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AUGUSTUS
Augustus was born in Rome on September 23, 63 B.C. He was originally named Gaius Octavianus, but when his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was murdered, he took his name. Augustus’ real father died when his son was only four. Augustus was adopted in Julius Caesar’s will and was left to be his heir at the age of eighteen. Caesar was very fond of his grand-nephew and he sent him to the College of Pontifices at the age of sixteen. When Caesar was assassinated, Augustus was in Illyria, where he was sent to serve. It was only when he returned to Italy that he learned he was his great-uncle’s heir.
Caesar’s death brought turmoil to into Rome. Augustus was determined to avenge his adopted father’s death and vied with two of his chief rivals for power, Mark Antony and Lepidus. After some minor conflicts and disputes, both military and political, Augustus realized the importance and significance of making peace with his rivals. Through these small skirmishes, Antony was driven across the Alps, while Augustus was made senator and then consul. Soon after, Augustus and Antony were joined by Antony’s ally. They met and formed the Second Triumvirate to rule the Roman domains. Their alliance was sealed by a huge proscription in which 300 senators and 200 knights were killed. These were the Triumvir’s enemies.
At Philippi in 42 B.C., they defeated the republican army. The leaders of this army were Brutus and Cassius, who were also the leaders of Caesar’s ...
...f the innocent is what captured my attention the most. Hundreds and thousands of innocent civilians were killed for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caputo mourns not only for the dead, but also for the men that are now emotionally and psychologically scarred for life. The images and sounds of death will forever be carved into their minds. Throughout this history class, I have been able to learn and understand new vocabulary and apply it to my reading. I would not have been able to understand the book, as well as I do, without becoming familiar with the terminology. A Rumor of War changed by view on the Vietnam War. Before reading this narrative, I did not realize the number of lives lost or the poor environments soldiers were subjected to. Philip Caputo was extremely detailed in his descriptions and painted a brilliant picture of the war.
The book Julius Caesar is full of happiness, conspiracy, power, and betrayal. The people of Rome deeply loved julius Caesar and wished to make him their king. A group of senators however were not so fond of this idea and formed a conspiracy. The leader of this group was a man by the name of Cassius. In order to make sure that his scheme of killing Caesar would work and would look honorable he had to convince a senator by the name of Brutus to help. After being convinced that they had to kill Caesar to protect Rome from a tyrant Brutus joined the conspiracy and soon became the principal conspirator.On the day in which Caesar was to be crowned king he was on the way to the senate when he was stabbed by all the conspirators panic ensued and to convince Rome of their honorable intentions Brutus gave a funeral speech. Mark Antony, a very close friend of Caesar, gave his speech after Brutus had given his. Mark Antony’s speech is more persuasive to the Roman people because of his outstanding use of pathos, sarcasm, and logos.
Augustus Caesar was born on September 23, 63 B.C. in Velletri, Rome. His birth name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus. He was born to Atia Balba Caesonia and Gaius Octavius. His father came from a respectable family and was the governor of
I would have chosen to live in the Pennsylvania colony during this time. The Quakers established the Pennsylvania colony after suffering and being severely persecuted in England due to their opposition to the Church of England. Therefore, the Quakers established a liberal government in their colony where religious freedom was granted. Since religion was so controversial
When Aeneas fights in Italy, Virgil portrays him as a courageous hero that leads his men through battle. The problem is that the odds are stacked against Aeneas and his small army. Aeneas eventually overcomes this. Aeneas is helped many times throughout his journey by the mystical power of gods and goddesses that favor him, such as Venus (Aeneas’ mother), Vulcan, and others. One example is when Aeneas and his crew beach on the coasts of North Africa after an exhausting voyage, Venus appears to Aeneas in the form of a young hunter and directs him to Queen Dido while shrouded in a misty veil.
The Aeneid tells the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas's perilous flight from Troy to Italy following the Trojan War. In Italy, Aeneas's descendents are destined to found Rome. However, Aeneas does not go straight to Italy because having been blown off course by a storm, he makes a stop at Carthage and allows himself to stay there and fall in love with the leader of Carthage, Dido (Virgil, 103). Dido is a "Phoenician princess who fled her home and founded Carthage after her brother murdered her husband.” While in Carthage, Aeneas recounts the story of the Trojan War. Virgil uses The Illiad as a starting point and pic...
Immediately readers are introduced to Aeneas’ supernatural plight by Virgil, who states that Juno hates Aeneas. Virgil tells of the story of Paris of Troy who was chosen to decided the most beautiful goddess, Minerva, Venus or Juno. Each goddess had promised him great prizes if he chose them but Venus’ promise of any woman to have as his own spurred the prince to choose her. Juno viewing this as an insult henceforth hated all things Trojan, including Aeneas and swore to make his life miserable. In addition it was prophesied that Aeneas would father “generations of Trojan blood [that] would one day overthrow” (I.31-32) her beloved city Carthage. Virgil immediately states all this hate pushes Juno to interfere with Aeneas’ journey in hopes to stop him. Juno attempts to do just that throughout the entire novel, finding different ways to derail Aeneas. First Juno goes to Aeolus and asks him to “put new fury into [his] winds and make the long ships flounder” (I.97-98) , but Poseidon puts an end to that storm. Then she has Aeneas fall in love with the Carthaginian queen Dido, hoping his attachment to the city will cause him to stay and not establish Rome, but Mercury is sent d...
