Virgil seeks to reveal the true reason for the Trojan War and Aeneas' journey to Italy to found the predecessor to Rome. ... Theonoe, the other strong female character in Helen, deceives her brother into thinking she knows nothing of Menelaus being alive and in Egypt. ...
However, Justinian found himself having to enact further laws and today these are counted as the fourth part of the Corpus, the Novels or Novellae Constitutiones. ... Among the many accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire were two brothers: Saint Cyril and Methodius whom are credited with the development of the Glagolitic alphabet. Born in Thessalonica in the 9th century, the brothers became Christian missionaries among the Slavic peoples of the Great Moravia and Pannonia. ...
Perhaps the reason for this can be found during the Third Servile War, 73-71 BC, in which Spartacus led a slave uprising that lasted for three years. ... Cassius Dio wrote of Cicero's return from exile in his Roman History, "During the very taking of the vote on the measure Clodius, knowing that the multitude would be on Cicero's side, took the gladiators that his brother held in readiness for the funeral games in honour of Marcus, his relative, and rushing into the assemblage, wounded many and killed many others. ...
He did so, and in passing the law, started with his brother Gaius, and Appius Claudius, dividing up land to be distributed to the poor. ... As he attempted to prosecute the consuls of the previous year, he was found murdered the day of the trial. ...
