HBO brings Rome, the ancient Italian city, to life in a gigantic spectacular production which boasts a 100 million dollar budget. It’s set, located entirely in Italy, is currently the largest standing in the world. The first episode drew 3.8 million total viewers, making it destined to be another HBO hit. As anticipated, Rome is ...
Anthropology, being a very broad and all-encompassing science, requires subfields. There are four separate areas of anthropology. There is cultural anthropology, archaeology, which is the one we are most familiar with, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology. Each is very important to the study of humans. Cultural anthropology deals with how we as humans interact with ...
For over 3000 years, Egypt was home to a fertile and prosperous civilization. But by 69 BC, when Cleopatra VII was born, Egypt’s power was failing. The country was ruled by a dynasty of pharaohs know as the Ptolemies, Greeks who had arrived from Macedonia in 323 BC. Egypt was also in danger of being ...
HBO’s witty historical drama is a delight to watch. Well-acted and beatifully filmed, it transports viewers to another Republic long ago, dangerously sliding towards the abyss. It is, to be sure, educational as well as entertaining. But just how real is it? Main Characters The two main characters of the show, ex-legionaries named Vorenus and ...
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 ...
Julius Caesar is the most well known person in the Roman Empire. Through history, his name is mentioned many times in scriptures, plays, artistic representations and fables. His life left a legacy that is both very interesting and extremely well-known. [1]Julius Caesar revolutionized Rome with his Political, Social and Economic changes. When people hear 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 ...
Marcus Antonius came from a distinguished family that was rumored to be descended from Hercules. His grandfather, a consul and censor, was considered one of the great orators of his time, and his father was “a man of no great repute in public life, nor illustrious, but kindly and honest .” More importantly, though, for ...
