ to portray
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Jedaar/Cape Town/South Africa In the name of Allah‚ the Beneficent‚ the Merciful We thank and praise Allah SWT and praise Him for His tolerance and goodness. We bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. He has ordered us to honour and be good to our parents. We bear witness that the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAWS is the true Messenger of Allah‚ who warned us not to be disobedient to our parents: Allah has made disobedience to parents one of the major sins. O Allah‚ shower Thy
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mentioned before‚ Rome was in turmoil and these troubles were associated with the anger of the gods and Augustus knew that this was a contributing factor in Julius Caesar’s death. Augustus used religion in his building programme to restore order and stability. This would restore stability‚ as the population would feel obliged to respect the gods and authority. In the Res Gestae he mentions the fact that he had restored 82 temples and this high number shows that this policy was a success. At the same time
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ritual suicide that was practised by samurai. A person who had lost his honour had to show that his and his family’s or clan’s honour was more important to him than his own life. So‚ the bushido‚ the code by which a warrior or samurai had to live and die‚ demanded such a man to pay the highest possible price‚ to commit a ritual suicide called seppuku in order to clean his and his family’s name and restore his and the family’s honour. Seppuku would be performed by disemboweling oneself and having another
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