His books cover many wars and conquests, most importantly the three Punic wars. ... He attempts to apply his version of historical causation to the beginning of the Second Punic War. ... The beginning of the war is the most obvious to define. ... Under agreement from the First Punic War, Saguntum was technically under Roman allied territory. ... This becomes defined as the cause of the Second Punic War. ...

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Before Augustus became emperor there were a series of events that took place leading him to his victory. ... He primarily focused on important issues dealing with the nutrition of children and agriculture in Italy. ... During this period, many wars occurred bringing about both triumph and devastating consequences. ... During the war, Marcus Aurelius proclaimed his son Commodus joint emperor. ... However, the author still keeps the vital events of Roman history intact and specifies every aspect fully. ...

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Literary Events a. ... Literary Events a. ... Only through loyalty to the leader during war was success measured in gifts from the leader. ... He also played an important role on the lives of people who produced great poetry and also maintained a somber. ... To the Anglo. creating poetry was important as fighting, hunting, farming, or loving. ...

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Life was based around trade, and places such as Athens would have many different events such as the Olympics, and Gladiator competitions. Athens boasted it would have major events every couple of days for the people. ... City-States would build statues for their gods and would have many sacrificial events in order to honor the Gods. ... Education was important to the Greeks, but was also expensive. ... Philosophy, Science, Language, and Math were all important to the Grecian Society and was a key to development of man kind. ...

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One of the most important classes in Celtic life was the druids. ... The treaty fell apart and war ensued. ... Archaeologists believe that two documented battles, those of Badon in AD 516 and Camlann in 537, are the nearest historical events which could prove Arthur's existence. ... There is indisputable proof that, if Arthur did live, he shared his leadership with other war-leaders and kings. ... He is now not only a war hero but also a love story, a god and a boy king all at once. ...

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His enemies, led by Pompey, began to seek ways to wage war on Caesar. Caesar however, did not wish to fight a civil war. ... Greek Philosopher Nicolaus of Damascus gave his description of the event in his book "Life of Augustus." ... Tensions began to grow, and eventually another civil war broke out in Rome. ... His death would ultimately end a very important era in Roman history and usher in the beginnings of the Roman Empire. ...

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Most shows in the Colosseum lasted all day beginning with comedic contests and exotic animal shows in the morning and moving on to professional gladiator events in the afternoon. In most tournaments and games, death played a important role. Professional gladiators, primarily condemned criminals, prisoners or war, and slaves, fought either animals or each other, generally until death. ... Gladiators could be prisoners of war, slaves, condemned criminals or even volunteers, who were trained under the eye of their owner (lanista) in gladiatorial schools. ... For more than five hundred years spec...

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Many farmers were sent to fight wars abroad for long periods; coincidentally, they had to sell their land. ... As Rome began to fight wars overseas, it required more soldiers, and they had to serve for longer periods. ... Under the Roman emperors, equites held important government positions and helped run the empire's civil service. ... Most often, this is where the Acta Diurna (newspaper) was posted containing the day's events, not to mention the last twenty-four hour's events. ... Most of these important men lived in the city due to the rigorous senate schedule. ...

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Many farmers were sent to fight wars abroad for long periods, and so they had to sell their land. ... Other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. ... As the Roman world expanded, a new social class became important. ... Most often, this is where the Acta Diurna (newspaper) was posted (the day's events and the last twenty-four hour's events). ... Most of these important men lived in the city due to the rigorous senate schedule. ...

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In 91 BC, a "Social War " broke out between Rome and its Italian allies, including Pompeii. ... We don't know how long the war lasted, but Rome emerged victorious. ... Grapes were another important crop for the Pompeiians, used for the production of wine. ... Vesuvius eruption is from letters that were written by Pliny the Younger a quarter of a century after the event. ... Pliny the Elder determined to investigate this event ordered a ship ready to sail. ...

