750-500 BCE)). The tyrants who held power illegally were captured and ejected and the political system shifted over to a democratic system. Furthermore‚ the shift caused by individualism influenced other civilizations around the Mediterranean such as Carthage and
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The Tradition of Southern Hospitality “Southern hospitality… not a tangible thing‚ but an attitude which has been ingrained in southerners forever…” Bee Jackson. Bee Jackson states southern hospitality in perfect truth. Just as a bee’s instinct instructs the bee to concoct honey‚ so the culture dictates the hospitality of the south. I believe that the Gospel‚ taught from the pulpits of the many southern churches‚ inspires this hospitality. My southern experiences fill my mind with memories
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frescoes may represent the continuation of a much older tradition‚ acquired or inherited from Greek colonists of the 8th century BC.[9] Livy dates the earliest Roman gladiator games to 264 BC‚ in the early stages of Rome’s First Punic War against Carthage. Decimus Iunius Brutus Scaeva had three gladiator pairs fight to the death in Rome’s "cattle market" Forum (Forum Boarium) to honor his dead father‚ Brutus Pera. This is described as a munus (plural: munera)‚ a commemorative duty owed the manes of
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Self-Mastery Quiz —The Roman Republic 1. The name of the ancient ancestors of the Romans who settled in 12 self-governing city-state kingdoms‚ spoke Latin‚ and introduced the arch in architecture were the _____________________________. 2. The most powerful social class in Rome was the one made up of the large landholding aristocrats who could trace their blood lines back to the original founders of Rome called ________________________. 3. All Roman citizens that were not of aristocratic
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different from other cultures government. B: The political institutions were common in the classical Mediterranean because Greece never actually had a real democracy. Only the rich‚ white males were able to vote. There was actually a roman republic. Carthage had a monarchy government before the Romans ended up destroyed it.
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Virgil’s epic‚ the Aeneid‚ is a story about the “true” origins of the Romans that by borrowing other mythological stories to set the stage for his contemporary audience. Virgil’s main source for this book is from Homer’s Iliad which talks about the fall of Troy‚ but also talks about the power of fate in the world. Achilles was the protagonist in the story‚ a man fighting his emotions about whether he should fight and die or hide and live this struggle lasts through the entire story protracting the
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Why I am a Catholic Sola Scriptura Sola Scriptura and Unity Unity among Christians was clearly one of the chief concerns of Christ (John 17) and the Apostles (ex. 1 Cor. 1‚ 10; Eph. 4). This unity is not only a spiritual reality‚ but a physical one as well‚ for Jesus teaches that the oneness of the Church would be a witness to the world (Jn. 17:23). I have come to realize that Protestantism‚ in principle‚ cannot unify Christians. Sola scriptura effectively makes unity in moral code
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INTRODUCTION Augustine’s Confessions is not an autobiography in the literal sense‚ but is rather an autobiographical framework for a religious‚ moral‚ theological‚ and philosophical text1. Augustine explores the nature of God and sin within the context of a Christian man’s life. The work can thus be viewed as both a discursive document and a subjective personal story. It is one of the most influential books in the Catholic religion‚ apart from the Bible. Augustine wrote of his life and education
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dealt with in different times. Both exerts show different forms of conversion‚ a person’s loyalty to their God‚ and the social punishment that a Christian had to endure during these times. In 202 CE‚ a young woman named Perpetua was arrested in Carthage for being a Christian. She was taken and imprisoned along with her young child and brother. In her own words she said there were‚ “crowed conditioned and rough treatment by the soldiers and the heat was unbearable”. They were seen as the enemy because
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fate of her husband‚ his death was delivered by the hands of the murderer Pygmalion‚ and now her destiny had been set by the event. Later‚ when she has established her residency in North Africa it became her responsibility to build the new city of Carthage. Once again something she had limited to no control of‚ she just inherited the burden. It shows when Dido has said
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