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…great-uncle, Julius Caesar. His first priority was to ensure the stability and continuance of his rule, without adopting the outwards trappings of monarchy that would have been unacceptable to Rome's ruling classes. From 29 - 27 BC, therefore, he initiated…

…/>The massacre of Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. *<Tab/>The slaughter of the civilian population of Avaricum by the Roman army under Julius Caesar. *<Tab/>Bombings of civilians by the United States…

…. Two of his plays, Henry V and Julius Caesar, were almost certainly written during the year in which the Globe opened. In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, a fire broke out and destroyed the Globe, but it was rebuilt the following year. JAMES I…

…and social ideas. It the first days of cinema, historical events where represented on screen. Many of the names were Nero, Messalina, Spartacus, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and The Last Day of Pompei. The Golden Era Leprohon quoted Lumière who said…

…The first question that has to be asked is why did Caesar win the civil war with Pompei? Most basically, he was the better general of the two. His army was better and faster, allowing him always to be on the offensive, and allowing him in turn to always…

…, "father of his country". This was the climax of his career. At the end of 60, Cicero declined Caesar's invitation to join the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, and also Caesar's offer in 59 of a place on his staff in Gaul. When Publius…

…Essay One - Crassus Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the three informal "triumvirs" who helped bring an end to the Republic, unlike Pompey and Caesar, is a man about whom not much is known. Unlike his counterparts, little has been written about him…

…and unsophisticated. This is not a correct assumption, judging from the city?s beautiful libraries, temples, market center, Trajan Fountain, hillside houses and magnificent theater. ?The Library of Celsus built in a.d 135 by Julius Aguila in memory of his father, Celsus…

…Beth Ludwick 589-16-7528 2/17/01 EUH3411/Turner Contrast of Plutarch’s Lives of Sulla and Caesar An interesting, but dramatic understanding of roman history can be reached by analyzing the differences in the Lives of Sulla and Caesar, specifically…

…in the play Antony’s army goes to war with Caesar’s, and amidst the intensity of the fighting Cleopatra becomes scared and flees the scene. Antony, rather than persevere with the battle, follows his lover, leaving his troops with no leader. Although the Romans have…