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Biography of Paul by J. Albert Harrill

This book review is on Paul the Apostle, His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context by J. Albert Harrill. This unusual biography f...

Lessons from Rome for Subsequent Empires

This research paper addresses lessons that the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750), the Holy Roman Empire (814-1806), and the Mongol Empir...

The Colosseum, a Roman Icon

rose to power. They were military conquerors of course, but they were much more: they were engineers and architects so skilled tha...

Roman and Modern Architecture

Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...

Roman Cultural Life and Architecture: Analysis and Interpretation

gender bias in the favor of men, who were lords and masters of their wives and children as well as their slaves. All male Roman c...

Topics of Ancient Roman Architecture

major Christian sites in the Roman Empire in the 4th century, thus firmly establishing the basilica as the predominant form of Ch...

P.A. Brunt's The Roman Mob

In five pages this paper examines this text by P.A. Brunt and how the Roman Republic's transformation into an Empire was influence...

Praetorian Guard, Their Role in Ancient Rome

This research paper examines the function of the Praetorian Guard within the political atmoshere of the Roman Empire. The members ...

Roman Transition from Republic to Empire

This research paper discusses the transitionary period between the end of the Roman republic and the inception of the Roman empire...

Overview of 6 Roman Portraits

antipathy towards the Romans (2004). It has also been suggested that portraits in the Roman Empire at the time were more a reflect...

Livy's The Early History of Rome

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

Biblical Concepts of Covenant & Baptism

In five pages the biblical covenant and baptism concepts are examined within the context of Romans 5:6-22 and Romans 8:9-17 in whi...

1st to 4th Century A.D. Roman Mosaic Development in Great Britain

In eight pages this paper examines the development of Roman mosaics in Britain during this time with Cirencester and Fishbourne Ro...

Greece and Its Influence Upon Lord Byron

In six pages this paper examines how Greece influenced and inspired Lord Byron in a consideration of his Greek poems and his parti...

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Social Values

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

The Christian Church and Greek Temple Compared

The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...

Hellenistic Culture, Greeks, and Jews

time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...

Chicago's Greek Community

In eight pages this paper discusses Chicago's Greek culture and community in an historical overview that includes such topics as t...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Comparison of Greek Art: Getty Villa Museum

the colors, whereas the Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming is a black figure painting because the figures are in black. Des...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...

Antigone/The Female Role in Society

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Artistic Traditions: Egypt and Greece

A 4 page paper which examines the reasons for differences in the artistic traditions of the Egyptians and the Greeks as suggested ...

Paideia, The Thoughts of Douglas Wilson

This essay focuses on the position of theologian Douglas Wilson in regards to "paideia," which means education in Greek. The conte...

Medea, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

'Big Questions The Greeks' as Part of the For the Love of Wisdom PBS Series

yet differentiated between having a form and embodying that form. Aristotle, on the other hand, proposed that a form, with the exc...