How Democratic was the Roman Republic? I believe that the Roman Republic was very democratic because in Document A, a Hellenistic historian, Polybius, stated that they are greatly democratic. To prove his point, his book, called “The Histories” pointed out that the Republic have absolute authority in running the military and fighting wars and can spend much public money as they choose. Also, they can handle crimes that requires investigations. In essence, if it’s necessary to sent diplomats to a
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The instability of imperial power Following the murder of the Emperor Commodus in 196, it's the different armies that make and unmake emperors. Most emperors now no longer be of Roman origin. The Severan dynasty (Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Heliogabalus and Alexander Severus) from 196 to 235 is from Libyan and Syrian origins and is based on the army of Illyria (Yugoslavia). A period of fifty years of political anarchy succeeds, there are several emperors same time. In 284, Diocletian General
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Coen Ayres Religion in Pompeii and Herculaneum This response seeks to assess the following quote, “the study of Pompeii (P) and Herculaneum (H) provides us with a wealth of sources-however we are faced with issues regarding their limitations, reliability and usefulness”, in regard to four different levels of religion. Those four levels are household, foreign, local and state. In regard to the statement it can be agreed upon that the first half of the quote is true and that there are a wealth of
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Aristocrats vs. Aristocrats, Political Constitution) Part I: Aristocrats vs. Peasants *MAKE SURE TO LABEL THIS AS ROMAN NUMERAL I* a.) Topic sentence (Example: “This first part will talk about the conflict between Aristocrats vs. Peasants”) b.) Land Ownership c.) Debt Slavery d.) How does Solon solve these problems through economic laws—partially, mostly, or not at all? Part II: Aristocrats vs. Aristocrats *MAKE SURE TO LABEL THIS ROMAN NUMERAL II* a.) Topic sentence (Example: “This second part
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Aristocrats vs. Aristocrats, Political Constitution) Part I: Aristocrats vs. Peasants *MAKE SURE TO LABEL THIS AS ROMAN NUMERAL I* a.) Topic sentence (Example: “This first part will talk about the conflict between Aristocrats vs. Peasants”) b.) Land Ownership c.) Debt Slavery d.) How does Solon solve these problems through economic laws—partially, mostly, or not at all? Part II: Aristocrats vs. Aristocrats *MAKE SURE TO LABEL THIS ROMAN NUMERAL II* a.) Topic sentence (Example: “This second part
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men'. The senate had no actual power in normal times, but it did have authority (Latin auctoritas), by merit of the collective memory and wisdom it contained or was felt to contain. As Roman-controlled territory and Roman ambition grew, it became impossible to have an army consisting purely of property-owning Roman citizens
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masterful composure", and within, a city that promotes the devaluing of human life and filled with injustice. Rome in essence with it's feelings of grandeur was too big for it's britches. As Virgil expressed in the Aeneid "To Romans I set no boundary in space or time. I have granted them dominion and it has no end." With it's insatiable desire to conquest they failed to take into account the potential consequences of growth or plan how to adjust their own political and economic system to account
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Caesar” Antony uses the rhetorical devices ethos,pathos, and logos to help persuade the people of Rome to trust him. He tugs at the Roman’s heart strings when he explains how amazing and thoughtful Caesar was. He says examples of how he put Rome and the Roman people before anything else and how devastating it is now that he was murdered. He tells stories about him helping the starving and hungry people of Rome and how their unhappiness and sorrow reflected on him.He repeatedly stated that Brutus was an
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Greetings Tacitus, I have been enjoying reading your Annals of Imperial Rome. It appears that you have a great many biases and are misinformed on a great many aspects of Christianity and other subjects. While these are most likely due to Roman prejudice and ignorance of the tenets of our faith, I would like to correct your errors and tell you how Christianity would actually be a purifying force for Rome.Christ’s death resurrection thing) suffering of Christians thing, and Christianity could have
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The Roman foundation stories held many functions for the Roman populous and its later emperors. They gave the Roman’s an identity, a purpose, a place to belong to and made them feel as though they were part of a community. This is evident in the way that the ‘Res Publica’ (Cornell, 1995) was preached which, means that Rome was founded and constructed by many leaders that gave important contributions to the city. However, this idea was frowned upon by the Greeks as Dionysius of Halicarnassus states
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