When he mentions a quote by Cato the Elder, Erdkamp “makes it clear that we should not attach too much value to the pontifical tables” because the information is “limited to the basic fact that shortages had arisen and that they were sometimes accompanied by drought or epidemics” . Livy and Dionysius are other people who Erdkamp disagrees with. Since Livy and Dionysius elaborated in their narratives, Erdkamp felt that their works “offer no secure basis for the assumption that in the early republic Roman policy was motivated by a structural and deliberate attempt to intervene in the civilian food supply” . While Erdkamp did not agree with his primary sources, he uses them by analyzing their views in order to support his argument. Erdkamp’s main reason for writing this article was to “provide further insight in the origins of direct Roman governmental involvement in civilian food supply” .
People like to criticize work that tells of historical events and does not provide authentic details, so Mark Twain would have been doing this novel an injustice by not including the N word in his book. It would have
K. V. ENG 101 3/31/14 To Ban or Not to Ban In Dennis Baron’s, Don’t make English Official- Ban it Instead he is insisting that instead of making English the official language of the United States, we should just get rid of it altogether. In his small article he manages to whip up six small arguments to convince the readers of his ludicrous proposal. Rather than actually convincing the readers, his points are unclear, sometimes confusing and unsatisfying. In the end he doesn’t actually set up a solution for his readers, and leaves them with the whole “so what was the point,” feeling. Through his poor perspectives and unfocused essay, I am far from convinced that English should not be the official language but banned.
For example, there are also carvings of the four humours but that theory was disproved later on. Meaning just because it is recorded in history, doesn't mean it is correct.The source would be very useful to historians. It would tell a historian a lot about the sort of medical care at the time. Although a lot of plays are actually fictional, they would inform historians what things the Ancient Greeks believed in, even if the beliefs were untrue. This story of Plautus being cured by Asclepius and his daughter must have meant something to the audiences otherwise they wouldn’t have gone to see it.
Censoring a novel because of its use of certain words without examining the context is absurd. Dr. Sarah Churchwell explains, “The fault lies in the teaching, not the book, you can’t say I’ll change Twain because it isn’t compatible with my teaching methods.” When a work contains content that could be considered hurtful it is important to teach the context behind the content, not avoid the work of literature
However, very few milecastles are actually situated at exact Roman mile divisions; they can be up to 200 yards east or west because of landscape features or to improve signalling to the Stanegate forts to the south. [12] Local limestone was used in the construction, except for the section to the west of Irthing where turf was used instead, since there were no useful outcrops nearby. Milecastles in this area were also built from timber and earth rather than stone, but turrets were always made from stone. The Broad Wall was initially built with a clay-bonded rubble core and mortared dressed rubble facing stones, but this seems to have made it vulnerable to collapse, and repair with a mortared core was sometimes
Roman Technology History 107 Julie Gatling Book 01/08/2013 I will be writing my paper on Technology during the P re History Roman era .I will be talking about the different ways technology was invented and how it was use during that time period ,and how we use their technology blueprint of their time., the heating system, cement ,aqua-ducts ,and watermills. I also will be investigating who was the first inventor of cement is it going to be the Nabataea or the Romans? First I will be talking about heating systems. The Romans was the founders of the heating system, that we use today. The Romans didn't like the cold especially the elite people or people of status such as the King and Queen.
On the other hand, I would not recommend this book to a person who is not interested in or sensitive to the Holocaust because it does go into detail with certain subjects. Another reason I would not recommend this book is because some Holocaust stories can become redundant by repeating the same experiences over and
Differently from Bartov, Glass uses mostly primary sources with some secondary sources. While both articles could be of great value to any historian studying the development and cause of anti-Semitism in Europe and the motives behind the Holocaust, Glass' article is more useful and less open to criticism than Bartov's article for three main reasons. Firstly, Glass' use of primary and secondary sources legitimizes the claims he made, while Bartov neglects to use any primary sources. Secondly, Glass argues against the well-known theory of "indifference", explaining the role of the common German citizen in the Holocaust. Bartov's argument is less-evident and less-clear.
Steinbeck’s use of the word ‘meager’ may also be perceived as there being little hope for Crooks as it is being used to describe the light and the levels of light in the novel can be seen as foreshadowing the amount of hope. This means that not only does Crooks not have much hope, but the reader may also not have much hope for him either. In the passage, Steinbeck tells us that Crooks has a ‘California civil code for 1905’ and ‘book, too’. This tells us that Crooks is aware of the rights that he should have but they are being denied. This means that Crooks is an educated man as he can read, which is probably rare for a ranch worker, especially if they were like Lennie.