Human nature leads us to be curious. Due to this we have acquired a thirst for knowledge about many aspects of life - one of these is the past. The city of Rome was founded in 753 B.C. By 275 B.C., it controlled most of the Italian Peninsula. At its peak, in the A.D. 100's, the Roman Empire covered...

There was a great crisis in traditional Roman values during the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. After the Punic Wars the traditional values of Rome fell by the wayside for a new way of life that eventually led to the Roman Empire. The Cincinnatus image, rise of violence...

Andre Cannizzaro Julius Caesar For centuries the Roman Empire has always been associated with one name, Julius Caesar. Unmistakably one of history's most influential leaders since the existence of human civilization, and a man who was both feared and idolized. Caesar was brought to li...

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was born on the 13th of Quintilis, which is now July in 100 BCE to Gaius Caesar, which became part of his full name, Gaius Julius Caesar. When Caesar was born, the city of Rome was flourishing, becoming a rich culture, and an advanced government of democracy gove...

Julius Caesar was the self-elected dictator of Rome in 44 B.C, for only one year, before being killed. He was born on the 13th of Quintilis, which is now July in 100 BC to Gaius Caesar, which became part of his full name, Gaius Julius Caesar. When Caesar was born, the city of Rome was flourish...

Cleopatra VII's personal abilities, such as her apparent intellectual ease for learning and her political awareness along with her personal attributes, such as her suggested "beauty" or captivating presence led her to be viewed in equally positive and negative ways in both the Roman a...

The Gladiators of ancient Rome are interesting and important in many ways. This paper will touch on four subjects that have to do with the Gladiators. The first subject is the history of first and earliest gladiators and how Gladiatorial fights came to be a part of Roman civilization. The s...

The ancient city of Pompeii is best known for being covered by an erupting volcano and being almost forgotten. From the time the city was rediscovered in the 1700s scientists and archeologists have managed to piece together evidence to show not just how people died but how they lived. We now know th...

The ancient city of Pompeii is best known for being covered by an erupting volcano and being almost forgotten. From the time the city was rediscovered in the 1700s scientists and archeologists have managed to piece together evidence to show not just how people died but how they lived. We...

Gaius Julius Caesar is perhaps one of the most prominent Romans of the classical period that can be associated with Rome. This is because Julius Caesar can be most credited with, or blamed for both the downfall of the Roman Republic, and the subsequent creation of the Roman Empire. Many questions as...

The Greeks were one of the most advanced cultures of ancient times and this was reflected in their artwork. They had a preoccupation with the human figure that resulted in beautifully and geometrically perfect pieces. Since the Greeks were such an advanced culture, one would assume the equality sta...

The poetry of Ovid spans several genres and varies in style and theme as it follows the tragic life of the exiled literary giant. With fame coming to Ovid early, it is a baffling mystery as to why Ovid was exiled to Tomis, a small colony on the Black Sea. Despite his pleas for exoneration and salvat...

The war between Rome and Hannibal can be presented in many different ways. Livy and Polybius are the two main historians on the subject of the Hannibalic war with these two historians presenting the war with both differences and similarities. It is these differences that will be brought forth in th...

Vergil The subject matter presented in Eclogue 1 tells much about the time in which it was written. Eclogue 1, in essence, is about the land confiscations after the battle of Philippi. Modern historians have their own ideas about why the poem was written, which it turn would explain the time in...

Dear Emperor, Rome's decline was caused by four main factors: military, political, social and economic. I believe the predominant factor to be political causes. The emperors seized all authority and became corrupt. Not only the emperors, but also the other officials and authority figures a...

Augustus Caesar In ancient history there have been many great leaders who have come to the forefront to save the Roman Empire from destruction and demise. The leaders and heroes of the Roman Empire are countless, but one leader stands out from all the rest. Augustus Caesar's contributi...

In early Rome, the concepts of fate and the roles of the gods dominated the lives of the Roman citizens. They believed that fate predetermined their destiny, and the gods had control over every area of their lives. The Romans looked to the gods for both assistance and approval, and because they beli...

The life of a Woman of Rome was filled with many traditions and rules, which were carried on generation after generation. Many say that Roman women were oppressed because they were not allowed to be an active part of society and politics. The book Roman Women by J.P.V.D. Balsdon gives, what I co...

The life of a Woman of Rome was filled with many traditions and rules, which were carried on generation after generation. Many say that Roman women were oppressed because they were not allowed to be an active part of society and politics. The book Roman Women by J.P.V.D. Balsdon gives, what I co...

Augustus Caesaar is known as one of the most prominent and capable leaders in Roman history. Born as Gaius Octavius Thurnius, Augustus became a member of the Second Triumvirate. He eventually defeated the army of his fellow Triumvirate member, Marcus Antonius and became sole ruler of Rome. Octavius ...

The Gladiators Munera gladitoria (gladiatorial contests) hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans, who introduced th...

Thomas Cahill's book "How the Irish Saved Civilization," is called the untold story of Ireland's heroic role in maintaining Western culture, from the fall of the Roman Empire until the European dark ages. The main point of this book, as specified in the book's title, is how the Irish saved civ...

Where does democracy come from' Why is the U.S. Constitution so invaluable and where did the framers gain such foresight. These are some of the many questions students and future historians have asked when they consider the origins of Western civilization and how it is that our ...

Just as we use tombstones to mark graves and commemorate our dead, so too did ancient civilizations. One way to do so in the ancient world was through the use of steles. A stele is a stone slab, usually decorated in relief and inscribed, that honored the death of a person. Three of the ancient cu...

Roman empire "The Romans were a people of genius whose empire dominated the western world for 500 years."(Pg. 7, Ancient Rome) What made the Romans so powerful was their way of government. It was very similar to the one that we have today, except emperors don't rule us. The pax ro...