One of the most famous villains of the Bible is King Herod. Herod was the evil king who felt threatened enough by the news of the birth of the King of the Jews that he ordered the mass murder of male children of his realm (Matthew 2:16-18). As I read the Christmas story recently, I ...
Suetonius wrote about Augustus in his De Vitae Caesarum, in English known as “Of the Lives of the Caesars”, about a hundred years after Augustus’ death (Wikipedia). By this time Augustus had come to be known as a sort of god on earth, which is referenced in Suetonius’ title for the Augustan chapter, “Divus Augustus” ...
Roman military and political leader and triumvir, eldest son of Antonius Creticus and grandson of Marcus Antonius, the Roman orator. Having served under Gabinius in Syria (57), he joined Caesar, to whom he was related on his mother’s side, in Gaul (54) and became one of his most trusted officers and devoted supporters. On his ...
Lying is frowned upon by many, yet others still use their ability to lie well to their advantage, whether it is to get what they want or just to stay out of trouble. The play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare gives examples of people lying and stabbing others in their backs. Out ...
Julius Shakespeare The main characters in Julius Caesar are Julius Caesar himself, the conspirators, and Mark Antony and his friends. First of all, Julius Caesar was a new ruler that was taking over Rome, and most of the country was going fanatical over him. Also, there were many statues of him set up throughout the ...
What’s the deal with Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar anyway? Is this thing supposed to be a history play like the great Henry IV, Part I (Shakespeare’s masterpiece, by the way), or is supposed to be a tragedy like Macbeth (Shakespeare’s most underrated tragedy, by the way.) Julius Caesar is an odd duck that is situated in ...
Once you enter the walls of Perugia, you will have traversed into a land enclosing some of the most alluring and beauteous Italian art, history, and modern life. To experience Perugia today is to relish in its antiquity in the present; a present that combines all of this ancient town’s art, food, wine, religion, and ...
The year was 1818. The location was ruins of the Roman Emperor Hadrian’s Villa outside Rome. The wealthy owner of the estate grounds on which the ruins lay had his head groundskeeper engaged in a general cleanup and renovation of the site. Since there was a considerable amount of usable scrap lumber on the estate, ...
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