He was never defeated in his campaign against Italy, over fifteen years of fighting.3 He was an accomplished politician and judge of character. ... Now while debate raged in Rome for declarations of war, Hannibal did not waste time bickering.9 He packed up 40,000 troops in the early spring of 218 to make a land march into Italy. ... And since Romans had mastery of the sea by this point in time, the only possible discourse by which to transport an army to Italy from Spain was over the Alps. ... He recruited aid from the Gauls of the area and increased his forces to 40,000 infantry and 6,00...

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The First Punic War marked the first Roman involvement outside of Italy, and was the beginning of the Romans conquest of the Mediterranean. ... In the late 300's Campanian mercenaries which had been hired by the Greeks seized the town of Messana on the straights separating Sicily from Italy. ... But the Mamertines were of Italian origin other hand, and Rome now stood as the very aware and efficient protector of all things Italian. ... The Romans decided that the whole force couldn't be supplied during the winter in enemy territory, so one consul returned to Italy with part of the tro...

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A baby was born on July 12 or 13 of 100 BC in Rome. Little did the proud parents of this baby know that he would rule most of the known world. This baby was born to the name of Gaius, his personal name, Julius was the name of his family's clan and the name of his family was Caesar meaning hairy. Cae...

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Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in western Italy in a region called Campania, less than 1.6 kilometers from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. ... In 1748, a farmer discovered a wall and the authorities in Italy began a series of excavations. ... The Italian government has provided funding money for this project. ...

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This is where Livy came in with his sweeping history of Rome. ... Second, he clearly projects the events of his own time onto his history simply because that is what he understands best. ... The events of these two centuries formed the lens through which he viewed the history of the early Roman people. ... This shows that Livy is using the Conflict of Orders to resemble the recent history of conflict between the Optimates and Populares. ... Livy most likely thought of the injustice done to Gracchus when he wrote this account into his history. ...

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Julius Caesar was born in around early July 100 BCE, he was the son to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia the Governor of Gal while having very closely connection with the Marian faction in Roman politics (History, 2014). ... Caesar is one of the more questionable rulers in history, many debate if he was a Hero or Reformer to Roman society or a Tyrant whom was only looking to conquer the world for himself. ... Julius quickly took over Italy but forgot to keep Pompey and his forces close to him as they fled to Greece (Grant, 1975).The battling would continue on as Pompey had end up in Egypt seeking help...

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The play, Antony and Cleopatra was written in 1606 named as tragedy though it has the element of comedy as well as history. ... It may fall between tragedy and history .However T.S Coleridge rates it one the finest history play as he says: 'Of all Shakspeare's historical plays, Antony and Cleopatra is by far the most wonderful. ... Roman civilization has long history and it was derivative of Greek culture. ... The villages adjacent to Tiber river became a powerful city, conquering the rest of Italy and the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. ... However, Shakespeare has shown ...

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