In the words of Tacitus, “she could give her son the empire, but not endure him as emperor”. The “Empire was ruled by a woman” (Grant) as during Nero’s early reign, Agrippina achieved her height of political dominance “ruling through her son” (Scullard) over foreign affairs. This is evidenced through Narcissus and Silanus sentencing to death, without Nero’s knowledge. Nero exemplifies her power by making the first password to the tribune of the watch “optimum mater” translating to ‘best of mothers’. The most damming evidence which supports Agrippina’s power and authority can be seen in the numismatic evidence with silver and gold coins displaying Agrippina and Nero face to face and of equal size on the obverse in 54AD and showing them side to side in 55AD.
“did the romans conquer the greeks, or did the greeks conquer the romans?” . My final opinion is that the greeks conquered the romans . In my assumption , for the greeks, it must have been much like living before they were physically conquered, they still had all theirs ways of living since the romans copied it. it is much more important to have conquered a civilization with your religion, art, technology, science, philosophy ,literature language, government, and the list goes on: then to have just conquered a civilization because you have a stronger military. The greek beliefs and lifestyles must have been that powerful for the romans to base their whole lives around it and have it impact the reason they were so great.
Cleopatra was the last known ruler/pharaoh of Egypt. She ruled between the 51st and 30th dynasty in Alexandria, the Egyptian city she ruled over. Cleopatra was not Egyptian; she was Macedonian and only gained such a high power over the people in Egypt through her father Ptolemy XII after her and her family migrated from Macedonia through one of the generals of Alexander the great. Through Alexander her father gained power over the Egyptian people. He was chased away from the society and died.
The massive expansions made it so that Darius I’s empire was the largest the world has ever seen. The Romans expanded their empire much during the Punic Wars. In the First Punic War, Rome annexes Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. Rome conquers Spain, Macedonia, and Greek in the Second Punic War, and Egypt becomes a protectorate of Rome after the war. Paranoid of the constant rivalry with Carthage, Rome sieges it during the Third Punic War.
How could the Spartans have avoided the loss of their leading position in Greece? Sparta emerged as a political force around the 10th century BC, after the invading Dorians conquered the surrounding, non-Dorian population. Owing to its military strength and dominance, Sparta was recognized as the leader of the combined Greek during the bloody Greco-Persian wars. The social system of Sparta was unique in Ancient Greece, with strong focus placed on military excellence. This military strength helped Sparta defeat Athens and emerge victorious from the Peloponnesian War between 431-404 BC.
Julia Augusta Agrippinilla (little Agrippina), born in AD 15 in the era of Tiberius’s reign, was brought into a strong and powerful dynasty of the Julio-Claudian’s. Agrippina was a direct descendant of the Julian bloodline, therefore automatically gaining the respect of the Roman people. She was the fourth child to her parents Germanicus and Agrippina the elder along with three elder brothers Nero, Drusus and Gaius (Caligula). Her father Germanicus was a military commander who managed to suppress serious mutany in the lower regions of Germany therefore gaining popularity and respect by his legions and the Roman people. This gave Agrippina an automatic gateway to being admired by society at the time.
Doing this Sparta and Athens won the war against the Persians, but ended up losing to Rome. Leonidas impacted our generation today by giving us entertainment, courage, and a basis for a need for a strong military. He lived from about 540 B.C. to August 11, 480 B.C. in the battle of Thermopylae.
Agrippina the Younger was the third wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. Ancient writers have perceived her as a manipulative woman, controlling her husband and doing anything to place her son Nero upon the Imperial throne. Agrippina has gone down as one of the most powerful and most ruthless women in history. However modern historians have reviewed the images of Agrippina, free from the sexual bias of the Ancient writers. The histrorian James Romm portrayed Agrippina as a woman who was simply trying to escape the restrictions imposed on her by society.
Lastly, the Roman Republic was simply greater than Carthage, and was largely the reason Hannibal lost the Second Punic War. This war demonstrates a story that the populace loves to hear. Carthage was clearly dominant throughout the war, until the final years where Rome emerged victorious. It was such a simple transformation; however, modern historians can still debate for hours about it. Was it Carthage that made a mistake, or did Rome renew itself and fight back against the mighty Carthaginians?
Assess the significance of the steps in Athens’ transformation of the Delian League into an Athenian Empire. Athens gradually transformed the Delian League into an Athenian Empire, through its manipulation of the League’s aims and practices. Thucyidides’ Pentacontaetia outlines these steps to empire through paradigms. Thus, these individual steps are representative of other similar activities of Athens and the Delian League. Throughout this process of change, Athens held a grip on the moral validity of its actions, due to the aims and practices, especially the oath, of the Delian League.