Rome’s first law code was called the Twelve Tables and outlined laws related to marriage, inheritance, certain crimes and their punishments, appeal rights, and the rights of families. [1] These laws, much like the preamble of the United States, were memorized by generation after generation. [2] Some of the laws within the Twelve Tables would be argued […]
Alexander, son of Phillip, was able to handle cultural differences between the people of the various cultures he conquered and his Greek subjects by means of propaganda disguised as respect. For example, to ensure that his Greek soldiers could be trusted further he freed Greek settlements across Asia Minor. Along the way, […]
The Polis, or city-state, according to Aristotle was needed to set the Greeks apart from barbarians. “The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and therefore he is like a part in relation to the whole”. [1] Aristotle delivers […]
The Peloponnesian War was also called the great war between Sparta and Greek and was caused by Athens provoking Sparta on three different fronts, “the Corcyrean – Athenian treaty, the siege of Potidaea, and the Megarian decree…” (Nagle, 2014). After many years of fighting and with many losses the Peloponnesian War ended with Athens agreeing to […]
The Warrior Women of Ancient Norse Society Much of the historical texts of the lives of women paint a picture of women who had little to no rights as compared to their male counterparts. Typically women, especially those of ancient European society, were expected to be under the authority of her husband; with the male […]
Based on the paper titled “Gaius “Caligula” Caesar” by Misty Hamilton Smith. Originally published on July 02, 2017, for HIS-321 Ancient World of Greece & Rome at Southern New Hampshire University.
Originally published on June 25, 2017, by Misty Smith for HIS-321 Ancient World of Greece & Rome at Southern New Hampshire University. When ordinary individuals are asked about ancient history their thoughts normally turn to Greece, Rome, and the great versifiers Homer and Virgil. This can be attributed to media outlets using their tales to […]
Originally published on June 4, 2017, by Misty Smith for HIS-321 Ancient World of Greece & Rome at Southern New Hampshire University. For thousands of years, the Greeks had survived, although not as a totally united society, numerous wars, both internal and external. Many believed that the Greeks would never be fully conquered, or even fully unified. [1,2] Classical […]
