Third Rome

The King's Great Matter The Spanish-English marriage alliance of Catherine of Aragon and Prince Arthur was arranged when the children were very young. Catherine traveled to England only to face tragedy when her young husband, Arthur died in 1502.Henry VII wanted to marry Catherine to his younger son, who would be, Henry VIII so that he did not lose the dowry money from Catherine's parents and to secure some other agreements between the two countries. In the Catholic Church, it was forbidden

societies have left evidence of some sort of activity or hobby that they used as a form of entertainment. Perhaps the most famous building that was used as a form of entertainment is the Roman Colosseum, also known as the Flavian amphitheater. In ancient Rome, the most popular form of entertainment was the gladiator fights. These fights, usually among animals and trained public fighters, were staged in open arenas in a city's forum. There is evidence

The Colosseum The Amphitheatrum Flavium or Flavian Amphitheater are two of the more cultural Roman names for what we know as The Colosseum. This historical monument dates us all the way back to the birth of Jesus. Roman Emperor Nero who once held power lead for over a course of many years. Not too many favorited him because of all the misrule throughout his term. This lead to Nero taking his life in A.D* 68 leaving his land in a fueled civil war period. Vespasian, eventually would take the throne

First off let’s look at the reason for this, we know that he is from western Rome and is planning on conquering more land for the Western Roman empire but for an empire that’s divided it would be hard to get help but after telling his tale of the battle he would get the support and help he needed from Christians. Now I know what

The Roman Catacombs Rome today is a bustling and diverse city teeming with history and culture that dates back to thousands of years. This rich cultural intertwine is evident with its seeming myriad of historical monuments, relics, and construction that allude to various ancient cultures. Rome’s ground level environment is truly an architectural, cultural, and spiritual hearth for things of the past; however, this area is truly only “the tip of the iceberg”. Underneath Rome’s floors lies a seemingly

stronghold in a Benedictine monastery on Monte Cassino. Though the Allies had been fighting at Cassino since mid-January, the Polish forces joined for the fourth and final round of assaults on May 11, 1944. This victory allowed Allied forces to advance to Rome. Composed during the night of May 17, 1944, “Czerwone Maki Na Monte Cassino” is collaboration between Alfred Schutz and Feliks Konarski. Schutz was a composer, and actor in the Polish Soldiers’ Theater at Campobasso. Konarski of the Polish II Corps

Vespasian; the structure was officially dedicated in AD 80 by Titus in a ceremony that included 100 days of games. The Colosseum was the largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, seating 50,000 to 75,000 spectators. Its construction finally gave Rome a venue for its gladiatorial games and wild beast hunts worthy of the imperial capital. Audiences watched blood sports and spectacles including animal hunts, fights to the death between gladiators or between gladiators and wild animals,

to moderns to bridge the gap between ancient pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages. But to Augustine, as to his contemporaries, that gap separated real people and places they knew, not whole imaginary ages of past and future. He lived as we do, in the present, full of uncertainty. Augustine's African homeland had been part of Rome's empire since the destruction of Carthage five hundred years before his birth. Carthage had been rebuilt by Rome as the metropolis of

After Rome crumbled in the fifth century, Europe was on the brink of going into their fourth century of the Dark Ages. Charlemagne was determined to unite and christianize the Germanic kingdoms of Europe. He lived in a time in which the Germanic groups who inhabited Europe remained disorganized and had no central authority (Ann 1). Through many battles and years of war, he reached his destination of unifying Europe. Charlemagne deserves the title “Father of Europe” after he unified his kingdom and

pan meaning “all” + theios meaning “of or for the gods.” Each was built using one of the classical orders of architecture and a well-known structure of their time. According to resources given, both were not the original structures; each one is the third one of its kind to be built at, or near, the current site. Both are considered a tourist mecca in modern times. The history and heart of the structures lie in their differences. There are three types of classical orders in Greek architecture, namely