Name: kartik Patel Subject: history 101 Professor: Dr. Gilbert stack Essay: Hannibal Hannibal Hannibal, a Carthaginian general and one of the greatest generals that ever lived was renown for his strategies and courageousness, such as crossing the Alps and using the bottleneck strategy at Lake Tradesmen. He used strategies that a lot of generals at this time, especially Roman generals, would never think of and in doing this he almost destroyed the Roman republic. From the middle of the 3rd century to the middle of the 2nd century BC, Carthage was engaged in a series of wars with Rome (Dorey, P 57). These wars, known as the Punic Wars, ended
Everyone assumes that directors and writers decide what happens in a movie, but many times the movie star is the most powerful person involved with the project. For instance, when Jim Carrey wanted to make a movie about his favorite number, The Number 23 hit theaters across the country. A much more entertaining abuse of this star power occurs when huge movie stars decide they look awesome doing something, and proceed to force that something into every movie they make. For instance ... #5. Tom Hanks' Career is a Urinary Morality Play Most movie stars use their careers to build up enough credibility to avoid urinating onscreen.
I’m a fan of really good movies. I think Lincoln (starring Daniel Day Lewis in the title role), is a very, very good movie. The movie industry is sometimes starved for good acting, for great dialogue, and scenes that make the viewer really listen to the words, especially historic words. Spielberg’s Lincoln is not a biopic; it is not about the 16th President’s entire life. Instead, it is about the last few months of Lincoln’s life, the beginning of his second term, and the steps he (and other Republicans in the House of Representatives) went through to attempt to get the 13th Amendment of the Constitution passed.
The Western Roman Empire was a very advanced civilization. They were advanced for their time with public baths, aqueducts, a consul that contain two parts, a lower consul (Tribunal) and a upper consul (Senate), and an advanced army. But then, what caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? It was a combination of different variables. Also, many experts say that it fell because of the lack of heart the people had to the Empire, the rise of Christianity, it was too immense to govern and protect, the decline of the economy and jobs, the army being made up of mostly foreigners, and outside invaders.
One of Augustus's most successful public policies occurred at the beginning of his political career. "Two of the most destructive problems facing the late Roman Republic were the instability and disunity caused by incessant civil wars"... and "the constant
Dymond Blackburn English comp 1 9/5/11 Hannibal essay History has its share of great warriors and strategist, but most of the great warriors may go unnoticed or completely overlooked. One great warrior that has many great qualities and essentials that goes overlooked is Hannibal. One of Hannibal’s great accomplishments that go over looked is, when he crossed the Alps. This battle was very critical Hannibal had to fight his way through a roman army, and cross the Pyrenees, (which is a difficult range of mountains.) Hannibal also had to fight his way across southern France; this area was also under roman control.
The Conquest of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar was born 100 B.C. in Rome to the impoverished patrician Julian Clan, and know knew controversy early age. Through this conflicts he slowly but surely throughout his lifetime worked his way up the political ladder, becoming Consul and finally Dictator Perpeteus, or Dictator for life. He is deemed as one of the most influential political and military leaders of all time, a highly intelligent man and an exceptional orator. Acquiring this absolute power however, was no easy feat, and Caesar had well equipped himself through previous expeditions of Europe and the ancient world with all the resources necessary to gain power in Ancient Rome.
HIS 1510 3/25/14 The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty were both very successful empires and dynasties in their time. They both prospered and united their countries. Of course they had their moments of falling as an empire and dynasty, but, they got back up and built from there and went onward grow. The Roman Empire, there are numerous reasons why the fall of this empire happened. First, the civil wars, there were always disagreements and the people of this empire loved fighting.
Gloriously Good Year: 2009 Directed By: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Michael Fassbender and Martin Wuttke 4 Stars Christoph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa In typical Quentin Tarantino style, Inglorious Basterds blends fact, fiction and various genres, with a lot of bloodshed in-between. The world’s most famous director is known for cult classics such as 1994’s Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill series from 2003 and 2004. Inglorious Basterds does what Tarantino does best, and pushes the limits in what we have come to love from him. The excessive violence and relaxed attitude toward the Holocaust is sure to stir up some controversy. At a first glance, you see indications that Inglorious Basterds might be a Tarantino film, with the title being inspired from a 1970’s B –film, The Inglorious Bastards.
The challenge of the movie was to depict the conflict and tension of Chris Gardener’s life without draining the energy of the viewer. In this they have remarkably succeeded; there is hardly any tension in the whole movie. Intense emotion is brief and impulsive and what would normally be lengthy sob fests are cloaked in revitalizing humor. The mix of contradictory emotions – sorrow-humor, hope-hopelessness, confidence-de motivation confuses even the worst of the critics and to this day no reviewer has been successfully able to classify the “pursuit of Happiness” into any of the standard