Caesar ’s Conquest of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar‚ born 100 B.C.E. in Rome to the impoverished patrician Julian Clan‚ knew controversy at an early age. Nephew to Popular Gaius Marius‚ he was earmarked by the Optimate dictator Sulla for prosciption after his refusal to divorce his Popular wife‚ Cinna. Fleeing Rome‚ and not returning until after Sulla ’s resignation in 78 B.C.E‚ upon his return he gained a position as a pontificate‚ an important Roman priesthood. Slowly but surely throughout his lifetime
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During Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul‚ the Romans interacted with Celtic tribes as mediators‚ “peacekeepers”‚ protectors‚ and at times‚ rulers of the tribes. Although the Romans conquered the Celtic tribes‚ they allowed the tribes to govern themselves and only interfered when there was talk of rebellion. The Romans would also act as a third party if there was a disagreement in a tribe and try to solve the issue diplomatically. The Romans usually tried to stop rebellions and wars diplomatically‚ but
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Analysis of Dying Gaul In order to vividly understand the meaning and correctly analyze the sculpture “Dying Gaul”‚ it is very important to know the context of the three civilizations involved on its background context. Firstly‚ the original figure in which “Dying Gaul” was based was in fact a Hellenistic piece of art‚ denoting enormous Greek influence‚ and therefore‚ being originally a representation of an event around 300 BC that occurred in Greece or Anatolia. However‚ what we see is a Roman representation
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Commencing in 121 BC the Roman republic initiated a conquest of the province of Gaul‚ which was completed in 52BC during Julius Caesar’s time as consul. After this takeover‚ roman culture spread rapidly within Gaul. Due to a combination of both the Gauls willingness to embrace roman culture and the Romans notorious ability to assume conquered peoples as roman citizens‚ the Gauls took up an extremely large part of Roman culture into their own‚ to the point where it can be argued roman culture was
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Nicholas Gaul 801 Saint Report I have picked Saint Nicholas because it is my baptismal name. His feast day is December 6th and he is the patron Saint of Bakers and Pawnbrokers. Saint Nicholas has been honored for many years and there are numerous churches and altars dedicated to him. Nicholas was chosen as bishop of his childhood church and he became known for many miracles. Nicholas was at the council of Nicaea and condemned Arianism. St. Nicholas died in Myra and was buried in his cathedral
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Dale 14 March 2013 The Norman Conquest The Norman conquest of England was a military invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. King Harold‚ with his Saxon army‚ and Duke William fought at the Battle of Hastings on October 14‚ 1066. King Harold was killed in the battle and his army left. On December 25 1066 William was crowned the new King of England. On December 25 1066 William was crowned the new King of England( The History of the Norman Conquest). William was a Duke who ruled Normandy
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for his seizure of power a few years later‚ establishing his dominance over the government with military force. Napoleon would ultimately singlehandedly transform the European balance of power and usher in a host of new military tactics. In his conquests‚ he spread the ideals of nationalism and liberalism‚ among others. In doing so‚ Europe would be forever changed as these ideas left their mark on those they touched. Great
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Although some may consider the fall of the Nahua and Inca empires an encounter of the Spanish‚ the meeting of the two cultures was a conquest because the Spanish brutally defeated and took over the indigenous cultures with the help of many advantages. There are three major factors which contributed to the successful conquest between the Spanish and the Nahuas‚ also known as the Aztecs‚ and Incas. First‚ the Spanish leaders had experience in forming alliances with indigenous people. Second‚ the
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Norman Conquest 1066 King Edward had taken a vow of chastity‚ so upon his death in 1066 there was lack of a clear heir to the throne. There were 3 contenders: * William of Normandy – nephew of Edward‚ claimed that Edward promised him the throne and that Harold II of had sworn agreement to this. * Harold II – riches and powerful of the English aristocracy. * Harald III of Norway – based on previous agreement between Magnus of Norway and the earlier Danish King‚ where if either died without
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The Conquest of the Americas: Upon realizing that the New World was not‚ in fact‚ the Far East‚ the Europeans had begun their conquest of the Americas. Several Spanish and Portuguese adventurers were on a mission to conquer the native places in the Americas. Some of the conquerors involved were on a mission to introduce Christianity to the Americas‚ while most of the people did it for the gold. With just a few hundred men‚ the Spanish were able to bring down and control the mighty Aztec and Inca
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