Essays on Ancient Rome

Culture is one of the most important parts of an area where you live. In the 1400s Asia was booming with trade and culture from all over. During this time exotic and luxury goods were the biggest things to trade for. The silk road was…

It is a calm, quiet morning in the Roman Empire. The year is 79 AD. The busy civilians of Pompeii are carrying out their usual roles. Little did they know, this day would later be known as a day of destruction and terror. However, it…

Roman art is a vast art form that bridges over Europe, Africa, and Asia. It dates back to almost 1,000 years and contains a huge spectrum of media (Ambler 2015). Such media included paintings, mosaics, bronze work, marble, and terracottas. Around the city of Rome…

Envision an enormous volcano burning masses of ash, as well as lava, hitting your city, burning everything in sight as well as killing you? That sounds like a daunting vision, correct? Unfortunately, the ancient individuals of Pompeii didn’t have to imagine. They endured it. In…

As the Roman Republic gave way to the huge Empire, people found themselves less and less meaningful politically and many of them were destitutes, only owning their own children. So they turned to religion; but rather than going back to the old ways, too closely…

About a thousand years ago, there was a mighty and innovative empire called the byzantines. They were a cultural beacon, an influential centerpiece, and a power to fear when it came to the military. Even though their cities crumbled and their cultures faded away, they…

The Byzantine Empire was such a remarkable civilization with a widespread burst of fascinating ideas and list of accomplishments. Even though the Byzantine Empire existed a very long time ago, their ideas still live on even today. It is amazing to think that everyone from…

Do I believe that the Barbarians (this term encompassing any of the Germanic tribes, such as Vandals, Goths, Lombards, etc. ) set out with the intent to destroy the Roman Empire? No. However, I do believe that the influence of these tribes did, in part,…

In the beginning of Rome, it was ruled by Tyrannical King’s which the people did not like. Both Patricians and Plebeians decided to put aside differences and revolt against those in power. When they succeeded, and they were then left to figure out who was…

One of the most extraordinary buildings of Ancient Rome, even to the modern person, is the Pantheon. The first Pantheon was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa in 27 – 25 BCE, and after being destroyed multiple times, the third version was completed under Hadrian’s rule in…