History Discussion Questions
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1. (05.03) What part did geography play in Rome 's ability to build an empire?
Rome is located on the River Tiber, so from it has good trade access. It expanded to cover the Italian peninsular the Alps in the north formed a natural barrier against the French. It provided easy access to the southern part; it allowed trade to flourish with the Greek colonies already there. Rome had taken over the majority of the Mediterranean the natural geographical barriers formed borders. The mineral wealth of the Mediterranean basin also formed trade alliances.
2. (05.10) Discuss a personal event or a modern historical event which would be equivalent to Caesar 's "crossing the Rubicon." Recently I don’t recall an event happening where an army invaded its own country. Although in the past Hitler 's invasion of Poland is similar. Both had one military invasion that caused a catastrophic cause and effect reaction.
3. (06.04) If you had lived during the time of Julius Caesar, would you have sided with Caesar or with the conspirators? Why?
I would have sided with Caesar. He did everything for a reason. Julius Caesar fought to give Rome back to its people. He overthrew the republic because he thought that they had strayed from its original values and ideals. He saw that the Senate only wanted power for themselves instead of
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In the determination of whether Julius Caesar was an intelligent, political hero or an egocentric, dictating villain, it is important to look at all of the facts. Born in 100 B.C.E. and assassinated in 44 B.C.E., Julius Caesar was legendary. He along Pompey, and Crassus created the first unofficial Triumvirate which was negotiated to appease both the Roman citizens and the power hungry rivals. Still, this agreement would not last long. After Pompey’s wife, Julia Caesar and daughter of Caesar’s daughter given to Pompey to establish the Trimvirate, dies in childbirth, civil war breaks out as Caesar leads his army against Rome. He fights until Pompey is murdered in Egypt. As Rome is “shattered,” Julius Caesar one person should rule. He
The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. The power and size they managed to obtain has been a constant subject of interest for historians and all those who are interested in history. Julius Caesar’s ascension to power marked the time from where the Romans steadily expanded their territory and by the time the Roman Republic dissolved and the Roman Empire emerged, the Empire had become so big that the Romans had then to face the problem of maintaining their empire. The Roman Empire maintained its power by
Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) was one of the most outstanding leaders in history. He was the first ruler of the Romano-Hellenic civilization and achieved his goals with great success throughout his life of 56 years. He was assassinated by the conspirators, who accused him for practicing tyranny. This essay will discuss whether it was right for the conspirators to murder Caesar and what its consequences were.
In its time, the Roman Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen. The fact that the Romans were able to control and obtain an empire of this size was due to plenty of factors, but the main ones are the Roman army, the Roman roads, Pax Romana, the borders of the empire, and the benefits of the barbarians who became ruled by the empire. On their own, these factors wouldn’t do much at all, but such a combination brought great success.
21) The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A. D. brought about what change in urban settlements?
Rome, the ever growing metropolis, one of the most strongest military forces we know today, a haven for riches and trade, and one of the most successful empires to history today. Rome was a growing empire, with its professional army quickly conquering several kingdoms left, right, up, and down, from the two Punic wars with Carthage, a war with Gaul, the conquering of Egypt, and Iberia, but, these expanding territories had its advantages and disadvantages. Rome had to quickly invent something able to move its soldiers to all of its territories that would give them enough time to get around to manage conquered people. The seas connecting Rome’s empire also played a role into how it’s geographical location would play into their success and prosperity.
The Roman Empire was one of the most popular empires that there ever was. It was also one of the largest as it went as far as Memphis in the South and Europe in the North (document 3). The empire’s location was not the best. Water practically surrounded the entire empire. The Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Caspian Sea were all ports of water around it. However, that did not hold back the empire’s power, as it quickly adapted and used it to their advantage. Sea trade, deep harbors, and roads are a few of the ways that the Roman Empire used their location to help themselves.
After the Punic wars with Carthage, Rome acquired many new lands that it did not have before. During peace times it was easy to govern these areas but during war times it proved difficult.
All this comes down the last point that will be made in this essay, Julius Caesar’s assassins believed that what they were doing was what was best for the Roman Republic and its citizens. Caesar showed all the signs of becoming a corrupt king-like ruler. With the past experiences of Rome the men that killed Caesar just wanted to help the people they swore
Caesar should have never been assassinated by the conspirators. Brutus once said that he was the one whom assassinated Julius Caesar, for the good of Rome, and the people. The Roman Empire was thriving under Julius Caesar. Brutus also said Caesar was an “ambitious” man on a mission. He was never ambitious, because he made Rome powerful, and the people happy. Brutus once said “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves”. Furthermore, how did Brutus know that the citizens of Rome would be forced to become slaves, and not die as free men? In conclusion, all of the conspirators should pay for what they did to extraordinary Julius Caesar.
The situation in this essay is that Brutus from the play Julius Caesar is stuck in a problem where he has to make a decision whether he should let his best friend live ,and live a fabulous life or kill his best friend and be known as the guy who killed the soon to be king that was loved by everyone in Rome.He has to make this decision on the fact that he believes that Caesar will become a tyrant and the people of Rome will fall into slavery if he is given all the power to control Rome. Brutus should kill Caesar based on his beliefs of the outcome of how the country of Rome will be handled in Caesars control.
The opposing side says that Brutus was wrong when he joined the conspiracy. Others say that he should not have joined because the conspirators never gave Caesar a chance. However, if they had done so and he became unstoppable what could the risks have been? Caesar could have become a tyrant and uncontrollable leader. With no one to cease his rule, the Roman Empire would have been destroyed. Therefore, Caesar should never be given the chance to come to power as a king of the Roman Empire.
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Julius Caesar is perhaps the most well known in the history of Roman Emperors, yet there is no denying that his reign was filled with controversy, no reason more so than his devious rise to power and his mischievous ways of suppressing the senate. There is no doubt that in ruling as a Dictator; Caesar lost the support of the Roman people, who had fought for freedom against an Etruscan King, a role in which Caesar was playing. His death in 44BC coincided with what many believe to be the year in which the Republic completely its eventual ‘fall’ that it had been plummeting to since 133BC, and it is only by looking at the differences in the end of his reign to that of Augustus’ in 27BC that