Saturnalia Accomplishments

In 69 A.D, Vespasian emerged as being victorious from the destruction of the civil wars which contributed towards becoming the Emperor. Vespasian brought a lot of confidence and accomplishments towards the empire by founding the Flavian dynasty and having a successful and peaceful relationship with his two sons, Titus and Domitian. In A.D. 80, Emperor Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum, a year after Vespasian’s death. In excitement towards opening the Colosseum Titus created a silver coin and engraved the colosseum onto it as well as his name. As a result this was then a trend upon emperors to issue a silver coin in the roman republic in regards to rare and big occasions.

Additionally, gods were localized. Various towns, cities, even individual families adopted their own deities. This shows the breadth and tolerance of Greco-Roman religion. Furthermore, there were few if any religious doctrines or sacred written scriptures adopted by these polytheists. Thus, there was no uniform code of behavior like in Christianity or Judaism.

Introduction One of the highest expressions of an ideal return to the Golden Age in the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent (Fossi 268). Artist Sandro Botticelli (Fossi 268) Title and Location Primavera, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (Fossi 268-9) Date, Signature, and Inscription ca. 1481-1482 (Fossi 269) Artistic and Historic Age Done during Botticelli’s most productive years. He had a well-establish reputation at this point. Commissions from wealthy families, who wanted mythological or literary scenes.

The former suggested that the planets revolve around the earth, though that theory was disproved. Lastly, Raphael himself is included to the right of Ptolemy. He gazes out towards the viewer with a knowing look. Though the subjects of the painting all lived at different times, they are together under one roof, exchanging

Julius Caesar was born to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta on July 12, 100 BC in Rome. It is also said that he is a descendent of Roman goddess, Venus. His parents belonged to the noble class during this time. His father gained moderate political success and the family claimed a long and noble history. This allowed Caesar 's family to have certain traditional privileges and offices.

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A GROWING MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE After their second success, Rome’s power spread throughout the rest of the Mediterranean world. The Greek historian Polybius (as quoted by (Boatwright 2004: 120) described the fifty-three years after the Second Punic War as “a unique time in history.” This assortment is supported by the short span in which the Romans succeeded in gaining power over a great part of the civilized world (Boatwright 2004: 121). The Roman city itself emerged as a political beacon. Many members of the society became wealthy and powerful people within the Mediterranean world Boatwright (2004: 122). In addition to their growing wealth, O’Connell (2010: 35) notes that the Romans “drank deeply from the fountain of patriotism.” This love for their nation made the Romans stronger; forming a complex society.

Odysseus suffered the consequence of being away from his son, Telemachus, and his wife, Penelope for 20 years. Odysseus was told by Athena and other gods, what to do during his journey. All of them told Odysseus that he couldn’t tell his men because they’d suffer a consequence. Odysseus listened to Athena and the gods because he only thought about himself and didn 't think about what his crew would say or do. When Odysseus and his crew passed by the mainland where the Cyclops lived, they were only going to stay for two days, but then out of curiosity, Odysseus wanted to see what kind of beast the Cyclops was which made them almost die.

In my opinion, three of the most common or important creation myth motifs are humans take care of the earth and worship their god(s), the the gods destroy earth, and Chaos is the beginning of time. Humans take care of the earth and worship their god(s) Ancient people needed to know why they were created, so they may have thought they were created to take care of the earth and worship their god(s). Early civilizations of people may have been hunter gatherers or

Below are the 7 main stages that Cuban revolution: The 1st and 2nd stage of Crane Brinton’s revolution system is “the government started to lose control” and “The government loses control”. These two stages does not follow Crane Brinton’s stage entirely since Fulgencio never really lost any power. Even though during that time, Cuba’s economy was starting to get weak. Also Fulgencio didn’t try to change the large amount of unemployments and reduce the gap between the upper class and lower class. However, the first try to overthrow the Fulgencio that failed was through the judicial system which does not follow the Crane Brinton’s stage 1.