Lindow man also known by his scientific name as Lindow II‚ was discovered in 1984 by two workmen who saw his foot sticking out of a piece of machinery in Lindow Moss in Cheshire England. Through evidence‚ and after a visual examination and scientific investigation‚ archaeologists and historians have been able to draw conclusions about Lindow Man’s life and death. Lindow man was an example of a bog body as he was found in a marshy area. After close visual examination of Lindow Man‚ archaeologists
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accounts of the murder of Agrippina and the reasons behind it. There are several historian accounts of how Agrippina died‚ and the circumstances surrounding her death are uncertain due to historical contradictions and anti-Nero bias. According to Tacitus‚ Nero considered poisoning her‚ or stabbing her‚ but felt that these methods would be too difficult and suspicious‚ so he decided to build a boat that would sink. Agrippina‚ even though she knew of the plot‚ travelled on the boat and was nearly crushed
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that they were intended to be read and looked at. Thus‚ it is integral to our discussion of the history of the Principate that we examine imperial coinage. It was necessary for Augustus‚ after Actium‚ to solidify his rule. Thus‚ we are told by Tacitus and Cassius Dio that senators and high-ranking equestrians were forbidden from entering the
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola‚ born July 13‚ 40 A.D. and died August 23‚ 93 A.D.‚ was the Roman general accountable for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Agricola served many positions within the Roman military with astounding success; additionally‚ over time he worked his way up to being an influential general‚ then governor of Britain because he excelled through all his plights and triumphed over difficulties to claim great achievements for the Roman Empire. Agricola’s pre-military life and early
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opportunity for Agrippina to achieve her life’s ambition of watching her son‚ Nero‚ ascend the throne. To do this‚ she had Lucius Vitellius‚ convince the senate to change their laws on incest‚ as Claudius was her uncle. According to the ancient sources‚ Tacitus and Suetonius‚ she used seductive methods to gain Claudius’ affections. Claudius was also intent on the marriage‚ because unlike his predecessors‚ Gaius and Tiberius‚ he had not been adopted into the Julian family. Marrying Agrippina would unite the
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Assess The Impact Of Nero’s Principate on Rome Nero was 17 when he ascended the throne in AD 54‚ after the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his adopted father‚ Claudius. During the first few years of reign‚ Nero ruled Rome with efficiency and effectiveness‚ with the guidance of those closest to him. However‚ it is generally agreed that Nero’s instantaneous descent commenced when he committed matricide 59 AD. It is during this period‚ where the Ancient writers focus their attention
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(1987) London: Penguin Books. Grant‚ M.(1970) Nero. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson. Griffin. M‚T. (1984) Nero: The End of a Dynasty. London: B.T. Batsford Morgan‚ M.G Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Trans. Graves‚ R. (1957) London: Penguin Books. Tacitus. The Annals of Imperial Rome. Trans. Grant‚ M. (1956) London: Penguin Books. Townend‚ G.B [ 10 ]. Morgan (1996) 42 [ 11 ]
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Historical Investigation – Hamish McPhie The Celtic Rebellions Essay Question: “Assess the impact of the Celtic rebellions and both the immediate and long term consequences of these events.” The rebellions of the Celtic tribes against the expanding Roman Empire had a great impact on both cultures‚ and caused a series of significant consequences‚ both immediate and long term. The expansion of the Roman Empire into Gaul and the island of Britannia caused a great deal of conflict between the
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edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/53*.h tml‚ accessed 14th April 2012 at 11.03am Suetonius‚ Tranquillus‚ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesa rs/Augustus*.html‚ accessed 16th April 2012 at 9.03am Tacitus‚ Annals http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/1A *.html‚ accessed 12th April 2012 at 9.15am
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Throughout History there has always been a bad guy‚ or an enemy‚ someone bad who is a threat to everyone else. What makes this person or group such a bad figure‚ well‚ the fact that they are different from the people who are writing the history‚ the creators. Using the work of Cohen’s “Monster Theory‚” one can examine the role of othering in world history while looking at the Tacitus:Germania‚ Plutarch’s The Parallel Lives‚ and the Records of the Han Dynasty. Looking at how the Romans created a monster
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