And the only aristocrats who stood up for change were assassinated by corrupt senators. The ex small farmers were absolutely furious. Not only was the government corrupt, but the roman army was weakening. The large population of landless roman citizens could
Commodus Childhood * Was born on the 31 of august AD 161 at Lanuvium * Commodus was one of fourteen children * He was the only one to survive childhood * He had a twin brother that died * He was made caeser at the age of five, to rule alongside his dad (AD 166) Kind of like a junior emperor. * His father was Marcus Aurelius * In AD 177, at the age of 16 he was made Augustus by Marcus Aurelius making him a joint emperor * Even though he was emperor at AD 177, everyone saw Marcus Aurelius as the true emperor * “Commodus indeed led the troops in the wars on the Danube together with his father from AD 178, until the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180” (www.roman-empire.net) * “His father died, possibly
to forge military alliances with kingdoms west of his northwestern archenemy the Xiongnu (or Hun) tribes. He charged General Zhang Qian with this mission, giving him one hundred of his best fighting men and valuable gifts to seal the military cabals. Thirteen years later, having been a Xiongnu hostage for ten years, General Zhang returned to the Imperial Han court with only one other member of the original party. Though he had failed to make a single military alliance, General Zhang enthralled the court with information of the thirty-six commercially vibrant kingdoms west of China's frontier. Compounding the Emperor's interest was his description of the magnificent horses he'd seen in the Ferghana valley (modern day Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan); horses that were stronger and faster than any in China, horses so fine as to render the Chinese army
Mao Zedong leadership and military strategies helped him become the leader of Red China. With the events affecting the beginning and results of the war, China became a world power from the 1950s and until this day it still is. Mao Zedong is praised throughout China and seen as an idol figure in Chinese history. His guerilla warfare is still study by many military geniuses around the world. The communist started out slow in the civil war but grew as the war went
The local forces attacked the Presidential Palace, the National Radio Station, the U.S. embassy and other principal targets. When the Communist’s high command realized that the military objectives were not being met, they halted further attacks. Sporadic fighting continued in Saigon until March 8. Some sections of the city were left badly damaged by the combat and U.S. retaliatory air and artillery strikes. The Chinese district of Cholon suffered with hundreds of civilians killed in the American counter attacks.” (First Battle) “On March 16, 1968, U.S. Army forces conducted a mass murder of hundreds of unarmed citizens in South Vietnam.
b. Assassination attempts i. Multiple were plotted against him, even by his own mother. ii. Grew paranoid as a result of multiple assassination attempts, and in one instance is said to have banished all foreign scholars
In some districts bear-baiting, cock-fighting, horse-racing and wrestling were banned. Betting and gambling were also forbidden. Large numbers of ale-houses were closed and fines were imposed on people caught swearing. In some districts, the Major-Generals even closed down theatres. We have a statement from one of the Major Generals “It is much more civilised in this district no more inadequate behaviour.” My final point proving Cromwell to be a villain is when Cromwell used his army when he wanted to take power that he couldn’t get lawfully.
It wiped out entire families while others were forced to dig the graves of their own family members. Morgues were so overwhelmed by the morality rates that bodies began to pile. Business in the U.S. came to a halt because of the amount workers stricken with the flu. Mail was not delivered and trash piled up due to sick workers. Crops could not be harvested because there were not enough workers and even state and local health departments shut down as a result.
Apart from the colonist being harassed with taxes, their trade with all parts of the world except Britain was another reason why the colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence. The illegal imposition of rules over their trade and production, commonly known as the Navigation Acts, which have been pressed on them for over a century and made worse by the Sugar Act and Townshend Acts was controlled once the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Furthermore, the colonists were being deprived in many cases. The Boston Massacre was when a mob of 50 colonists gathered to protest against the officials. As fists and clubs began flying a soldier dropped dead, this forced the soldiers to fire, killing five civilians and wounding six.
They started fighting in the area. Most Chinese citizens were displeased about this. Some became rebellious and in November of 1899 started a faction called the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion fought against foreign influence in religion, politics, and trade. They were ruthless, they killed thousands of Christians and they also attempted to storm the foreign embassies located in Beijing.