Category: Ancient History

Table of Contents Introduction The Appeals Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction Thucydides tells a detailed account of the Peloponnesian War, a major military conflict between Greek Powers. At the source of this war lies the conflict around Corcyra, an emerging naval power. After defeating Corinth’s fleet in a dispute over their shared colony of Epidamnus, it…

Some people wonder what the world would have been if this or that event had not occurred. It is challenging to answer this question because the world’s history is a chain of mutually dependent phenomena and events. If any element is dismissed, it is impossible to imagine how this fact could impact all the other…

Hellenistic period (330-30 BCE) covers the death of the Great Alexander in 323 BCE up to the death of Cleopatra and also annexation of Egypt in 30 BCE by the Romans. This period was the age for many kings who were former generals of the great Alexander. Fight for wealth, territory and glory was the…

Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” is one of the world’s greatest and most influential speeches that may still relate to society and governments. Delivered in 431 B.C., which was the first year of the Peloponnesian War, this speech praises Athenians’ sacrifices, comforts parents, brothers, and sons of the warriors deceased with honor, and inspires other citizens to…

Table of Contents Significance of Romulus and Remus Why Caesar was killed Reasons for Slavery in Ancient Times Difference of NT and the Greco-Romans Beliefs Works Cited Significance of Romulus and Remus In the mythology of the Romans, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers and their story tales many events which contributed to the formation…

Among all the factors that either promoted the reform or prevented it, social and political factors were the most powerful. Rome’s political condition was not quiet at that time. Since legionaries were obliged to serve for the whole campaign, regardless of how long it lasted, soldiers often left their farms for their wives and children.…

Minotaur was a creature found in Crete Island, and the creature as legend has it was half-man on one part, half-bull on the other. It was used by famous King Minos to torture and slaughter foreigners from Athens as a result of the death of his son Andreous. The inhabitants of Crete were the Minos…

The Aztecs utilized diverse strategies to create a strong civilization, including human sacrifice and purity of blood. The manner of choosing brides can represent the intention to remain the civilization clean and respectful because the requirement for all princesses was to be pure descendants of Toltec. Moreover, Tizoc made around 20 000 human sacrifices to…

The Greek historian Herodotus is one of the main sources of historical narrators of those events that took place many centuries ago. Therefore, the writer was able to describe the Battle of Thermopile, but the reliability of this account is questionable. Research shows that “Herodotus frequently finds the answer to these questions by looking at…

Mesopotamia is considered the plain area between the Tigris and the Euphrates, located in their lower and middle reaches. The center of development of the most ancient civilization was located in the southern part of this territory – in ancient Babylonia. Northern Babylonia was called Akkad, and southern Babylonia was called Sumer. With the emergence…