Theodoric The Great Research Paper

Hercules is a large and prominent constellation. It is visible from the Northern Hemisphere from April to November. Despite its large size, Hercules does not have any bright stars. As a result only one or two of the stars of Hercules are visible from cities. I chose Hercules because I have heard his story before, but I did not know it well and wanted to know it better.

In Greek mythology Hercules is known for his strength and courage, considered as half man and half god. He was an adventurous superhuman born from mortal mother and the son of god Zeus. Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus decided to kill Hercules after his birth. Hercules then married the Theben princess Megara and had three children. However, Hera wasn’t happy about him. She was filled hatred of him, and as time goes, this situation made him to kill his wife and all his children. Hercules then felt guilty about the crime he had done. Hercules was charged to serve his cousin, king Eurystheus, and the ‘twelve labors’ were given to him as punishments. Those labors are a call to adventure that made Hercules to cross the threshold

Beginning around 700 B.C., stories by Homer and other Greek poets told of the lives of powerful gods who involved themselves in human affairs. Supreme among these gods was Zeus, but to the Romans he was known as Jupiter. Zeus was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god, and Zeus the Thunderer. All of which are the most popular names dating back to ancient Greek history and mythology.

The birth of an eastern circus woman attracted no attention at all in mid-millennium year 500. No one could ever imagine that this baby would grow up to be one of the most remarkable women in history of the World. She was the daughter of the bear keeper, a public performer,wife of Justinian, Empress of the Byzantine Empire and a natural beauty whose name became the one name in the voluminous annals of the Byzantine empire known to almost everyone; Theodora. Once the former show girl settled down to respectable married life, she touched every branch of life in the Empire. She had her finger on everything including military campaigns, architectural developments, and government policy and law reforms.

In the image I see a statue of Emperor Constantine sitting on a throne holding his sword. In the image Constantine is sitting down, but he is not slopped over on the throne. Constantine also has a stern look on his face, but he has to be because he is the emperor. The statue is also located by an old building that's in Rome. The building looks like it was built centuries ago.

“The supreme deity of Greek mythology has his lusty, tempestuous story recast in engaging fashion by Stone”(ProQuest). Zeus was thought of as the father of gods and men. While he did not make them, he protected them, and therefore was considered a father to them. He ruled over the sky and air, and controlled everything that happened in his domains from his throne on Mount Olympus. To gain his throne, he overthrew his father, Cronos, with the help of his siblings, and then dividing up the realms between him and his two elder brothers. Zeus became lord of the sky and rain, Poseidon took the title lord of the sea, and Hades became ruler of the underworld. He then banished his father to the shadowy Tartarus in the underworld. Zeus was the most

Justinian was crowned co-emperor April 1, 527. Theodora, a former prostitute who was born from a lowly family, had been declared Theodora Augusta. Procopius expressed disgust that no one from the senate, none of the priests, and none of the public expressed outrage8. A few months later, the emperor had died, leaving Justinian the sole emperor and Theodora his associate in power. Justinian refers to her as “Our most reverend partner granted Us by God” and when governors took their oath of allegiance, they were required to take their oath to both of them9. Justinian made Theodora the official co-emperor and they ruled their empire together.

The power of Rome for many centuries was held by the senate, which is a group of men of the wealthiest families in Rome. They made all the political and military decisions for Rome. Under the Senate the romans conquered many lands such as the entire Italian peninsula, southern france, Spain, and northern Africa. After the conquering of many of these lands the armies became independent and created civil wars in the land. Much of the Roman empire was corrupt and falling apart. Three generals Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar formed an alliance, they kept the senate but left it with little power and say. The senate was worried about Julius Caesar he was power hungry and very

Alexander Thomas Augusta was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1825. To free African American blacks. Alexander had a go childhood, he didn’t go to school until college. Sometimes Alexander got bullied for being a free black boy. While he was a teenager he was a barber, he lived in Norfolk, Virginia at this time. Alexander got his medical degree at Trinity College of the University of Toronto.

While her husband Justinian I was an orthodox Christian, Theodora remained a monophysite Christian. She was considered Justinian’s most trusted advisor. She

In this capacity, Theodora was emphasized as a saint to eradicate iconoclastic actions of his husband, his military failings and focus attention away from the anxiety of the declining kingdom. By ending the second iconoclasm, Theodora becomes a symbol of hope, a restorer of the icon and to the old ways of the powerful Byzantine

Considering no primary record survives of her life pre-Empress Mallet suggests that one must examine the facts and the evidence when deciding Theodora’s character and not conclude an opinion based off

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was the son of a Roman aristocrat whose family had regularly held the highest offices of state for the past century. Tiberius achieved much in his life and was a man of high distinction in political circles. He was a man with a prominent background- coming from very powerful families. It seemed also, that many had high expectations of him, and his potential was not seen to its full extent. To a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. Today I will be critically analysing and assessing the significance of three key areas which have been the crux of historical debate for centuries. Today I will be touching on Tiberius' family background, education, and early career to 134BC, the aims

In 1949, Joseph Campbell, a writer and mythologist, published a book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In it, Campbell proposed his theory that hundreds of hero stories can be summed up in a twelve-step pattern. Half of the cycle takes place in the hero’s regular world. The other half takes place in a special, unknown world. The cycle doesn’t only apply to ancient heroes; many modern heroes, such as Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games series, and Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series, fit in this sequence. Evidently, modern hero characters can be traced back to this simple pattern. One such hero that has been introduced in recent decades is Hercules, from the 1997 Disney movie Hercules. Hercules, like countless other heroes, fits

Vasilios, courageous king and understanding leader hears the pleas of his people and of his own heart. It has been one month since the maritime pirates had come to his place of rule, Kyrenia on the island of Cyprus, and taken what was most loved by the king and by all the kingdom; Callista, Vasilios’s only daughter. This abduction had stemmed from a failed marriage arrangement with the prince of Smyrna, a distant land on the Aegean Sea. Callista was not happy with the arrangement and begged her father to stop the deal and let her stay unmarried. Vasilios listened to his daughter and declined the generous offer from the king of Smyrna. The king of Smyrna was enraged by the refusal. He sent a band of pirates disguised as sea traders to capture Callista and bring her back to Smyrna. The ruse worked and Callista was taken. The kingdom of Kyrenia entered a period of upset at the loss of the beloved princess. Vasilios took action and put together a group of sixty of his best men that he lead on