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culture and was a great influence , and conquer to everyone. In the text “Alexander’s Legacy” it states “Size of Alexander's empire at his death 2,000,000. Number of cities founded by Alexander 70. Number of years after alexander that Roman Emperor Marcus Macrinus had images of Alexander sewn into his clothing” This shows that he was a very good leader ,and was a very good conqueror too. Also he was great because he shows a great influence to many people in rome, greek, and india. He showed that he

The Determination to Obtain Vengeance Depending on the perspective of a situation, revenge can be ethical to someone, but it can also be immoral to someone else. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, the protagonists experience grief and are both driven to seek revenge after the deaths of loved ones, which leads to their tragic downfall. Hamlet and Maximus are ambitious in avenging the murder of their family members as they obsessively want to execute Claudius and Commodus

With General Maximus Decimus Meridius as Rome’s leading force they quickly wipe out the enemy. After the battle Emperor Marcus Aurelius calls Maximus to speak to him in private. Emperor Marcus tells Maximus that his son, Commodus, is unfit to rule and will appoint Maximus as regent to help save Rome from corruption. Soon later Commodus is told this by his father, Emperor Marcus, and in a murderous fit Commodus kills him. Commodus lies to his sister and Maximus saying the former Emperor past away

and using a primary source with help me determine if the movie is legit and accurately portrays the real event. The movie is about a Roman solider who was take in as a slave and trained to be a gladiator. Marcus Aurelius talks to Maximus about him having control over the empire instead of Marcus own son. Commodus who was Marcus’s son found out that he was not going to be able to take over the empire himself. He ended up suffocating his father and killing him and lies about it so he can end up being

The film Gladiators was about the reign or Marcus Aurelius coming to an end. When Marcus chooses Maximus, an army general and a powerful man with good morals, over his own son Commodus, to be heir to the throne of the Roman Empire, Commodus is enraged and sentences Maximus and his family to death. Maximus escapes his death sentence but is unable to save his family. The loss of his family causes his willpower to disappear which allows him to be captured and put into the games of the Gladiators until

BLACK IDENTITIES AND THE AMERICAN NATION There is a vast number of social issues facing the world as a whole. Yet, the debates on racial differences and politics are far from being resolved. For an example a number of authors argue that even though there are several privileges and rights which are assured by the United States Constitution as well as its subsequent amendments, and the laws that guarantee fundamental freedoms to all individuals, many people particularly; blacks have not gained their

Marcus Garvey a Jamaican political leader born 1887 August 17 in Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. He was the youngest out of the eleven children his mother Sarah Jane Richards had. She was a domestic worker and farmer as her job. She was a good influence on Marcus who was once described “ bold, determined, and strong. He refused to yield to superior forces if he believed he was right. His father (Marcus Mosiah Harvey Sr) was known around Jamaica for having a large library where Marcus Garvey learned

Hed: From the Ground Up Subhead: How The Akola Project is helping women in unfortunate circumstances pave new paths ------- A widow named Babwetenda Scovia sits in the dark on the dirt floor of her home watching her son and two daughters sleep. Her husband died of HIV/AIDS, a virus she now lives with herself. Struggling to balance medical payments and provide food and education for her children, she again makes plans to visit relatives the next day to beg for food and money. She has no choice. ---

Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican early civil rights activist was mostly known for his Back to Africa Movement were he believed all African Americans should migrate to Africa. He had many beliefs that extended into other reformed ideologies in the near future. To activists who spoke of separation and Black pride, Marcus Garvey was a very influential and convincing person. From the years 1954-1978 African American Civil Rights Movement Activists Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers’ actions

Lucius Aurelius Commodus came into the world August 31, 161 in the city of Lanuvium, less than 20 miles from Rome. Commodus was the son of Faustina the Younger and Marcus Aurelius. It is important to note that Commodus was tenth child out of fourteen, and the only child to live past childhood. He was given the name Commodus in honor of Marcus Aurelius' co-emperor, who had originally borne it. Early on in Commodus’s life, he was taught how to rule in order to succeed father’s crown. When Commodus only