Explain how and why Agrippina the younger was killed Julia Agrippina or known better as Agrippina Minor or most famously Agrippina the younger was one of the most powerful and inferential women in the entire roman empire. Her power and her influence was one of her most remarketing features and it is also those features which become her demise and the main cause of her murder. Agrippina the younger who has been portrayed as the most controversial woman in all of roman history has been seen is mainly
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Caligula’s brief reign as princeps stripped away the illusion of the Augustan restoration of the republic and exposed the truth of the principate being nothing less than autocratic rule. His reign saw some significant historical changes in the imperial system. He ensured that upon his immediate accession his reign would not model that of his predecessor‚ a step that secured his popularity. His dutiful display of recovering his mother and brother’s ashes not only served out the purpose of securing
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Roman men‚ 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
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Analyse/evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the reign of Gaius After the death of Tiberius in AD 37‚ the Praetorian Prefect Macro commended the 25 year old Gaius to the Senate as the new Princeps. He was welcomed by the Senate as they saw in him a welcome relief from the elderly and pessimistic Tiberius. As the son of Germanicus‚ Gaius was enthusiastically welcomed by the soldiers and civilians as they took oaths of allegiance to him‚ giving him much prestige. Suetonius states that to the people
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the 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
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Boudicca Evaluate the impact of Boudicca’s resistance to Roman expansion and rule in Britannia. Melissa Horacek Year Eleven Ancient History Boudicca‚ the famous warrior queen‚ was Iceni‚ a Celtic tribe located in an area of southern Britain known now as East Anglia. The Iceni territory was geographically isolated‚ as it was covered in dense forest‚ and the north and east boundary faced the sea‚ invasion by foreigners was almost impossible. The Iceni farming economy were of mixed
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WHAT DID GALEN DO AND WHY IS HIS INFLUENCE STILL HERE TODAY? Claudius Galen was a Greek physician who went to Rome and revived the ideas of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors. Galen favoured the observations of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors who lived at the time of Hippocrates. He put great emphasis on clinical observation – examining a patient very thoroughly and their symptoms. Galen also accepted the view that disease was the result of an imbalance between blood‚ phlegm‚ yellow bile
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to a triumphant rise or a wretched downfall. According to Aristotle’s theory‚ there are six basic and specific characterization of a tragic hero and the most essential one is tragic flaw which is called the Hamartia. Given the enough information from the story‚ it is safe to say that Claudius had some desires that he never got due to life circumstances like being a king. These unfulfilled desires built his pride and selfishness to the extent that it became his tragic flaw. His pride as part of the
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The Freedman’s Bureau: The Rescue For The People For the freed slaves during Reconstruction after the Civil War that lasted from 1861 until 1865‚ the Freedman’s Bureau provided many resources to promote the welfare of the freed slaves. Since the Freedman’s Bureau brought families back together‚ created educational opportunities for blacks‚ and used the church as a means of social integration‚ this shows that the Freedman’s Bureau thought that these three elements were important in order to integrate
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The Roman leader Nero slit his own throat on June 9th‚ 68 C.E. after receiving word that the Senate had declared him a public enemy. He was 30 years old. In the beginning of 68 C.E. Gaius Vindex led a rebellion against Nero‚ Rome’s current emperor‚ that could have been easily stopped had Nero not given up so soon. Nero did not put put up much of a fight during his fall‚ and was easily overtaken by the rebels‚ proving that anyone with an army backing them up could become emperor of Rome. Afterwards
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