left a mark on history as one of the largest and most successful empires in history. How much territory did the Roman Empire rule over? At the Roman Empire’s pique, the Empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean and spread all across Western Europe and half of Great Britain. The Roman Empire was not taken likely by rival empires. Living in such an enormous empire had its benefits. As a Roman, you had education, culture and the protection of the largest military empire on your side. Living in this Empire
Osiris. Around a thousand years later, when Rome conquered the territory that once housed Ancient Egypt, they could have done many things with this myth. They could have denounced it and completely forgotten about it or left native people from that area with the myth for themselves. But instead, they chose to create whole religions around this myth, as well as the many others from all around Egypt. This creates a interesting question about Egypt and Rome. How did the way Egyptian deities, specifically
Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece were very powerful and influential forces around the time that Christianity had began to spread. In Rome’s society, people followed under an emperor, who had strict rules about religion and the type of beliefs one should have. At the time, Rome’s official religion was pagan, but later converted to Christian. Ancient Greece had different religious beliefs than those that Christianity consisted of, but these countries were both powerful and helpful in spreading this
parts of all 3 known continents of the ‘old world’ and dozens of countries, peoples, cultures, and languages. This massive empire certainly had a large impact on its peoples during its power; however, even today one may find the massive impact of the Roman empire in various languages, governments, and religions all over the globe. Language is one of the most important aspects of a culture. Language dictates how and what people literally and figuratively speak to one another. Television shows, radio
Two Authors, Two Books, Two Religions Nowadays, Greek and Roman mythology are considered fiction, but once upon a time they were known as very serious religions. Despite the similarities between the two, such as their gods, origins, and beliefs, they were known as enemies. They often fought over these similarities to argue which side was better. Not only was their conflict because of the resemblance to one another, they also clashed over differences such as their heroes and the characteristics
How did the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Roman Empire lead to the rise of feudalism in Europe during the 6th century? Romulus Augustus, the last Roman emperor, was dethroned because of the lack of control he had with the empire. In his place was a German military commander known as Odoacer which forcefully brought the western Roman empire to his command. This allows for the Huns in the east and the Germanic tribes to invade (The End of the Roman Empire). This influx of power and lack
largest religions in the world, with 2.1 Billion and 1.3 Billion followers respectively. Each had their own rise, golden age, and eventual large-scale split. However, each religion spread in different regions of the world in different ways and developed their own traditions and structures. Christianity and Islam have similarities such as a large-scale split and a history of spreading through popular trade routes, while simultaneously having many differences such as where the two religions spread,
from 27 BC until 476 AD, entailed over four hundred years of rule from its imperial centre at Rome. The Roman Empire was larger than any that had existed before or has done since (Heather, 2006), however, large areas of Europe were still outside of the empire. In 476 AD, Augustus was deposed by Germanic King Odoacer (Fields and Hook, 2006), bringing the Roman Empire to an end. Following the fall of Rome, the Byzantine Empire in the east rose from its imperial centre at Constantinople and western
had come from humble beginnings to later unifying to become one of the largest Empires in the ancient world. Classical Rome was made up of small groups of villages settled within the mountain hilltops, as the marshy valleys between the hills had not allowed settlers to create well structured homes or produce agriculture (Macaulay). It was not until Roman engineers figured out how to drain the water that history began to see one of the largest cities of the ancient world begin to arise. But this was
Effective Leader Imagine having a whole lot of power, being able to influence people, and being able to make decisions, what would you do? That is what Emperor Qin, Alexander the great and Augustus/Octavian had to do. I think that Alexander the great is the most effective leader. I will explain why I think that Alexander is, and why I don 't think Emperor Qin or Augustos is the most effective out of the three of them. I will give reasons why I think they aren 't the most effective ruler and why Alexander