Emperor Caracalla‚ birthname Lucius Septimius Bassianus‚ was born on the 4th of April 188 CE in Lugdunum (Lyon)‚ where his father‚ emperor Septimius Severus‚ was serving as the governor of Gallia Lugdunensis under emperor Commodus. When he was seven years old‚ his father changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus as a way to connect the family of Severus to the Antonines. Caracalla is a nickname that referred to the type of cloak that the emperor wore but it was never used officially. At age
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In Oedipus Rex the themes of faith and influence are shown not only through the gods influence over the people and the people’s’ faith in them but also through the people’s faith in Creon’s leadership. In the beginning of the play Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes and works alongside Creon‚ the queen of Thebes’ brother. Creon is a long-running politician and citizen of power in Thebes and is originally viewed as almost an advisor. In the story‚ Creon is an example of a “powerful” leader as he has
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Man is insignificantly cursed with constantly craving power‚ attention and control over what they have no jurisdiction in.“Prospero attempts to control death by fitting it into his own work as a motif rather than as a reality”(Dudley). In Poe’s “Masque of The Red Death” Prince Prospero feels that power and control are the key to success and survival‚ although he doesn’t realize that his depressive plan of trying to control the unknown and create power will end with his demise. Prospero tries to
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The ancient Greek code of hospitality xenia influenced the epic in various ways. The Phaeacians welcome Odysseus under this code. “’In accordance with our [Phaeacian] custom‚ let us make the immediate arrangements to escort him [Odysseus]’” (95). They followed with their custom and later saw him back to Ithaca. This influences the end of the epic greatly without the Phaeacians generous interpretation of xenia Odysseus would never have reached home and taken revenge on the suitors. Xenia was shown
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Imagine that you have watched each of your family members fall‚ one by one. You’ve borne witness to many unjust actions‚ and have seen dishonorable deeds occur. You watch as the king lay one of your kin to rest properly‚ while another is simply left for the dogs. After losing your mother‚ father‚ and now two brothers‚ this is the final straw. Something must be done to right these wrongs. On one hand‚ civil law dictates that you must not provide your brother with a proper burial; on the other hand
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Cronus did not want his kids to overthrow him.The goddess Metis had made Cronus drink a potion and when he drunk it made him sick and made him throw up his children.When zeus dethroned his father cronus and was banished from his kingdom and deprived forever of the supreme power and cronus son now became supreme god. The struggle of powerconnects the cronus and the lightning thief.Cronus was going to be killed by one of his friends and his cat was that zeus killed him.This quote means that cronus
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Kings Secret Exposed?? What’s the gossip this week? Rumour has it that the king has donkey ears. From a source‚ we have info that our king‚ King‚ Midas had a little argument with Apollo‚ God of the sun. Big mistake! We all heard about the sing-off between Pan and Apollo. Apollo won but our king couldn’t accept that. We don’t blame Apollo for being mad about it. Witness say Midas called his singing “trashy and out of tune”. Even worse it was his own barber that spread
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Sherlock Holmes has been called‚ “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has ever seen.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shows us just how this reasoning “machine” operates in A Scandal in Bohemia. Showing how his canny wits‚ keen observation skills‚ and analytical reasoning affirm Sherlock to be a highly intelligent individual. Constantly‚ Sherlock observes countless items that the majority of people would not notice. After Watson comments about his eyes being as superior as Sherlock’s
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What is required of one to be considered a virtuous person? Avoiding evil is not sufficient to be virtuous; one must also actively choose to do good. Ransom‚ in C.S. Lewis’s book Out of the Silent Planet‚ performed three virtuous acts‚ one in promising an old woman to find her boy‚ two in tearing himself from the hrossa in order to prevent two unsavory characters from disturbing them any longer‚ and three in sharing his unparallelled experiences. When Ransom promised an old‚ worried woman that he
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Legend‚ written by Marie Lu‚ is a dystopian sci-fi novel for young adults. It is the first book in an epic trilogy that is continued in Prodigy and Champion. Based on a retelling of Les Miserables‚ Legend is “impossible to put down and even harder to forget” (Kami Garcia‚ author of Beautiful Creatures). Set in a futuristic Los Angeles‚ Legend is told from the perspective of two main characters from contrasting backgrounds‚ June and Day. In this novel‚ the United States of America no longer exists
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