The Romans were once the most influential people in the world. Although they changed the way people viewed architecture and education, their government, culture, and trade system changed, yet somewhat stayed the same. From 500 BCE to 476 CE, these three topics were areas of advancement and achievement in the Roman Empire. Before 500 BCE, the Roman Empire was just that; an empire. However, when the Roman citizens got tired of dictatorship, the government drastically changed.
One of the innovations of the Roman Republic was the notion of equality under the law. In 449 B.C.E., government leaders carved some of Rome's most important laws into 12 great tablets. The Twelve Tables were the first Roman laws put in writing. During the last three centuries of the republic Rome experienced a long series of civil wars, economic as well as political issues, and civil issues with the dictator ship of Julius Caesar. After Caesar’s death, another civil war broke out destroying what was left of the Roman republic.
King Leonidas Leonidas was the king of Sparta at one time. He is most famous for leading the three hundred Spartans against the Persian army. He lived in the Peloponnesus and the city state of Sparta. Leonidas had a major impact in his time; he led troops to eliminate Persians to defend Sparta. Doing this Sparta and Athens won the war against the Persians, but ended up losing to Rome.
Look at the map of Greek colonies—Map 10.2, Classical Greece and the Mediterranean basin, 800-500 B.C.E. What role did Greek sailors and merchants play in cultural as well as economic expansion? How did sailing and adventure express the nature of the Greeks? 19. Follow the path of Alexander’s conquests using Map 10.3, Alexander’s empire, ca.
Athens had an ever changing relationship with its allies during the period of 500- 440 BC from its alliance with the city states including Sparta during the Persian Wars to the formation of the Delian league and the establishment of Athens as an empire. The main source we have for this period is the work of Thucydides and his insights written in his work The Peloponnesian Wars. He describes the build up and the history behind the Peloponnesian Wars and the relations between the Greek city states focusing on Athens and Sparta. Thucydides writings are generally considered as an accurate and unbiased account of the Peloponnesian wars however other sources are needed to fill in the gaps in Thucydides writing. At the beginning of the period of interest, that is, the beginning of the 5th century Athens is one of the most powerful Greek city states attempting to gain support of other States.
For this purpose, he secretly poked holes in their condoms and got his girlfriend pregnant. (Even the way is very questionable. )Mr.Hutchinson was sentenced 18 months to jail as a raper. Court did this decision because a woman getting pregnant would be very embarrassing .She is very difficult to raise her child and people will look down on her and her child. But , I still think the punishment is not enough, Mr.Hutchinson should pay lots of money for his behavior ,even through it can not fix her mental injury .
AP World History: World Civilizations: The Global Experience Part II The Classical Period: 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. : Uniting Large Regions Chapter 5: Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (Greece & Persia) • Textbook Error: on page 102, the textbook refers to a naval battle between the Persians and Greeks that happened at the “Straits of Thermopylae”. This is incorrect. The naval battle won by the Greeks happened at the Straits of Salamis, while the 500 Spartans previously made a valiant last stand against the Persians at the Pass of Thermopylae in northern Greece.
In his commentary of Xenophon’s ‘Hellenica’, George Carkwell argues that Sparta originally lost her power from 394 BC, after the naval victory of the Persian and Greek fleet. The combined Persian and Greek fleet was under the command of the Athenian Conon and Pharnabazus. They defeated the Spartan navy led by Pisander. Following this significant defeat, Spartan ‘harmosts’ were expelled through the Aegean and this led to the Lacedaemonian maritime empire being virtually
4. How does Alcibiades at once embody both the best and the worst of Athens at the height of the Peloponnesian War? (primary source suggestions: Funeral Oration, Pericles' final speech (class 3/30), Thucydides Book 6 (class
Suraj Hardowar Ramnarain Prof. Trumbach 11/9/2013 During the period of 600-400 b.c. and of the Athenian time period, there was much conflict. First off we must understand that the Athenians are Greeks that came lived around and near the Mediterranean Sea. Athens had the first democracy in the world. They used logical thinking and philosophy to make their democracy stand out and be very sturdy.