the eyes of many people. That is why he warned “No man can serve two masters‚ you cannot serve God and money”. He himself was the victim of greed. In the end‚ He was betrayed for thirty pieces of silver by Judas. It takes real grace to see the seduction of money and the emptiness of its promises. Aspiring politicians have heard of the sad end of Ferdinand Marcos‚ and other dictators whose billions benefit only the Swiss banks but not those who robbed their own people. And yet given the opportunity
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Roman dictator Julius Caesar‚ his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of Philippi. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history‚ which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy‚ referred to by some
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cost was about $6.7 billion in 1860 money‚ which would be $139 billion today. However‚ some economic historians believe the indirect cost (such as disruption of the economy) would measure approximately $46 trillion in current money. 7. The movie Cleopatra cost $44 million to make in 1963. With inflation taken into account‚ the same movie would cost $300 million to make today 8. Hyperinflation occurred in Germany in 1920‚ leading to great social unrest. The purchasing power of money fell so low that
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conducts siege operations against Massilia. Massilia is the second sea battle in the Civil War. Varro surrenders to Caesar in a town further Spain called Hispania Ulterior. Caesar gets Pompey to go to to Egypt and gets involved in a war between Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII. Achillas‚ guardian of the Egyptian king Ptolemy‚ has his forces
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wife‚ Pompeia‚ did not allow him any children and neither did his third wife‚ Calpurnia. Of his illegitimate children‚ the only one that is confirmed to have been sired by Caesar is Cesarion. This was his son from his romantic relationship with Cleopatra‚ the Queen of Egypt. Cesarion died when he was just 17 years old and never had any children of his own. July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is 31 days long. The month of July was previously called Quintilis
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Elizabeth Taylor was about to create a niche of her own by doing some of the best movies in her time. Though‚ she was known for her luminous beauty‚ her talent spoke volumes. She did not allow herself to be typecast and portrayed a range of roles which helped to showcase her talent. Some of her best classics which have won the hearts of her fans all over the world are: Father of the Bride: This film created ripples in her career and was acknowledged as a superb movie by her fans .It was also a memorable
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metaphoric resemblances will force critical readers to wonder if the antecedent Gilgamesh story influenced the stories in Genesis. Genesis’s creation story of Adam and Eve bears strong resemblance to Aruru’s creation of Enkidu‚ and the harlot Shamhat seduction of Enkidu to enlightenment and human
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Nudes. The study of the human body reached its epitome in Western culture during the Renaissance. Such fascination with the human body developed both in a religious and erotic/secular sense. Throughout the Italian Renaissance period‚ nude characters reached a gradual progression in the incorporation of public and esteemed art‚ as before they were primarily hidden in private rooms or secretly shared as pornography. Eventually‚ with the shift of religious influence during the Renaissance‚ nude works
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Portrayal of women in the middle ages: By the Middle Ages‚ it was commonly accepted that Eve was principally to blame for the disobedience that led to the fall of humanity. Greek ideas had replaced Jewish in Christian thinking‚ including the notion that the soul was good but the body evil. Heretical though this might have been‚ it didn’t stop sexuality being regarded as somehow evil. One of the few recorded medieval women writers‚ the mystic Margery Kempe‚ aspired to celibacy even within marriage
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