Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history.[2] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to the overall history of the world (e.g.‚ to the rises and falls of empires)‚ to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity‚ and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity.[3] Hypothetically‚ in the extreme‚ the concept of historic recurrence assumes the form of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence‚ which has been written about in various
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The Roman military was the first successful professional full time military‚ which was partly because the Roman generals paid an immense attention to detail. “Roman generals paid close attention to camp layouts‚ soldier’s equipment and most crucially‚ logistics. Often it was a the details that gave the Romans the edge‚ the depth of a ditch dug around a camp or having a warm breakfast before a battle were all considerations made by Roman commanders” (“The Roman Military”). Legionaries typically
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commander and a tactician of supreme capacity” Robert Garland - Though this claim may seem questionable to our post Hanibalic world‚ It was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated the Romans to write a national history. Polybius chose 220BC to begin narrative of Rome’s tak over of the Mediterranean - It is largely due to Hannibal’s defeat at Zama that we stand here today as the heirs of Graeco Romano culture. Had Scipio lost there is no guarantee that the Carthaginians
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see what worked and what did not. The ancients‚ who were Greek like Plato and Aristotle‚ thought that the government should promote human excellence. Plato recognized three types pf government‚ monarchy‚ aristocracy and democracy. For the Romans‚ Polybius wanted a Republic and Cicero believed in informed consent of the people. The founding fathers believed the Ancients had already established goals‚ institutions andd the mechanics of politics but did not learn how to keep a government in good shape
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Roman Republic/ Athenian Democracy and the United States Throughout history there have been several government structures that govern the people of the state‚ some ran differently‚ but maybe similar as well. There is a fine line between a democracy and a republic although there are some similarities. In a democracy‚ the citizens are their own form of government‚ all having equal say. In a republic‚ citizens still have high power but use that power to elect representatives to govern the state. I
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It is deemed by these philosophers alike as the worst of all political regimes which leads to the ultimate stage of the degeneration of power. Polybius the Greek philosopher who heavily theorized on the idea describes anacyclosis as a cycle of six phases which tilt monarchy into tyranny‚ to which follows the aristocracy which then degrades into an oligarchy. Again as democracy aims to remedy the
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a republic. Rome was a republic for almost 500 years. After many years of war and following the destruction of the Carthaginian Empire‚ Rome took control of the Mediterranean region.Since the Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws‚ Polybius decided to balance the
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Military Discipline 1. General. The word discipline comes from the Latin word disciplīna which means "to instruct". Discipline is a specific form of instruction which develops self-control‚ character‚ and efficiency. Military discipline is that mental attitude and state of training which renders obedience instinctive under all conditions. It is founded upon respect for‚ and loyalty to properly constituted authority. While it is developed primarily by military drill‚ every feature of military life
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Every nation needs a government. There are three basic types of government: Monarchy‚ Aristocracy‚ and Democracy. The ancient Roman system of government was a mixture of all three‚ consisting of a consul‚ a senate‚ and the people. The consul is characteristic of a monarchy‚ the senate is characteristic of an aristocracy‚ and the people‚ democracy. This paragraph is a good beginning. Remember it is a history paper and for that your reader needs dates to put it into the proper context. The consul
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Naval warfare was considered a second thought to most ancient Romans. It never carried the same prestige as that of a legionary. Before the First Punic War the Roman navy consisted mainly of allied ships and a few Roman ships that had crews that were very inexperienced. When entering the First Punic War they realized they needed to develop a navy to match the superior Carthaginian fleet. The fleet that the Romans had before the war would never withstand any naval battles. In building their navy‚
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