A man named Catiline who ran against Cicero and lost, had plotted to take over and burn down Rome. He had a small army just north of the City made up of poor Romans who believed in what Catiline promised. Cicero had heard rumors and seen letters that alerted Cicero of the conspiracy against the Roman Empire. Cicero called Catiline to the senate, where Cicero denounced him and exposed of his ideas of terror against the Roman Empire. Cicero had worked closely with the government to catch and arrest
There have been, and still are, many successful leaders in the world. Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi are all very great examples of successful leaders that have led their people throughout history. However, I believe that Julius Caesar is the most successful leader in history. Leaders must have the ability to rise up and overcome tough obstacles placed in front of them, put the needs of others before their own
attributes that dignified Julius Caesar as a ruler of the Roman Republic. He did not emphasize the presence of Julius Caesar, and passed on the opportunity to give praise where it was deserved. Historical Julius Caesar may have been calculating and unafraid of challenging authority, but he was also a brilliant military leader and extremely gifted orator. He was excellent at manipulating situations and people to his advantage, but his eyes were set on creating a better Rome. Without Julius Caesar, Rome would
In the years of 52-50 BCE, Rome was being led by a crumbling first triumvirate. The remaining members of this triumvirate were Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius, also known simply as Pompey. Caesar was from a very noble family that was said to descend from Venus, goddess of love, and the legendary Aeneas. He was well educated and came to power when he allied with Crassus and Pompey. Pompey also came from a powerful family with a history of consulships. He defeated Sulla and helped Crassus stop
structure, language, and law. Julius Caesar carried out the first Roman campaigns of Britain in 55 BC. The conquest did not begin until 43 AD, during the reign of the emperor
Erasmus was a very influential humanist during the 14th century. He wrote many satires of which poked fun at many different people. Erasmus was born in Rotterdam, Holland. He was given a good education and at the age of 21, and entered a monastery. He became a priest at the monastery five years later. He was, however, unhappy with the monastery life and got permission to leave. Erasmus was named “Prince of Humanists.” He was somewhat a celebrity and his idea to reform the church seemed possible.
been established by Livy, who describes the first ever collective poison trials of upper-class women in the later part of the fourth century BCE. Aside from being accused of trying to usurp male power and dominance, women were also thought of dabbling with magic and φαρμακεία. In the year 331 BCE and under the consulship of M. Claudius Marcellus and G. Valerius, a number of leading citizens had fallen ill and died, always seemingly from the same cause. At first pestilence was assumed to be primary cause
Jacob Burkhardt- was a writer during the 1860’s who wrote Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. He said that the Renaissance was a revival of ancient learning; new secular and scientific values that began to supplant traditional religious beliefs. Renaissance- was a time of transition from the medieval to the modern world. Medieval Europe was a fragmented feudal society but through the Renaissance it great by national consciousness and political centralization. Guelf- German and Italian political