Essays on Roman Empire

The film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott in 2000, follows the life of Roman General Maximus who is outcast as a slave by Emperor Commodus and must survive as a gladiator. To some extent, the Hollywood appropriation of historical narrative has positively influenced people’s understanding...

The Roman Games were cruel and brutal in the way that people would put their life on the line, just to impress the crowd. This essay will be looking specifically into the Gladiator contests and what the day of a gladiatorial game looked like. The...

The films which entitled as Ben Hur and Gladiator portray Rome as a state and empire. The portrayal of the Roman characters and Rome itself being in a negative or positive light depends on a few different things. It is believed that both films portray...

“I’m the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.” Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed this at his coronation as emperor of France in 1804. This was a thousand years after Pope Leo crowned Charles I, commonly known as Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800,...

The Western European Civilization during Charlemagne’s rule was a unique fusion of Judeo-Christian, Classical and Germanic heritages. There is much evidence as to how such a fusion came about, my belief is that Charlemagne’s conquering of lands, political alliances, and reinvigoration of Rome and its...

Introduction The Cambridge Dictionary defines the phrase ‘melting pot’ as a place where many different people and ideas exist together, often mixing and producing something new. Today, the rule of Charlemagne and his court is often described as a cultural melting pot, but is this...

“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”- Charlemagne Charlemagne, also known as Charles I, Charles the Great and the Father of Europe was an important Germanic figure in medieval times and has...

In this essay I will explain how religious leader Pope Gregory VII and secular leader Charlemagne legitimized their respective authorities. In overcoming the challenges to their rule, Pope Gregory VII and Charlemagne impacted both empires and religious institutions and had long-lasting effects. In both cases...

Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, is one of the most prominent political figures in Roman history. From 774 until his death in 814, Charlemagne was recognized as king of the Franks, king of the Lombards, and emperor of the Romans. Over this period,...

The ancient world as we know it was a very hostile environment. Large empires ruled the lands, but many of them had eventual downfalls. One of these empires was the Roman Republic, whose last ruler of the Republic was a man named Julius Caesar, a...

Some biases about ‘blacks’ in largely ‘white’ communities have biased modern apparitions of the manner in which Aethiopes were depicted in Roman community, ensuing to a lot of misconceptions of the pertinent texts. Apparently, both Romans and Greeks owned specific words to term ethnicity or...

“To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” by Sun Tzu. Julius Caesar was a great leader, as he fought through countless political problems he always found his way. Born into...

Nobody can be accepted by everyone, so were the rulers who sat on the very top. People always tend to have more discontentions towards the ones with more power over them than the ones who were actually annoying. There were always assassinations toward powerful leaders,...

Julius Caesar (reigned 46 – 44 BC), a name globally known by many today, is one of the rulers of different countries still are referred to as Caesar, a title that bears great honour. This name has achieved an amount of respect that had never...

Julius Caesar was not only one of the most well-known figures in Rome’s history but was arguably one of the greatest military leaders of all time. From his invasion of Gaul to his triumphant victory in Pompey, Caesar was destined to be the next ruler...

Like many historical films, Agora delves into the final days of the Roman Empire. At first, one would think that the film is a typical plot, but the film draws on the ensuing war between superstition, science and religion. The character Hypatia, the stunning mathematician,...

Imperialism is defined as “a state policy, practice, or advocacy for extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas” and one of the best examples for an imperialistic society till this date is the...

One result of the fall of Rome is lack of learning and establishment of feudalism. Pope Leo the third crowned Charlemagne king because he protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome. The Vikings were strong, smart, and could conquer places easily. Some examples of...

In the beginning of Rome, it was ruled by Tyrannical King which the people did not like. Both Patricians and Plebeians decided to put aside differences and revolt against those in power. When they succeeded, and they were then left to figure out who was...