Word of the fire reached the King and he called for Pepys. Whereupon Pepys related to the King and the Duke of York what he had seen. Houses burning, wind whipping up the fire. Pepys also expressed his concern to the King that if an order was not made to pull down the houses still standing nothing could stop the fire. The King ordered Pepys to go the the Lord Mayor and tell him to have all the houses pulled down to which the Lord Mayor replied ‘I am spent.
Other laws required that buckets and barrels of water were to be kept full at all times in case of a fire. Arson was a big problem around this time and the punishment for arson was to be burned alive. Fire suppression was essentially done by bucket brigades. The King of England authorized the firm of Ryley and Mabb to create an idea called “insurance” in 1637. This idea was not very successful until the Great Fire of 1666.
Caesar restored Cleopatra to the throne along with her younger brother Ptolemy XIV (13 years old). He stayed in Egypt with her and around 47 B.C. she gave birth to a son, Ptolemy Caesar. It was believed he was the son of Caesar and was known as Caesarion (Little Caesar) to the Egyptian people. Cleopatra and her son visited Caesar in Rome and after his murder in 44 B.C.
Civil Disobedience or Arson? Samuel Mohammed, trying to improve his community burns down a drug house while taking all the right precautions. He makes sure that the home is empty and one night lights the house to flames. After he did so, he called the police and fire department and owned up to his deed. Mr. Mohammed’s attorney argues that his client is innocent because he was practicing civil disobedience.
Cleopatra was then restored to her Egyptian throne as a joint ruler with her youngest brother Ptolemy XIII. Cleopatra soon after bore Caesar a son and named him Caesarian (Little Caesar). In 46 B.C. a year after Caesar’s return to Rome, Cleopatra joined him there. She returned to Egypt in 44 B.C.
Queen Anne of Austria reigned from 1601 to 1666. He was their first child after 23 years of marriage. Louis was nicknamed “gift of god”. He had a brother , Phillipe that was two years younger. Louis received only
Initially, Augustus embarked on establishing his power through the dissemination of propaganda, promises and bribes, which enabled him to raise his own forces and ascertain public support. After the murder of Julius Caesar in 44BC, Augustus, as adopted son and heir, was thrust into the subsequent political and military upheaval. Though, as Holland commented, “For the moment, Caesar’s heir was merely a nuisance, not a factor of much influence upon the policy of Antonius and the Senate.” In order to demonstrate that he undertook his inheritance seriously, Augustus obediently fulfilled Caesar’s legacy by granting 300 sesterces (75 denarii) to each Roman citizen, a generous act which required 75 million sesterces (18,750,000 denarii). However, Antonius had rebuffed Augustus’ claims to inheritance, “answering him with excuses and delays.”(Grant). As a result, Augustus was forced to auction his inherited ¾ of Caesar’s estates, as well as his own property, an action which ensured Augustus greater popularity and odium to be thrown towards Antonius.
If they were all powerful gods couldn’t they have somehow blocked out all the sounds of mankind or even send some kind of warning to the people? In the Book of Genesis God decided that mankind was becoming too wicked, and God was sorry he created them. (Gen. 6:6). I thought that God’s reason made more sense to me; he saw his creation become something he had not intended it to be corrupted and full of evil and he could not stand it. In The Epic of Gilgamesh the gods planned to wipe out everyone, but the god Ea decides to warn Utnapishtim because he was a worshiper of him.
Ever since 1879, Germany had upheld a policy of protection for both agriculture and industry. Caprivi reformed the tariff act of 1879. The bread tax was causing widespread discontent. Bad harvests as well as a shortage of wheat sent prices very high. Caprivi decided Germany must export.
Agricola’s aim, once appointed, was to gain advantage over Britons by crushing any resistance with terror tactics, together with gaining the trust and respect of the hearts of the people by establishing a just government and peaceful existence. During his reign, Agricola found corruption and scams being used by high ranking officials, using their status to charge, for example, for supply of grains from Imperial granaries, supply this back after charging for high cost of transport and pocketing the proceeds (Potter T. Roman Britain 1983). Agricola, as Chief Justice of the Province with authority over civil and criminal matters, was also responsible for reconciling differences between local and Roman law as well as disagreements between the various communities. Whilst Agricola could preside over cases involving Roman citizens, (similar to