“Julian Princess”‚ or woman from the Julian bloodline‚ he was made consul in AD32 for a year by Caligula‚ extended from the usual six month period. Apart from the protection Gnaeus provided for Agrippina‚ the birth of Agrippina’s only child‚ Nero‚ was another. Nero‚ born as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born in AD37‚ breech. A baby being born breech was widely perceived as ill-omened‚ however‚ ill-omened was how Agrippina’s life was said to be‚ predicted by a soothsayer that her son‚ in the future
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attitudes‚ there comes some negative ones towards technology too. This means that people did not take the new inventions for granted and just ignored them. This is best demonstrated by Seneca‚ an upper-class Roman philosopher and adviser to Emperor Nero‚ who says that he believed that tools were not invented by wise men. He says this because it was not important to him and he did not pay attention to which invention came first. This is further explained by Huan Guan‚ a Han government official‚ who
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Before the middle ages‚ the spread of Christianity to Europe was complicated and it was accompanied with a number of persecution acts by the Roman Empire. There is a question that whether the Roman Empire persecuted Christians for ideological reasons or not. It is apparent that in that period of time‚ Christianity has been approached as a threat by Roman religion which has performed a major role in the development of the Roman Empire (Wasson‚ 2013). So‚ the persecutions of Christians were accompanied
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position of power enabled her to be more influential than most other women of her era. She was born of both Julian and Claudian bloodlines. She was a descendant of the Emperor Augustus‚ nice and later wife of Claudius‚ sister of Gaius and mother of Nero. Her mother‚ Agrippina the Elder‚ and father‚ Germanicus‚ were well respected figures in Roman society‚ which also contributed to her importance. Her first two marriages to Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Gaius Sallutius Passienus Crispus‚ gave her
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Is it worth losing a republic in order to gain an empire? For: The age of Augustus could be shown as classic example of the benefits of having a empire instead of a republic. He himself ascended to the throne after the assassination of his adopted father and‚ brought peace throughout the total empire which lasted for over two centuries. This was possible as he successfully defeated all the threatening forces to the empire. “Indeed he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace
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Suetonius (c. ad70–122) Life and relevant background Suetonius was born in Africa c.ad70 into a wealthy equestrian family. He trained as an orator (the usual education for an aspiring politician) and was an expert in rhetoric. He became a close friend and client of the Senator Pliny the Younger‚ who described him as ‘quiet and studious‚ a man dedicated to writing’‚ and ‘a man of the highest honesty and achievement’. Pliny introduced him to the Emperor Trajan‚ and Suetonius got jobs in the
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Julio-Claudian reign that the Roman Empire reached an optimum level of power and wealth‚ and has been seen as the golden age of Roman arts and literature. The beginning of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was signified by the succession of Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar‚ most commonly known as Tiberius‚ to the throne in AD14. Tiberius appears to have been the most capable and experienced of the Julio-Claudian emperors‚ due to his military‚ administrative and diplomatic abilities. He was a capable and forceful
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1. According to a literal reading of the Book of Revelation (King James Version)‚ what does the number of the beast signify? | Your Answer: A physical location The correct answer was His name Revelation 13:17 literally states that the number of the beast is "the number of his name": "And that no man might buy or sell‚ save he that had the mark‚ or the name of the beast‚ or the number of his name." The number of the beast is mentioned a few times in the Bible‚ but the actual number 666 is only
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as it was plainly against typical tradition. That of course being that women should not have such influence on powerful men‚ especially the ‘emperor’. Agrippina’s particular power was exercised most effectively during the reigns of Claudius and Nero‚ as portrayed in modern and ancient sources through her actions and the symbols of her power. Even from the reign of Caligula‚ however‚ she exercised more power than the average Roman woman‚ largely due to her Julian blood and connection with Gaius
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Born around 45 CE in Chaeronia‚ a settlement in the region called Boeotia‚ he lived during the rise of both the Roman Empire and Christianity. Many historical events occurred during his lifetime‚ including the reign of the ruthless Roman emperor Nero‚ the expulsion of the Jews from Palestine‚ an eruption of Mount Vesuvious‚ and the Parthian War (Jones‚ “Roman History Timeline”). Plutarch was a well-known‚ wealthy citizen who acted as mayor and represented his homeland on several occasions when
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