By mentioning the downfall of his people during the Trojan War and foreshadowing his destiny by "Sparing the conquered" Trojans and "battle down the proud" Greeks, can be looked upon as a reinforcement of his duties not only to his dead father and family, but to the entire Trojan population. To let another character found and rule Rome would just prove the failure of his people again, as shown through the Trojan war. Aeneas feels great pride and energy regarding his role in history and is anxious to continue on his journey. The gods are trying to convince Aeneas to value duty to his city and family, a kind of affiliation or relation by virtue of descent as-if from a parent, above duty to a lover by mere affiliation, or arbitrary association. This perspective on an appeal to authority still hinges on a relationship between Aeneas' desire for affiliation and public authority as the authority of filial priority. We learn early on in this epic that Aeneas is a very important character because of his divine parentage. After all, his mother is the Goddess Venus and his father's brother was the King of Troy. His mother is more concerned with his destiny than with his happiness. She makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas and then he falls in love with the Carthaginian queen in return. Despite the fact that he is happy, his mother is one of the gods working to make him fulfill his destiny. This "destiny" is truly revealed to Aeneas in the underworld when he encounters a few fellow Trojan comrades.
The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC after the ruling Tarquins abused their extensive power as monarchs and were overthrown. The goal of the Roman Republic was to have a strong government, governed equally by the patricians and the plebians, and to avoid another Roman Monarchy. For years Rome was guided by great men, such as Cincinnatus and Scipio Africanus, who led the Republic through hard times, conquering such enemies as the Etruscans and the Carthaginians. Large-scale war united Roman society in its common goals. However, after Scipio’s victory at Zama in 202 BC, a new Roman world began to take shape. Roman soldiers returned home from their victory to find that they could not pay for their farms, becoming “squatters” on their own lands after having to sell them to richer men. The Senate became corrupted, and despite the Gracchi brothers’ best efforts, the rich patricians soon monopolized nearly all aspects of the Republic, from trading and “farming” to governing the people. After marching on Rome, Sulla became dictator in 82 BC. After Sulla, the First Triumvirate: Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar, owned virtually all power in Rome, yet each had his own desire to defeat the other two and become Emperor. When Crassus died in battle, Caesar had his chance. He defeated Pompey and marched on Rome, victorious. After declaring himself Dictator for Life, Caesar was assassinated, and another Civ...
The textbook of Aeneid Virgil is an interesting book when it comes to explaining the stories of the protagonist Aeneas and the antagonist Juno and Prince Turnas. The fact that Aeneas was willing to submit to the gods was significant to his purposefulness in life. In addition, it comes hand in hand with the different key characters that helped Aeneas achieve his destiny. So, Aeneas character shows as being a religious warrior with a mission to fulfil his destiny, but only to have Juno as his obstacle with her rage (I.1-12). Virgil explains how the gods helped to create Rome and how meaningful the Gods were to the Romans. Finally, Virgil's poem helped clarify how strongly Romans believed in Gods, how each great Romans were only great because
In order to understand the dynamics of each nation’s different fate through western imperialism, it is important to discuss what western imperialism is and it how came about. Over the course of history, we’ve seen many empires rise and fall through certain time periods. Imperialism is the practice of which powerful nations or peoples seek to extend and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples . Western powers such as the British already had great advantages in this procedure by the 2800’s. One of the reasons why they had an advantage of imperialism is because they led the world in technology. Technology is a valuable asset for a nation to grow and a great resource in taking over other nations. This procedure of western imperialism was designed more towards the underdeveloped world which led to the domination and exploitation of Asia.
When someone is condemned by another party or is held accountable for a certain outcome, it can be defined as blame. Constantly, under Taliban rule, women have been under the scrutiny of men, especially in areas, where it is a damnation for being female. The Taliban is a radical Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan. Particularly, under the Taliban, Afghani men hold dominance over women and often times blame them for the troubles presented in their lives, “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman” (Hosseini 7). Men can and will simply blame women for anything that does not go according to plan and evade punishment. Khaled Hosseini presents this idea in his novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, through the events carried out by the antagonists, Rasheed and Jalil. Specifically, in the novel, woman are there
This is the last time that Aeneas is seen in the Iliad. After the siege of Troy, Aeneas, with his father on his back and a handful of Trojan survivors, escapes from Troy and embarks on a journey to essentially establish Rome as told in Virgil’s epic the Aeneid. When Poseidon prophesizes that Aeneas will be greater than any Greek or Trojan he is referring to the fact that Aeneas will be the true origin of the great Roman Empire. God favored and a demigod, Aeneas sails towards Italy but is thrown off course by a violent storm and travels around the Mediterranean Sea on a series of adventures. These adventures include a stop in Carthage, where he fell in love with Queen Dido and promptly abandoned her rather than abandon his journey to establish Rome.
The Greek and Roman spirit influenced the book Aeneid in many ways. Virgil made Aeneas' behavior such that he was fully qualified to be called a Roman hero. Aeneas reflected very few Greek traits. He was very much the "Roman hero."Greek heroes were very different from Roman heroes. Will Durant, author of Caesar and Christ says, "It (the Aeneid) would also show the role of Roman character in these achievements and seek to make ancient virtues popular, it would picture its hero as reverent of the gods and guided by them and would fall in as Augusta reformation of morals and faith" (239).Greek heroes were well rounded.
Imperialism sprung from an altruistic and unselfish aim to "take up the white man's burden"1 and “wean [the] ignorant millions from their horrid ways.”2 These two citations are, of course, from Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden” and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, respectively, and they splendidly encompass what British and European imperialism was about – at least seen from the late-nineteenth century point of view. This essay seeks to explore the comparisons and contrasts between Conrad’s and Kipling’s view of imperialism in, respectively, Heart of Darkness and “White Man’s Burden” and “Recessional.”