Alba Longa

Many ancient civilizations have had everlasting impacts on the modern world. It is Rome though that has had the most considerable and prominent influence when connecting both the ancient and modern world. Edited by Isabella Marinaro and Bjørn Thomassen, Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City introduces the idea that, “Rome is not only a system of economic interrelations or a knot in a hierarchy of world cities. In this symbolic and imaginary respect, Rome is first of all an icon, a brand

the myths were related because they include the Hero's journey. Myth ROMULUS AND REMULUS - - - - X For understanding the Romulus and Remus myth is necessary to understand what happened before. It all started when Aeneas build his kingdom named Alba Longa and had two sons Amulius and Numitor. When time passed Numitor had two sons and one daughter but, Amulius killed

Everything strarted with Eneas the Greek Alba Longa king who had two sons Amulius and Numitur the older one, Numitus had 2 sons and one daughter ,but as Amulius was jealous of his brothers power he killed both of Numiturs sons leaving just the girl and made her a priestest so she couldn’t ruled

Jacques Louis David: An in-depth comparison of his Roman Empire Masterpieces and his life during the French Revolution Semester Research Paper Fall 2014 Throughout history many works of art have depicted events that have happened in the past through the artists eyes. In these works we can see many styles and types of art that display the artist mood, feelings, reactions and perspective. The early beginnings of Rome and the struggles that occurred are seen in Jacques Louis David early paintings.

In 19th century France, the Neoclassical art style arose, influenced by the classical artistic style of Greco-Roman society. Around this time, France encountered many political, social and economic changes brought up mostly by the lower class French citizens. Jacques-Louis David was a highly influential Neoclassical artist during this time. Commissioned by both Nobles and lower class citizens of France, he created artworks such as the Oath of the Horatii (image 1), the Death of Marat (image 2), and

Introduction There is no doubt that we have heard about Greek and the great history that they had however, whenever it comes in our minds the word Greek we remember the most popular epics ever in the history, Iliad. Iliad is an epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War and the Odyssey which have been considered as the most important Greek epic poem for the blind epic poet, Homer. Despite the doubts in his presence whether he was the one who wrote the epic or not however, his epic poetry is

COMPOSITION María Paula Salazar 7C Presented to: Álvaro Herrera 2017-2018          1. First what is the Hero's Journey? The Hero's Journey is a path every hero has to pass or experience. It contains 16 aspects. It divides on 3 main aspects: Departure, Initiation and Return. On Departure is: the call to adventure, Refuses to the call, Supernatural aid, crossing the threshold and Belly of the Whale. On Initiation is: the road of trials, the meeting with the goddess, woman as temptress

Roman myth and mythology were merely the continuation of Greek myths and legends, with some Roman changes to suit the needs of the times. Through ancient writers such as Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, we have uncovered the intertwined nature of Greek myths and mythology had upon the Roman mythology story. Aeneas as described in the "Iliad" was the son of Aphrodite and Anchises a cousin of the king Priam of Troy. Aeneas was said to have the gods watch over him as he is fated not to die. During

Rise of Rome      The legend of Roman Empire, the strongest empire lasted more than 1,000 years in regions of minor Asia, Northern Africa, Europe including Spain, Britain, german and Gaul, which now we call France, was not created in one single day. The stories of ancient gods, heroes, and myths are part of their splendid chronicle, they are both practical facts and fantasies. Much of what we know today about the historical foundations of Rome comes to us from ancient writers

There was a legend about the two men who founded Rome. Romulus and Remus founded Rome. They were the twin sons of Mars. Mars was the supposed god of war. The legend began when they were both left to drown in a basket on the Tiber by a king of nearby Alba Longa. They were rescued by what some would describe was a she-wolf; the twins lived their lives preparing a planning to defeat that king. When they finally defeated him, they founded their own city on the river’s banks in 753 B.C. things were peaceful