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    Belonging is a perception which can emerge from friends‚ family‚ groups or communities. Belonging varies and is a complex concept as everyone has their own individual experience with it. This essay will outline and explore both belonging and not belonging in three of Peter Skryznecki’s poems: Feliks Skyrznecki‚ St Patricks College and Ancestors‚ also supported by my two related texts the film Mean Girls by Mark Waters and the song Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. Peter Skryznecki wrote “ Immigrant Chronicle”

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    Parthenon was dedicated to goddess Athena. The Parthenon dates 447-438 BCE while the Pantheon was built in 126 CE. The Pantheon was constructed by Agrippa at his third mandate as consul. The original building was destroyed and was rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian‚ later it was converted to a Christian church‚ saving it from destruction. It functionality changed to be used as a tomb for nobilities in the Renaissance period. The Parthenon was built between 447 and 438 BC by Iktinos and Kallikrates as a temple

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    The significance of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Barton Shaw HUM101-006 Sean Doyle 7/9/09 History has shown us how great men and women have changed the world around them. Some of those individuals have accomplished this through political or military force; others have less aggressively stood up for what they believe in‚ and changed their circumstances that way. Still‚ others are remembered for their intellectual prowess‚ and their influence on how we think about life. When you hear about

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    started to happen with the dedication of the Forum of Trajan in 112 CE shown by the fact that the number of inscriptions decline starting around this time. This suggests that many of the functions were moved over to the Forum of Trajan‚ even though Hadrian made repairs to the forum. In the first half of the sixth century CE bricks from the temple were taken and used in other building projects. Evidence shows the reason for this was most likely the Forum and Temple were heavily damaged either by war

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    Arch of Constantine

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    Several of the attractive sculptures on the Arch of Constantine were taken and included from other monuments. For example‚ the eight roundels set in pairs above the side arches symbolizing scenes of hunting and sacrifice‚ are from the time of Hadrian. Also‚ the eight rectangular reliefs in the attic we brought from an arch that was made in AD 176 to celebrate the numerous victories of Marcus Aurelius. Finally‚ standing on the cornice on top of the columns‚ the eight Dacian captives‚ come from

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    It is said that life consists of black and white with grades of grey in between and without their difference we could have fed up with the only grey and more thought without there similarities we couldn’t see these varieties of grey. So when we talk about architecture our eye can’t get off differences and similarities between things so when we are dealing with great buildings like the Parthenon and the pantheon we must have a fast look on differences and similarities between Greek and Roman architecture

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    Roman Greece

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    Roman Greece is the period of Greek history (of Greece proper; as opposed to the other centers of Hellenism in the Roman world) following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by the Emperor Constantine as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma‚ laterConstantinople) in 330 AD. The Greek peninsula came under Roman rule in 146 BC‚ Macedonia being a Roman province‚ while southern

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    first line of the poem‚ “my gentle father” shows a sign of acceptance and admiration of his father‚ Skrzynecki’s overall statement shows resentment‚ dissatisfaction and alienation‚ “Watched me pegging my tents further and further south of Hadrians Wall”‚ Hadrians Wall used as a symbol comparing the differences of his culture and heritage with his father. Likewise the poem ’Migrant hostel’ was written in Parkes‚ 1949-51‚ which happened to be during the time of ‘White Australia’ policy. The fact Skrzynecki

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    Summary Council of Nicaea

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    Council First Session (September 24‚ 787) — Three bishops‚ Basilius of Ancyra‚ Theodore of Myra‚ and Theodosius of Amorium begged for pardon for the heresy of iconoclasm. Second Session (September 26‚ 787) — Papal legates read the letters of Pope Hadrian I asking for agreement with veneration of images‚ to which question the bishops of the council answered: "We follow‚ we receive‚ we admit". Third Session (September 28‚ 787) — Other bishops having made their abjuration‚ were received into the council

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    Marcus Aurelius

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    ALPER TUNGA YURDAKUL 20901344 MARCUS AURELİUS Aurelius is one of the most remembered of the Roman emperors because of his Meditations (c. 169–c. 180)‚ a classic work of Stoic philosophy consisting of a collection of his private notes gathered posthumously under one title. As the last of the five “good emperors‚” as head of the Roman Empire from 161 to 180‚ and because he was revered for centuries after as the perfect emperor‚ Aurelius continues to be of great interest

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