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…, known to the locals as Santa Maria Della Rotunda, is the union of a Greek temple front with a domed rotunda. One year after "Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus's", or Hadrian in English, ascension to the throne in 118 AD, he began construction…

…, about 25% of the total population, were buried with weapons. Caesar, in his report about the Helvetian census, tells us that of about 350,000 people about 90,000 carried arms, which amounts to about 25% of the Helvetian population that decided to move…

…system creating The Rule of Four, which entails two emperors, Caesars, for each half of the empire and two other emperors, Augustuses, below the Caesar who would serve as his successor. He created this system in order to ensure peaceful succession, however…

…prophecy because in the end that's what indeed happened. Herod wasscared that the Sanhedrin would listen to the president so he took his soldiersand ran away to Rome. He told Marc Anthony (the Caesar at the time) how hefought against the terrorists in Eretz…

…" measures 18 feet tall, and is so massive that it took 40 men to move it from Michelangelo's workshop (Hibbard). The second period of Michelangelo's career was based upon his own imagination. In 1505 Michelangelo was summoned by Pope Julius II to fabricate…

…." (John Paul II 83) In 1551, when Julius III was the Sovereign Pontiff, he put together The Council of Trent and wrote The Fourteenth Session. This contains the Canon Laws, which concern the Sacrament of Penance. There are fifteen laws, but the one, which…

…in which it had so long been lost…….For in the time of Pope Julius ll, that excellent man Bramante, a keen student of ancient buildings, erected some most beautiful buildings in Rome……Seeing, then, that Bramante was the first to bring back to the light of day…

…death greatly influenced his political beliefs. Machiavelli returned to Florence in January of 1503, later that year he witnessed the election of Pope Julius II. In December of 1506, Machiavelli submitted his plan to organize a Florentine militia to Pierre…

…and Joseph. Since it could be one or the other both are said to be a joint theme.(Shulman, p.36) Michelangelo was given the commission to work on the tomb of Pope Julius the Second but with it's failure he decided to start the Sistine Chapel. Like Pope Julius…

…about 1505 on, Michelangelo devoted nearly all his time to large projects. In his enthusiasm for creating grand and powerful works of art, he accepted projects that were far too large for him to complete. The first one was a tomb ordered by Pope Julius II…