By the reign of Julius Caesar, Rome had all the Problems of a big city metropolis. ... The Arch of Triumph of Orange was built in the early reign of Augustus Caesar and was dedicated to Julius Caesar, Augustus" adopted father. ... The projecting blocks supported the scaffolding during construction," wrote John Julius Norwich. (154) The Romans were so advance in their times that they were able to get the aqueducts at a proper gradient to allow steady flow of water into the desired city. ...

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By the time of Julius Caesar's reign, wives had gained much freedom and were able to lead less restricted lives (The Roman Family). After Caesar's reign, during the Imperial Age, women were then permitted to "own land, run businesses, free slaves, make wills, be heirs themselves, and get a job in some professions" (Donn). ...

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Julius Caesar, his uncle, sent him to study in Apollonia. After Caesar's assassination, Augustus was uncertain about accepting his inheritance, but, nonetheless, he did with the purpose of avenging his uncle's death. At the age of nineteen, he joined the Consulship of Gaius Pansa and Aulus Hirtius in 43 B.C., Augustus, previously known as Octavius, allowed the Senate to use his family name Caesar to gain the confidence of the soldiers and people. After making a deal with Antony, they both joined forces with Marcus Amemilius Lepidus, who was the governor of Gallia Narbonensis and ...

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In 47 BC, Caesar, who was one of such chosen rulers, had won the civil war against Pompeii and was to become the dictator of Rome. Julius Caesar had many plans for Rome, the biggest of which was to recreate the republic to better suit the needs for the majority of the population, not just the patricians . Caesar helped spring Rome up to it's golden age as the rising or good times. ... With respect, Caesar's old partner, Mark Antony, stepped forward to take with on the power and position that Caesar left off with. to power; however, Octavian, Caesar's son stood before the senate ...

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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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### April Fools Day Traditionally April fools day has been celebrated by millions through out the world as just a simple joke or a practical prank that have been practice by young and old alike, there is no age barrier. When questions are asked what is April fools day? Where did it come from, and ...

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In the late fourth century, the Roman Empire went from being one of the largest empires in the world, to ruin. Rome's success initially started off due to its network of overland trade routes. Initially, it established the Republic in 500 BCE which was governed by a Senate. It wouldn't have its firs...

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