Quintus Horatius Flaccus

A member of Roman political elite born in Gallia, Gnaeus Julius Agricola pursued several positions and a political career in Rome and other provinces of the country. He held a high office and had a lengthy public service, but he is mostly known because of his son-in-law, Tacitus writings, who wrote about his great leadership on every front.

Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose “Common Sense” and other writings helped influenced the American Revolution, and the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine was born in the small village of Thetford in England on January 29, 1737. His father was a middle-class tradesman. At this time only upper-class men received an education while Paine received a short basic education for six years. He studied, English, Latin, Greek and math before he started to work with his father in the family business.

England born political philosopher and writer Thomas Paine was born in England in 1737, to a Quaker father and an Anglican mother. Paine received little proper education but did learn to read, write and perform arithmetic. At the age of 13, he began working with

and raised employees pay while adding to his own prestige. While serving in the State Senate he was known for his admiration of businessmen, was happy with the status quo, and promoted the idea that all

Thomas had these tutors throughout most of his grade school years. When he was thirteen, Thomas lived with a man for two years who taught him how to speak Latin and French. Eventually Thomas learned to speak these languages fairly well. Thomas started his first public school experience at the School of James Maury. He didn’t stay there long for he moved on to attend the College of William and Mary at age sixteen. Thomas made friends here who helped him become a part of a group called the “Enlightenment Thinkers”. This group helped influence his philosophy on politics.

Born around 475-477 C.E., Boethius grew up with high status in an unstable Roman Empire. He came from a prestigious line of families, which his full name indicated. Boethius belonged to the grand patrician family of Anicii, and had several other connections to important families of the Roman Republic. Because both of Boethius' parents died during his childhood, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, a consul from a patrician family greater than Boethuis', adopted him and raised him. Under the care of Symmachus, Boethius received an excellent education in his youth. He mainly learned about Latin classics and four major

Henry Clay “gave his country nearly half a century of service” (Henry Clay’s 10 Most Significant Accomplishments). He was a representative, a senator, and he served as a Secretary of State. Henry Clay worked many different kinds

Thomas Paine was born in Britain, On January 29 1737. Paine’s education lasted until the age of thirteen, as many boys did in that period. Consequently, he started to work for his father, and then took a low-wage job collecting taxes. Paine also started to educate himself during his free time. In 1772,

Virgil is a poet known for his epic poem The Aeneid. He was born in 70BC as a peasant and raised on a farm. Many of his poems were influenced by his rural upbringing. While he grew up Rome was in ruins, he hated the instability and the fact that farms fell into neglect because farmers were forced into the war, and he wanted the countryside to be beautiful again. He became famous because of his poems and before The Aeneid was published he was a member of the Roman elite. Once Augustus became ruler of Rome, Virgil began writing The Aeneid to tell the story of his “ideal” Rome. Virgil was to travel to Greece to work on The Aeneid for an additional three years, but caught a fever and returned to Italy. He subsequently died shortly thereafter and was unable to complete the final edits of the poem. Virgil was regarded by the Romans as their national poet.

Marcus Tullius Cicero played a significant role in political life in late republican Rome, as he aimed throughout his career to sustain republican values. Ironically, his actions ultimately contributed to republican Rome’s incremental downfall. Despite his successes as a statesman and popularity among Roman citizens, Cicero’s mistakes outweighed this and he ultimately played a significant role in leading Rome into the undoing of her Republic. Cicero’s early legal career showed him to be playing a significant role in the political life of Rome, giving him the stepping stones he would need to gain a position of political prominence. His background, coming from a non-wealthy and non-politically prominent family emphasises his significance, as he was able to establish himself despite this.

To understand why Byron wrote in this way you must first understand his upbringing and the things he learned growing up. Byron, born on January 22, 1788, in Aberdeen England, was born to the very aristocratic and wealthy Catherine Gordon and highly-ranked naval officer, John

Thomas Hobbes was born in Malmesbury, UK in year 1588. Having been born into wealth, Hobbes was formally educated, his studies included Malmesbury school and Hertford College, Oxford. Up until Hobbes time, political theory had very little change since Aristotle.

Augustine was born Aurelius Augustinus on November 13, 354 in North Africa. He received a classical Latin education and went to study rhetoric at the age of twelve in Madaura. He later studied at Cathrage

Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564 and was named after his ancestor Galileo Bonaiuti who was a physician, professor, and politician. His parents were Giulia Ammannati and Vincenzo Galilei, a famous lutenist, composer, and music theorist. He was the first born of six children of which three of his five siblings survived infancy. He started his education at the young age of 8 at the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa, which brought a close connection to the Christian religion.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist who lived from 384-322 B.C who was born in Stagira, Macedonia. His father played a major role in society as a physician in the royal court. Young Aristotle took a liking to Plato and decided to go to his academy at the age of seventeen. For the next twenty years, Aristotle remained there first as a student then as a teacher. After the death of Plato, Aristotle moved to Assos in the Asia Minor where he tutored his friend Hermias who was the ruler there and decided to marry his niece. After his death he then tutored Alexander the Great at the capital of Macedonia known as Pella. Later in his life, Aristotle decided to move back to Athens, Greece to open up his own school known as Lyceum.