The Zealots were Jewish revolutionaries in the first century Judaea, whose religious zeal lead them to fight to the death against Roman domination, and to kill or persecute Jews who collaborated with the Romans. Zealots fought their way to freedom from enslavement, by not giving up the battle (Has...

The fall of the Roman Republic and eventually the fall of the Western Roman empire are both very important events in our world's history. There were many different events and problems that contributed to the fall of Rome. Economic depression, high taxes, and barbarian domination are all po...

Rise of the ancient Roman Empire by MARIO Ancient Roman Empire Rome had a war god in its lineage and wolf milk in its belly, implying that its citizens had a knack for warfare, which they would prove again and again. Early in Rome's history, the city was conquered by the Etruscans, the...

There were several long term and short term causes of the Protestant reformation. The immediate cause that started the reformation was Martin Luther's act of posting the Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire. Luther was a priest in the Catholic f...

The Middle Ages was a period in Western European history that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire between the 4th and 5th centuries and lasted up into the 15th century. Medieval Europe was far from unified. It was a large area split into small, culturally diverse units that were never totall...