Alexander The Great was one of the greatest emperors and leaders of the world. In fact, he was the only emperor to be called, "The Great." He had studied under a great Greek Philosopher, Aristotle, who taught Alexander literature, science, medicine, philosophy and to speak and write well. Alexander ...

Athanasius: Defending the Doctrine of God Athanasius was born in Alexandria around the year 295. In his youth, he attended the Catechetical School located in Alexandria. Later, in his early twenties, he became a deacon. Athanasius was ordained a deacon by Alexander, who was currently bishop of Al...

Cleopatra Cleopatra was queen of Egypt, last ruler of the dynasty founded by Ptolemy, a Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, who took Egypt as his share in dividing Alexander's empire. Her capital, Alexander, founded by Alexander the Great, was the center of Hellenistic Greek cu...

How were the Romans so successful in maintaining their empire? How is it possible that such a huge land area could be governed by a single power without modern communications networks? Why did subjugated peoples so readily submit to foreign domination and foreign taxes? Rome actually had relatively ...

Eternal Prominence: The Impact of Ancient Greece In the eighth century B.C. a revolutionary force embarked on a cultural conquest that would change the western world forever. Greece was conceived, a lustrous gem in a world dominated by routine and rigid conformity. Egypt, renowned up to that poin...

Greek culture had a powerful influence in the development of Western civilization. Most of western society was built under Roman influence, and Roman culture was highly inspired by the Greeks. The legacy of Hellenic Greece over the world was rich and vast, but we will focus in this paper on the main...

Introduction Hannibal Barca is a much discussed historical figure whose greatness may be equated with other great military generals like Napoleon or Alexander. This well known Carthaginian hero, who took on the mighty and formidable military power of the Romans and defeated many of their w...

Julius Caesar In the year 100 B.C.E., Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome. In the years to follow, Julius Caesar would become one of the greatest rulers of the Roman Empire. Not only was he responsible for shaping the Roman Empire, he did much to shape the future of the Western world. Unfortunate...

In many regions of the Mediterranean during the first century B.C., art began to take on a new design. Before the coming of the Romans and the conquests of Alexander the Great, art of the ancient Greeks was taken to a whole new level. The often-used classical ideas, which always consisted of rationa...

Matthew Menzie Ancient Rome History 201, section 5 Robert Payne, Ancient Rome. New York: American Press, 1970. 329pp. Robert Payne (1911-1983) was born in Saltash, county of Cornwall, England. His love for writing began when he reported the battle the battle of Changsha for the Lo...

Palastine is where Christianity first appeared and it was Alexander who wanted to unite the world by spreading the insights of the Greek civilization. Hellenism formed from elements of Greek origin combined with other elements taken from conquered civilizations. Many Jews were opposed to ...

INTRODUCTION Virgil (70-19 BC), Roman poet, author of the masterpiece the Aeneid, and the most influential work of literature produced in ancient Rome. Life Virgil was born Publius Vergilius Maro in Andes, a village in northern Italy near Mantua. His father was a farmer. Virgil was thoroughly edu...

Thessalonica In the day of Paul, Thessalonica was the chief city of Macedonia and the seat of the-99 Roman administration in the century before Christ. It was the largest and most populous city in Macedonia with a population of 200,000 people (Exell vi). The city is strategically located on th...

Hannibal of Carthage: "The Father of Strategy" Through out history there have been many great military leaders, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Generals Washington, Grant and Charles Lewis Puller. The one however that sticks out the most is General Hannibal of Carthage. Often call...

In history it is rare to find truly great leadership, but every once in a while someone comes along so charismatic that even his enemies cannot but admire him. Rome in the first century B.C. was replete with statesmen, generals and leaders who to this day are remembered as being among the gre...

Caligula has been known to history as a colorful emperor. He is the youngest son of Germanicus Ceaser and the grandnephew of Tiberius. Caligula as a child was said to have been very ill with a high fever that probably affected his mind. That would explain all the strange things that he did t...

Hannibal of Carthage: "The Father of Strategy" Through out history there have been many great military leaders, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Generals Washington, Grant and Charles Lewis Puller. The one however that sticks out the most is General Hannibal of Carthage. Often called the &qu...

ANCIENT (3,000 BC – 476 AD) -Egypt & Sumeria – roots of Western Civilization -The Greece – Golden Age -2 periods: Hellenic & Hellenistic (Alexander the Great & followers) -Sophisticated culture–math, philosophy, etc. -Eventually conquered by Rome -2 periods: Roman Republic & Roman E...

Gaius Julius Caesar was a powerful military leader who changed the course of the Greco-Roman civilization decisively and irreversibly. Julius belonged to Rome's original Aristocracy, the patricians, or landholding upper class, and his lineage can be traced back to the goddess Venus. While growi...

The Patristic period in the history of the church range from 100 to about 500 AD. During this period the church suffered severe persecution and from this period of persecutions she developed a theology that carried her up to this century. So this essay is going to discuss the persecution, reasons fo...

Born into a time when self serving aspirations in the name of the public well being were the norm of public life, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his two discourses on public government as a means of demonstrating the differences between moral, and immoral governments, and then as an attempt to...

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...

Cleopatra Vll was born in 69 BC, in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite what people say today, that she was glamorous and beautiful, she was far from it. She is shown on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Although she was not beautiful she was clearly a very seductive woman, and s...

Today's society in which we live in has based itself on the past achievements and failures of previous civilizations which rose and fell with the hands of time. Every one of those civilizations made certain contributions to history as well as developing human intellectuality in order to enhance its...

Steven Saylor, the expert of Roman life, was born in Texas in 1956. He continued to college where he graduated with high honors in history and Classics from the University of Texas at Austin. Saylor went on to be a writer where he wrote the Roma Sub Roma series, which includes nine books, that de...