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The legend continues as Mars, the god of war, paid a visit to Rhea Siliva, where he had his way with her while was sleeping. ... There have been many important and historical pieces of architecture in during the reign of the Roman Republic. ... Public events such as gladiator fights, and mock naval battles took place there. ... These fights were between slaves, prisoners of war, criminals, and sometimes occasionally wild animals. ... Eventually these crowds grew to be so large, that the empire felt the need to build a structure to facilitate theses events. ...

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War and politics in Rome went hand-in-hand, great leadership on the battlefield meant great leadership on the homeland. ... The book serves as a vital source of information on the wars as a whole, and also the Celtic-Gallic people, who little is known about their identity. Caesar likely not knowing that his book would become such an important source of information, sometimes neglected certain aspects of the time period that people today would have found interesting or helpful. ... Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars is straightforward read, with almost no use of rhetoric devices ai...

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., ending the civil wars. ... Although he instituted many important administrative reforms and continued to grant the senate a role in governing, most of the political power remained within the hands of the princeps, as he called himself. ... Following the suicide of Emperor Nero, there was a brief period of civil war. ... Commodus's assassination in 190 A.D. began another period of civil wars. ... Generals fought each other in civil wars, and German tribes were invading the empire. ...

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The more important the person, the more impressive the sculpture. ... The Greeks believed that they participated in human events, such as the Trojan War and influenced the outcome. ... Because there were important differences between the Greek and Roman approaches to histor...

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The original Roman Senate was a council of one hundred elders or citizens of important families whose purpose it was to advise the king. ... Its purpose was also advisory, but its consent was necessary for the king to make war. ... The events of their reigns and the stories surrounding them are more fully discussed in the article on The Kings of Early Rome. ... Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva were the most important gods worshipped during the period of the Etruscan monarchy and the great temple to Jupiter Capitolinus was built by Tarquinius Superbus, the last Etruscan king. ... Other events i...

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One of the most important forms these images appeared in was in the imperial coinage. ... The fact that the obverse shows both Agrippina and Nero is important, as is the placement of the two portraits. ... While daughters could not becomes heirs, they could marry a man that the emperor favored, thereby cementing his claim to be emperor, and avoiding unpleasant controversies or damaging civil wars. ... This shows that a pictorial language developed recurrent themes that were important to the political needs of the emperors and that the women in these roles were intrinsically linked to those...

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Under the ruler Claudius, Vespasian was instructed to go to Britain to fight, and came back as a war hero. ... On the other end of the spectrum he would often give things to citizens, and during events at the Colosseum he would frequently grant the desires of the people. ... Domitian had a love for entertainment and would often have huge events at the Colosseum. ... Every emperor was different within the dynasty, so it is important to know what each emperor did. ...

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What events led up to the making of the first triumvirate? ... What events led up to the assassination of Caesar? ... Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies. ... Caesar knew that this was a death sentence for him so he did not leave his troops but marched into the city and caused a civil war. ... When he was dictator the most important of these representatives was his "master of the horse". ...

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What events led up to the making of the first triumvirate? ... What events led up to the assassination of Caesar? ... Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies. ... Caesar knew that this was a death sentence for him so he did not leave his troops but marched into the city and caused a civil war. ... When he was dictator the most important of these representatives was his "master of the horse". ...

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What events led up to the making of the first triumvirate? ... What events led up to the assassination of Caesar? ... Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies. ... Caesar knew that this was a death sentence for him so he did not leave his troops but marched into the city and caused a civil war. ... When he was dictator the most important of these representatives was his "master of the horse". ...

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In any event, Humanism survived the fall of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the bosom of the Jewish culture, and then it faced its most daunting challenge when it clashed directly with newly invigorated Dualism projected from within the Roman Christian Church. ...

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Chariot races were practiced at the Martius, which was consecrated by the "God of War" known as Mars (Alchin, 2014). ... In Roman times, it was considered sacrilege to not attend a sporting event (Ward, A., & Heichelheim, F, 2010). ... It is also important for the athletes to stay well due to the salary they receive, who would want that to all go to waste? ...

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