Rome Creative Writings Samples For Students

The city in history; the other story

Mumford in his book ‘The city in history’ tackles many ills bedeviling the development of the city from the medieval ages to the present mega polis. The city and its role in human settlement advancements is elaborately explained. Mumford goes on to mention that the city has been in existence for as long as humans settled life has. The advent of farming and the necessity to settle down in doing so, saw the earliest settlements of human beings in organized permanent structures. The growth of the city from a small communion of people sharing similar motions of daily life, to ...

Mumford in his work The city in history, addresses the various stages in human civilization. The development of the various cities in Greece and ancient Rome. His work explores on the various courses the two civilizations took, the circumstances influencing the various courses and the fate that these civilizations suffered.
Mumford in his works reckons that a city has to be founded on the basic humanity to be found in people. In the Hellenist city, Mumford observes that there were to be no secrets between people, professionally or even between friends. There were to be no feelings of inferiority ...

CLAS 2095 EL 10

Dr. S.Katary

Introduction
Ancient Rome has several rituals that have served as phenomenal aspects of its era as it flourished. Those have given vibrant color to the characterization of Roman life at that time, as it stood as among the most interesting points of study in the history of humankind. Among those who have partaken in the rituals of the empire were the Vestal Virgins (Vestals), who were women priestesses heralded for their virtues as they present themselves to Roman society as among its institutional characters.
This study seeks to present information on the Vestals ...

2. Outline.
As a part of the future assignment of creating a piece of art inspired by one of the buildings offered; first of all, I would do have a look on all buildings offered, Then I would decide which one I fancy the most. Then it would be relevant to conduct a background research on each of the buildings in order to see the reasons behind their creation and significance in different epochs. In this way, I would be able to decide which building is of greater aesthetic and symbolical preference for me. Taking this rationale into consideration, my choice of ...

- Who is Octavian and how does he come to power? What are some of the things Octavian does once he is in power? Why is Octavian so important in Roman history?
Octavian or Augustus as he later became known was the first Roman Emperor, the man who ended the civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Although adopted by Julius Caesar Octavian came to power after defeating his main opponent Antony and his ally Cleopatra of Egypt at the battle of Actium in 31 BC. He then established the Principate, in which ...

It was a glorious year; Caesar had crossed the Rubicon a few years earlier. Now he was Emperor. It was the glorious Rome of polished marble and studied discourse. It was also the Rome of the optimates, the ruling elite, and the populares, the have-nots. Have-not is a relative term, to be a populare in Rome was to have wealth beyond imagining in the rest of the world. To be there, to watch unimportant and unobserved was to see the great drama of life. To be great, in the grand years of the empire was to miss much of the true nature of ...

Hellenistic Greece

Hellenistic Greece is the period between 323 BC and 30 BC. This is the period that marks by diminishing of the Greeks’ dominance and prosperity before the Roman Empire. This is when the influence Alexander on Greeks came to an end due to his death. After the death of Alexander, Roman Empire took over dispersing the Greeks. Hellenistic culture originated when the Greeks mixed with other cultures especially from the Asia and Middle East. One of the notable arts of this age is the Venus de Milo (Kousser, 4). This is a piece of architecture sculpture of a woman with no ...

Assignment 2. The building of the mosque or cathedral of Cordoba was initiated around 600-601 and was initially planned as Christian church of Visigoth kingdom, which ruled of the territory of contemporary Spain. Although it was meant to be Christian church, due to the Islamic conquest of 8th century and eventually subordination of Visigoth kingdom to Arab prince Abd al-Rahman, the building was divided between Christian and Muslim followers and was used by followers of both religions. In the next few centuries, the building was rebuilt and expanded in order to correspond to traditional requirements of a mosque. Today, it ...

This paper will look at some of the important aspects of various cultures in Western Civilization. Much of the political and cultural changes that were occurring during the rise of the nations and Empires that the Western Civilization is known for, was a result of shifting hierarchies and changes in status (Cole et. al, 2014). The key aspects of Western Civilizations before 1000 BCE are the Babylonian Hammurabi Code. These were a set of laws that that spoke of justice. The Codes were based on an eyes for an eye type of justice. Between 3,500 and 3,000 ...

Human cultures do not die at a certain point like biological organisms. This was the observation made by Mumford. Though the various parts form the whole, the individual parts may continue functioning on their own even after the whole no longer exists. This expression applies to realization of the new nation hood as seen and that component parts of the medieval city were sustained in to subsequent phases of civilization with some remnant pieces of this reality existing up to this day. The Church of Rome has for instance stood the test of time and continues to stand today. The ...

Executive summary of O’Malley’s book

This book is all about the history of the western culture. The four cultures that are highlighted are basically about Christianity. The four cultures discussed in this book are from the ancient Mediterranean world of Athens and Jerusalem. The four cultures include; prophetic culture, academic or professional culture, humanistic culture and artistic culture.
The prophetic culture is characterized by protest and alienation. It is a great gathering of the Jansenists and the Puritans and all those given to crusades.(pg 7) The reformers in this culture lamented of the corruption in the high places. The cultures main aim was ...

Assignment 1.

The same is the case with logic; the logical way of thinking or rationale way of thinking is a corner stone of the Western culture. While Eastern world perception is based on spiritual belief, the Western is based on rational/logical justifications and proves. Without logical way of thinking science as we know it would not exist, it would be based on assumptions, which would be proved by belief. Thus, logic provides the Western culture with its foundation - rationalism. The modern example of this is that, without logical laws of truth and false, it would not be possible to build ...

How Did the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Lead to the Unification of Germany and Italy in the 19th Century?

The fall of the Roman Empire resulted in the creation of smaller independent city-states in Italy and elsewhere, followed by the rise of nation states. Napoleon III united much of Europe under his rule. As that broke down, other European powers, especially Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, France and Prussia strove for control of the Empire While the larger nations fought against each other for control; internal groups in Italy and Germany other groups worked for an independent, united country with a constitution inspired by the French Revolutionary model.

In Italy the Carbonari, or coal-burners, were an early 19 ^...