The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar was initially written as commentaries by Caesar in a third person narrative, allowing the literature to come across more objective and unbiased to its reader. ... This also shows with Caesar's first expeditions into Germany and Britain. ... Lastly, Caesar was interested in boosting his political career. ... And the mastermind behind it all: Julius Caesar is given all the credit. ... Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars is straightforward read, with almost no use of rhetoric devices aiding historians in creating clear view of the events desc...

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Tacitus work on Germania focused on the various Germanic groups; while Agricola concentrated its attention on Tacitus father in-law Julius Agricola who through him saw ethnography on the various people of the ancient Britain. ... However Domitian was not the only one Tacitus was displease with; he went on taking a jab at Rome founder and father Caesar. Tacitus implied that Agricola was able to undertake the responsibilities of the Empire and finish them; something Emperor Caesar was unable to accomplish. Caesar's in his opinion did nothing but discovering the land/ island and therefore Ca...

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The objective of this assessment is to provide evidence in a way that it can be determined to what extent entertainment was indeed a true policy applied by government in order to keep people busy during the reign of Emperor Julius Caesar. ... According to "The History Guide," the rule of the first Roman dictator Augustus Caesar, "the city of Rome provided bread, oil and wine to its urban population. ... Of the poor, the poet Juvenal would write: with no vote to sell, their motto is "couldn't care less,"" time was when their plebiscite elected generals, heads of state, commanders of legio...

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Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was born on August 31st 12 AD (Barber 26). ... The most useful source was The Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. ... He was most famous for the above-noted book and specifically to be the first person to record Julius Caesar's epileptic seizures. ...

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The temple of Caesar was an example of pycnostyle front porch intercolumniation, meaning the spacing between columns in a colonnade, as measured at the bottom of their shafts, in this case pycnostyle, which was one and a half diameters. ... We know that Pope Julius II commissioned his own tomb, but it is unclear if Michelangelo was paid the full amount he was owed, since after the Popes death the tomb became significantly smaller. ... When comparing tombs like Bishop Giovani di Bartolomeo built in 1427, to Pope Julius' tomb built in 1513, there are significant differences. ... Yet Pope Ju...

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The Prince By: Niccolo Machiavelli Julius Caesar once said, "I came, I saw, I conquered." ... Niccolo exemplifies this by using Pope Julius II as an example. Julius took advantage of his reputation for generosity in order to win his election, however, he imposed heavy taxes on his people to win a war (Machiavelli 49-50). If Julius did not invest so much time in a false appearance, he could have redeemed himself rather then becoming a mean and hurtful prince. ...

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Virgil condones war for the sake of his patron, Augustus Caesar, whose recent victory at Actium, three years before the creation of Virgil's epic, had quelled the rebellion of the Roman commander Marcus Antonius. ... According to Roman mythology, Augustus Caesar was a descendant of Aeneas, from the stock of the sky-father Jupiter himself. ... Yet his own culture and the city of his Caesar were founded upon success in battle and Virgil therefore depicts war as a way for men to win glory for themselves and their families. ... The Romans held their political ability in very high esteem (an a...

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Genius, noble, commanding, merciful, victor, Father of Rome, and god are just a few of the terms used in reference to many of the great Caesars. From Julius Caesar down to Domitian. However not all the above-mentioned emperors were composed of high-quality. One stands out among the rest, not for ...

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According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the definition of an Organization is, "an arrangement of individuals or groups into a coherent whole, with a complex of functional interrelationships and a system of overall administration." This can be further simplified to mean that an organization is any ...

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Shakespeare once said "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"- truly I believe he himself is greatness for his simple devotion and love for art and literature. Known as one of the finest poets of all time, Shakespeare is also acknowledged for the beaut...

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In the second century AD the Sophist philosopher Artemidorus of Daldis (who makes two brief and enigmatic appearances in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) drew together the wisdom of earlier centuries, much of it already collected in the great library of the Babylonian King Asurna at Ninevah. ...

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