Chariots of Fire

Emperor Nero was the most detrimental emperor to Rome. He burned Rome so he could build Rome as he imagined it, he blamed the fire on the Christians, and he persecuted the Christians. Those are the acts that have been proven to be done by him that have affected Rome the most. He has also done some despicable things to become and stay emperor. Emperor Nero ruled Rome from 54 AD to 68 AD. He was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, but his name was changed to Nero in 49 AD when Lucius’s mother

Finding Zion in the Country: William Blake’s Jerusalem For the unsuspecting visitor to New York City, the notion of standing under the shadow of looming skyscrapers, thrust into the pandemonium and din of the walkways, overwhelms and shocks. Yet, for those more accustomed to city life, the disorder becomes normal, relegated to the everyday challenges of modern life. Rarely in our busy and all too public lives do we take the time to recognize that city life has all but removed any semblance of

represented by scales, which Egyptians believed were used to weigh the souls of the dead. However, in Greek Mythology, Libra actually represented the golden chariot of Pluto (Hades). Pluto was the brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld. One day he spotted a beautiful girl named Persephone, while riding into the Upper World with his golden chariot, which

In the two myths “Phaethon” and “Daedalus & Icarus”, Phaethon and Icarus are too prideful, leading to disastrous consequences. The author uses characterization, imagery, and conflict to depict the stories. The main characters, Phaethon and Icarus go through many troubles and consequences from which they do not learn from. To begin with, Phaethon and Icarus are both prideful because he’s the first boy to ever fly. Furthermore, it states in the text Daedalus & Icarus, Icarus says,”Think you’re the

Theodora was born around the year 497 A.D., into a poor family. Her father, Acacius, was a bear keeper at the Hippodrome in Constantinople. She lived as a beggar for several years. During her younger years, she was a clown in the circus and eventually she became an actor in plays, which led her to a very immoral lifestyle. She later recognized the evil of her lifestyle and decided to turn her life around, by converting to Christianity and moving to Constantinople, away from her former career to a

those of ludi scaenici (theatre and plays) and those of ludi circenses (sports). This evaluation of Roman games will concentrate on the sports side of Roman entertainment due to their much higher popularity i.e. chariot racing and the gladiators. Chariot racing is one of the oldest spectator sports in Rome dating back to at least 6BC. The races started to celebrate religious festivals, the very first recorded one was the festival of to consus, this festival known as

Mott, it is now possible to cook indoors and without an uncontained flame. In 1490 France, Mott built the very first oven, which used a controlled fire and had three sides to keep the area insulated. This helps prevent the spread of fire by accident. Without being a controlled fire, a little bit of wind could possibly lead to a forest fire or a house fire. This factor eventually led to what today's society uses. The most recently invented oven still consists of a controlled area but instead of having

Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships. Professional historians normally focus on military affairs that had a major impact on the societies involved as well as the aftermath of conflicts, while amateur historians and hobbyists often take a larger interest in the details of battles, equipment

Tilopa once said, “It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us.” Over 2500 years ago, Buddha outlined the framework for Buddhist thought in which he declared that he taught suffering, its origin, cessation and path. The four noble truths contain the basis of Buddha’s ideas which he attained while meditating under a bodhi tree, which would later become a Buddhist symbol. While Buddhism is not practiced by many, its affect in the world can be seen in the

25, And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily:…” They found numerous wheels - some were still on their axles, and some were off. They found chariot cabs without the wheels covered by corals. So far, this coincided with the Biblical account. They found several 6-spoked wheels, as well as an 8-spoked wheel. And finally, in 1988, Ron found the 4-spoked gold chariot wheel, which looked almost perfect. The reason this was so well preserved