Macbeth’s uncontrollable craving for power caused him to make many reckless decisions. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was told that he would become king. In order for this to happen, Duncan, the king at the time, had to die. Macbeth knew he had to kill Duncan but was unsure of it at first. His wife, Lady Macbeth, helped him follow through with it.
A teacher of mine once asked me, “ Did the Romans conquer the Greeks, or did the Greeks conquer the Romans?” I had to stop and scratch my head because I didn’t know what to say . As I continued to think about which side to defend, I thought of how the Romans conquered the Greeks physically , but the greeks had a huge impact on the Roman way of life. The Romans were starting to expand from Italy and take over other parts of the Mediterranean . The Romans were fighting with the Carthaginians , some Greeks were afraid of the romans so they decided to help the Carthaginians to fight the romans . The romans won the battle against the Carthaginians and weren’t happy with the greeks for siding against them .
Things like killing the ruler of Rome and throwing the whole empire into turmoil. For their argument they argued that because they loved Rome so much, that is why they had to kill Caesar because they could not have a ruler over Rome. Their forefathers had fought for the freedom and republic of Rome and they even killed a guy who tried to be ruler. Brutus and Cassius had the right idea in trying to protect the republic but they didn’t think it through enough and that is where their plan failed. Caesar was given a crown three times and the people wanted him to have it, but all three times he rejected it to look good in front of the people.
Assess the evidence that suggests that there was a war at ‘Troy’ in the Late Bronze age and discuss the likelihood the ‘Helen’ was the cause of that war. What provides doubt as to the authenticity of the events described in Homer’s epic poem The Iliad is the author’s supposed bardic profession. It would have been more likely than not for bards such as Homer to have favoured fiction over fact when attempting to entertain their upper class audience with a compelling story. While some aspects of Homer’s story do appear to be in the realm of fantasy, an ever increasing pool of evidence supports the idea that there was indeed a war at Troy (referred to by Homer as Achaia) during the Late Bronze Age. Since its 19thcentury discovery, there have been archaeological finds at the ancient citadel (Layer VI) as well at the Greek City of Mycenae that heavily suggest this.
The plan of the prominent Athenians had however already been put into motion and as the emissaries were finding out that they were not going to get the Persian gold they had been promising, the political clubs in Athens were organising for a vote to abolish the democracy. Thucydides does mention some terror tactics being used such as the murder of political opponents but he does not put too much stress on the subject. With the prominent Athenians now aware that the original proposal to establish an oligarchy and pursue the war with Persian gold is not going to happen they change their plans and instead establish an oligarchy of the four hundred backed up by an assembly of the five thousand and promising to pursue the war with their own private fortunes. Using the power of the organised political clubs and most probably intimidation the motion was passed and Athens then became an oligarchy. In 404/3 the Athenians also voted to abandon the democracy but instead of the vote being influenced by political clubs and intimidation by various Athenians it was
Darius’s last attempt was his appeals to Alexander’s Greek allied soldiers to revolt against him or assassinate him. Alexander was known to take good care of his soldiers and their families. It would take a lot for any of his soldiers to betray him. For Alexander’s soldiers the risk was just too great. They feared for their lives
This led to constant warfare between the leagues formed by the Greek city-states and Macedon. Around 221 BCE, Phillip V of Macedon took power of the Macedonian throne. He was considered to be the last Greek ruler who was militaristically and politically capable of uniting all of Greece. However, in 218 BCE, he allied with Carthage, which was a big mistake to his plans. This led to the breakout of wars between Rome and Macedon in a series of skirmishes.
The Persian Wars by: Alec Norwood World History Mr. Jordan 1st Period October 12, 2007 The Persian Wars INTRODUCTION The Persian Wars were fought between the Greeks and the Persians between the years 490 and 479 B.C.E. The main conflict between the Greeks and the Persians began in Ionia, home of Herodotus. Many Pre-Socratic philosophers believe it started because the empire building (land hungry) Persians tried to capture and bring the Ionians under their power and control. The Persians were successful with some of the Ionian Greeks but others asked the mainland Greeks for help because they did not want to be ruled by the Persians (Hooker, 1999). IONIAN REVOLT The wars began in 490 B.C.E.
All or One King Leonidas, leader of the Spartans, makes an important decision in Herodotus’s Book VII. By going to war with an army smaller than his enemy’s, King Leonidas knows what is going to be before him. The Pythian priestess foretells that Xerxes’s warriors will kill all the people of Lacedaemon if King Leonidas does not die instead. King Leonidas makes the right decision and dies for his country. He dies for his country, because he feels it is the right thing to do in order to save his people.
Creon, ruling by fear, issued an order; if anyone buried Polynices they were to be killed. Even the sentry was overcome with fear just to face Creon because he would have to inform him of the burial of Polynices. He then is forced to fetch the culprit, Antigone, which he does because his life was threatened. Most any human in this situation would also obey the threatening character. When one’s life is threatened one will do whatever it takes so stay alive not only due to their will to live but also because of their personal fear of death.