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George Santayana once quoted, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In Rebecca Burgess’ and Hugh Liebert’s Wall Street Journal article, “From Cicero to Trump, They’re All in Plutarch’s Lives,” they speculated that there is no better book to read to learn from history’s past than Plutarch’s Lives. Plutarch had the ability to show citizens how to admire and censure those in power and evaluate candidates and this couldn’t come better today in our political situation (Burgess

If we are to consider the governorship of Cicero in Cilicia based on his letters, we are left to assume that he was one of the best governors of his time. Though he did not particularly care to be governor, he performed excellently, reinstituting or maintaining many of the traits of Roman governors, such as justice, self-control, and approachability. His aims were only to fulfil the role of governor well and return home. His attitude, however, was far from that of a model Roman governor. He valued

1. The image is a painting of Chaudiere Falls in the late 19th century by Cornelius Krieghoff. In the foreground you can see a cropping of rock overlooking water at the edge of the falls with a small section of plants at the side of the image that has deep red flowers at the top. In the middle ground a bright red plant is shown in a small island of rocks, and the beginning of the falls shown with its turbulent waters. The background is the most spectacular with its sunset with blue, red and yellow

After reading the books The Call and Engaging God’s World I have learned a lot of information that will be bringing me closer to God and his work and commitment to us, his followers here on earth. The books were very informative and educational to a person gaining information on becoming a Christian as well adding information to an existing Christian in faith. The books have many passages that touch your heart and really make you think about your actions and words we have towards others in today’s

Plutarch's The Life of Crassus and Caesar Plutarch presented history through biographical stories of the people that were important and influential during the time period he wished to address. However, after having read some of his work, one realizes that Plutarch inserts his own personal opinion and views of the people at hand into the factual documentation of their lives. For example, in The Life of Crassus, Plutarch expresses a general dislike and negative view of the man, but in The Life

Reaching from the Grave of Julius Caesar   It is assumed that the title of a work should reflect the nature of its content. The title should relate to the to the central influence which controls the flow of the work. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar seems to contradict that convention. Caesar meets his bloody end at the hands of conspirators in the first scene of Act III, barely halfway through the play. He is not the tragic hero; that distinction lies with Brutus and Cassius

Main Article When articles are written about the fall of the Republic and the fall of democracy, the blame is often attributed to one man: Julius Caesar. However, a figure that tends to be overlooked in popular history held the consulship over fifty years prior to the Republic’s inevitable fall was named Gaius Marius. Coming from an obscure Volscian town in the territory of Arpinum, sixty miles south-east of Rome, Plutarch wrote of Marius coming from poor origins and rising to the consulship as

construction of railroads. The time the United States faced this transformation was roughly between 1870s through the 1914s. Three important and influential men that played major roles during this stage were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. The time period was changed immensely by these men. John D. Rockefeller owned Standard Oil. He used integration that was both horizontal and vertical in order to obtain control of the oil industry. Standard Oil developed companies that

While it is clear that Pompey the Great was a successful general, how he came to be so is a more complicated matter. To analyse Pompey's career this essay will first examine his background, highlighting the advantages and difficulties that arose from being from a fairly new noble family. Additionally key events in Pompey's career will be explored chronologically, focusing on his most important military successes as well as his political career. This will attempt to determine how much his success

Introduction Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as ‘Pompey’ or ‘Pompey the Great’, was a military leader and a politician, who along with Crassus and Caesar formed the first Triumvirate, making him one of the most powerful men in Rome. A man who demanded respect from all, he gained power through his military prowess and influence, and even had the gall to give himself the title Magnus, which was Latin for the word ‘Great’. Pompey obviously was following the steps of the Macedonian General and leader