Two of the most destructive problems facing the late Roman Republic were the instability and disunity caused by incessant civil wars. Rome's rapid expansion, after the Punic Wars, resulted in socioeconomic changes that permanently divided the state. Both aristocratic and plebeian parties sought tota...

In the 40 years Augustus Ceasar, previous to 27 B.C. know as Octavian, held power in Rome he was able to establish a firm foundation for emperors to come by changing laws and enacting still others. Octavian beleaved firmly that Romian laws had proven to weak under the Roman Rebublic and that ...

The Byzantine Empire While Caesar Augustus was establishing Rome's greatness, Christianity was beginning in the Roman province of Judea. After 476 A.D., the end of the Roman Empire in the West and the start of Germanic rule, a new Christian Rome emerged in Byzantium. Christian leaders after...

Dear Octavian, When Lepidus retired, why did you choose to take the west and not the east? What strategies did you use to defeat Marc Antony and win the Battle of Actium to become the sole Dictator? Did it feel invigorating to know that you had earned even more power than Julius Caesar? You t...

World History ISP – Essay – The Roman Empire Two thousand seven hundred and fifty five years ago in 573 B.C., there lay seven wooded hills along the Tiber River in central Italy. From these hills the greatest Empire to ever exist was created, Rome. Rome was the super power of its time...

Virgil spent a substantial amount of time and research on his masterpiece, The Aeneid. His goal was to create a piece of literature that would be praised by King Augustus Caesar of Rome. In order to properly display his devotion and gratitude towards his gracious leader, Virgil wrote The Aeneid as...

Introduction: Julius Caesar is one of the most famous people in world history. He was a very interesting man. It was Caesar who changed the way that the Roman government worked. He was also a great warrior and claimed a great deal of land for the Roman Empire. ...

Julius Caesar Outside Reading As a reader of Shakespeare's The Life and Death of Julius Caesar and Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, one would be surprised to learn of the many significant and interesting differences that occur between Plutarch's writings and Shake...

The Romans built massive structures for the public use of Roman citizens, and the circuses were only one example of these massive buildings. The circuses, structures designed in a circle or course for chariots, were primarily designed built to house chariot races and other public entertainments (Cir...