Trajan served as a general of the Roman army under both Domitian and Nerva before he became emperor. He fought in the Dacian Wars, winning, and in the Parthian Campaign, which he lost. Trajan was born in Spain, being the first emperor born outside Rome. This pretty much meant to the rest of the empire …
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The Flavian Dynasty
After the death of Nero, the last Julio-Claudian emperor, we had the year of the four emperors. Three, short-lived emperors came before Vespasian, who started the short-lived Flavian Dynasty. He and his two sons reigned, his sons’ names being Titus and Domitian. Vespasian was the first ruler. He had served under emperor Nero, and was …
History Week 24 Review
How the Roman Army was Constructed The army was grouped into a few levels. The first was the legion. A legion had 5000 men. Those were divided into cohorts of 500 men, so there were 10 cohorts in a legion. Then there is a century of 80-100 men. There are 5 centuries in a cohort, …
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon was the father of the famous Alexander the Great. I noticed that not many people had written about him on the RPC forums, so I’m going sum up the life of the father of perhaps the greatest warrior of history. Philip II was born in the year 382 B.C. He was …
History Week 18 Review: Cyrus The Great
Cyrus the Great was a grandson to a king of the Medes, who were then the rulers of the tribes that would later become Persia. His grandfather wanted him dead to prevent him from taking the throne. However, he was saved by a shepherd and his wife, and brought up. After this, as a young …
The Story Of The Founding Of Rome: Week 14 Review
Note: Today my assignment is to write about one of the lessons I did this week, however, this essay is taking all my information from the third last day and last day of last week and the first day of this week (lessons 50, 52, & 53). Also, this essay is divide into three parts. …
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History Week 13 Review: The Aeneid
The Aeneid is a story about the founding of Rome, written only a few decades before Christ’s birth. Augustus Caesar commissioned it to be written to Virgil, a poet of the late 1st century B.C. Now let’s get into the summary of the book. The Trojan war had been waging for years. The Trojan horse …
Life of King David
When we first hear about David in the bible, he is sent for by Samuel and anointed King of Israel, but King Saul is still alive. He is introduced to court when he is sent for to comfort the king when his spirit tortures him. He plays the harp and sings songs, some of which …
Samson
Samson’s parents were visited by an Angel who told them that they were going to have a boy and that he was to be a Nazerite, which means he was set apart for God from birth. It also meant he could not ever cut his hair. He fell in love with a Philistine girl and …
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