were the wealthy upper class. Other than class distinction‚ the Patricians had more upper hand: Plebeians always had less rights to property and social rights‚ then were not even allowed to vote. 4. Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? He was a roman emperor who had a lot of power. Many emperors have been murdered in Rome‚ some due to others’ greed‚ others because the emperor was doing wrong. Some stories say that those assassinating were looking to have power‚ others say they had good intentions
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Introduction: The Jews enjoyed complete freedom and had a very liberal situation in Rome and the Roman Empire during the early period of BC. In spite of them enjoying freedom there still had to suffer a certain amount of restrictions. Racism on Jews was predominant during that era and was also prevalent during the reign of Augustus Caesar which eventually led to the destruction of Jerusalem. [The Legend of Augustus] As early as 6 AD‚ there was the annexation of Judea which meant the nation of
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300I The Roman Empire: What went wrong? Rome was founded as a small farming town in 753 BC. It grew to a vast empire that enveloped the whole Mediterranean Sea. It spanned from the western shores of what is now Portugal‚ to as far as the modern day Persian Gulf to the east. It remained as the world’s largest and most powerful empire in the ancient world for about 1100 years. But by 476 AD‚ the stress of war and the multiple sackings of Rome proved too much for the once mighty empire. There have
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Ancient Beginnings The Byzantine Empire during most of its history was one of the most influential empires in the Mediterranean. However‚ to find out how everything started‚ we need to go back to 657 BC‚ when the Greeks founded the colony of Byzantium or Byzantion along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait‚ which would become Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This land would later be incorporated into the Roman Empire. In 330 AD‚ Roman Emperor‚ Constantine the Great
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Many things contributed to the fall of the Mongol empire‚ but mainly the size of empire was too large for one person to rule‚ they weren’t able to maintain religious traditions‚ and fighting in war was difficult. The Mongol Empire once stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean sea and had many different religions and civilizations. The substantial size of the empire alone was enough to cause rulers difficulty in controlling the citizens. From 1162-1227‚ the Mongol was at it’s height
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merchants to unite into a collegia that protected their collective interests. With this‚ the state intervened with the free market forces and consequently the grain trade became a monopoly‚ structured to optimize the profit potential of supplying to the roman city. On the one side‚ these actions helped to build a strong and well-structured organization that provided the necessary supply of food that was essential to maintaining the state‚ and consequently‚ it’s power‚ and allowed Rome to outgrow what the
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Economic change and Military conflict from 1500 to 2000 By Paul Kennedy Fontana Press‚ London‚ 1989. This fascinating book by Paul Kennedy‚ a professor of history at Yale University‚ is about the changing balance of power in the past 500 years. The book explains the interaction between economics & strategy and relates military conflicts to economic progress. As the author puts it‚ “Wealth is usually needed to underpin military power and military power
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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar involves a part in history revolving around the Roman Revolution‚ the blood lust‚ corruption of an empire‚ and the rise and fall of five rulers. During 27 BC to 68 AD these five rulers who ruled the Julio-Claudians were; Augustus‚ Tiberius‚ Caligula‚ Claudius‚ and Nero these five leaders led an allure during their rule and were shadowed by crimes they committed. This dynasty is a story of a family that changed the world and still gives off an incredible
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The Western Roman Empire may be considered one of the strongest empires known to man. They had great technology and they were very strong and their army was massive‚ but later the Western Roman Empire started to crumble because of political problems‚ economic issues‚ diseases and foreign invaders. The Western Roman Empire started to crumble because of political problems. There were only five good emperors in the Western Roman Empire‚ yes only five good emperors. Some of the empires in Western
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Rome was a seamlessly powerful empire‚ but just like any powerful civilization‚ it was bound to come to a halt eventually. After centuries of peace and prosperity and being the center of the world at the time‚ the empire was doomed to fall. It took many years of bloody wars‚ government reforms‚ and economic power to reach its peak; therefore‚ it would take many more years of wars and deterioration of the economy to a dwindling civilization. This phenomenal empire declined for many factors such as
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