originally called Gaius. He grew up in a camp as a favorite of his father’s soldiers. The troops nicknamed him "Caligula" after the small military boots he wore in camp. His childhood was not a happy one‚ spent in an atmosphere of paranoia‚ suspicion‚ and murder. Uncertainty over the succession of power from the aging Tiberius‚ led to a series of personal tragedies. His famous father Germanicus‚ his mother Agrippina the elder and all his brothers were either killed or starved to death by order of the
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honored and greatly respected by the Spartans. The laws and ideas created by him are greatly studied today. Lykurgos saved his city by reforming the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects of Spartan rule and the rules and focuses of Spartans. When Sparta was in danger‚ Lykurgos changed the economic life of the Spartans to create a stable balance between the rich and the poor. He did not only create the ideal government for Sparta but he also came up with ideas to create equality and
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Henry VII‚ son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort‚ was born in 1457. He married Elizabeth of York in 1486‚ who bore him four children: Arthur‚ Henry‚ Margaret and Mary. He died in 1509 after reigning 24 years. Henry descended from John of Gaunt‚ through the latter’s illicit affair with Catherine Swynford; although he was a Lancastrian‚ he gained the throne through personal battle. The Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 left Richard III slain in the field‚ York ambitions routed
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Did Abraham Lincoln deserve his assassination? Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States‚ and he made many accomplishments as president. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Forde’s Theatre. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was unjust mainly because he abolished slavery‚ and was the leader in preserving the union during the civil war; however‚ many people think he deserved it because he thought that blacks shouldn’t have the same rights as whites. Abraham Lincoln did
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had passed a group of laws that said that the colonist would be taxed for the damages. This is what lead up to the nation that we call america. One of the main reasons the american colonies broke away from under the british rule was because britain was denying the colonists of their right as english men. Due to the expenses of the french and indian war the 13 colonies started to rebel. The reason for this was because the british was going to colonists was going to be taxed for all of the damages
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In the year 218 BCE‚ Hannibal and his military travelled across the Alps‚ leading his greatest weapon – war elephants‚ something no one else had accomplished. Hannibal had overcome the impossible‚ training elephants who have sensitive hearing‚ to become powerful weapons during battle. Hearing the plans of Gaius Flaminius‚ Hannibal a followed‚ eventually overtaking the Roman troops. After Hannibal and his army‚ who he lead through the extensive Alps‚ earned victory during the ’Battle of Trebia’; the
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in what would soon become Jamestown were hoping to find fortune and acres of free land. Instead of landscapes paved with gold‚ however‚ there was disease and famine. Out of all the reasons why eighty percent of the colonists perished‚ three should be taken into the most consideration. The first colonists to arrive had prepared poorly in supplies and mentality‚ along with the chosen location of settlement being nearly uninhabitable‚ and surrounded by an empire of Powahatans. One hundred and ten
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Hellhound on His Trail was practically a story about the civil rights movement‚ during one of it’s most trying times. The book reveals the true motives and character of some of the people whom we have grown up knowing as someone completely different. Since first learning about the civil rights movement‚ I was able to recount the story‚ but not the facts. By this I mean I can spit back out the version of events that are popular belief; the stuff everyone thinks is right and is comfortable accepting
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Thor’s lost his hammer Everyday Thor goes out to go kill giants with his hammer but‚ one day Thor couldn’t find his hammer. He looked in every place he could think off. He looked in the skies he searched the ground he even searched underground. After days of looking he was stumped. He assumed that a giant had stolen it for themselves. Even though this was just an assumption Thor told all the other gods and asked for their help in finding his hammer. All the gods united and went on a giant killing
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anxiously as I waited for his return. How am I going to tell him the news? How would he react? What would he have to say? These thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to figure out a way to break the news gently to him. My husband was not known for being the most complacent person in our village. His terrible fits of anger had the tendency to bring a few of our neighbors to our doorstep a few times too many. Yet‚ when he was not so temperamental‚ he was a loving husband and he did take good care of me
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