Category: Ancient History

Appian’s Roman History is a collection of five books that describe the events between the year 133 B.C. and 35 B.C. The focus is on the events in the Roman Empire and the struggles that the people of the era had experienced. More specifically, book IV is telling the story of the Second Triumvirate and…

Table of Contents Significance of Romulus and Remus Why Caesar was killed Reasons for Slavery in Ancient Times Difference of NT and the Greco-Romans Beliefs Works Cited Significance of Romulus and Remus In the mythology of the Romans, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers and their story tales many events which contributed to the formation…

Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” is one of the world’s greatest and most influential speeches that may still relate to society and governments. Delivered in 431 B.C., which was the first year of the Peloponnesian War, this speech praises Athenians’ sacrifices, comforts parents, brothers, and sons of the warriors deceased with honor, and inspires other citizens to…

Table of Contents Introduction The Appeals Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction Thucydides tells a detailed account of the Peloponnesian War, a major military conflict between Greek Powers. At the source of this war lies the conflict around Corcyra, an emerging naval power. After defeating Corinth’s fleet in a dispute over their shared colony of Epidamnus, it…

The Aztecs utilized diverse strategies to create a strong civilization, including human sacrifice and purity of blood. The manner of choosing brides can represent the intention to remain the civilization clean and respectful because the requirement for all princesses was to be pure descendants of Toltec. Moreover, Tizoc made around 20 000 human sacrifices to…

The Greek historian Herodotus is one of the main sources of historical narrators of those events that took place many centuries ago. Therefore, the writer was able to describe the Battle of Thermopile, but the reliability of this account is questionable. Research shows that “Herodotus frequently finds the answer to these questions by looking at…

Mesopotamia is considered the plain area between the Tigris and the Euphrates, located in their lower and middle reaches. The center of development of the most ancient civilization was located in the southern part of this territory – in ancient Babylonia. Northern Babylonia was called Akkad, and southern Babylonia was called Sumer. With the emergence…

Hellenistic period (330-30 BCE) covers the death of the Great Alexander in 323 BCE up to the death of Cleopatra and also annexation of Egypt in 30 BCE by the Romans. This period was the age for many kings who were former generals of the great Alexander. Fight for wealth, territory and glory was the…

Both Jennifer Palinkas and James A. Herbst work as architects for the Corinth Excavations which is a respected organization. Jennifer Palinkas is a B.Arch., the University of Cincinnati, and James A. Herbst is a Master of Science in Architectural History, the University of California, Berkeley who has other publication by credible publisher in The Urban…

The kingdom of Rome and the Roman Republic were entities that differed significantly from one another. The monarchical period lasted from 753 B. C. to 509 B. C (The History Guide, 2006). and was characterized by Rome’s political system and the scope of its state. A succession of 7 kings ruled Rome, the first one…