On January 12, 1780, Abigail Adams composed a letter to send to her son; John Quincy Adams. Now, John Quincy Adams was on a trip with his father John Adams. John Adams was a U.S. Diplomat; he will later become the Second President of the United States. Abigail Adams attempts to give her son helpful advice for the current situation as well as for the future. Abigail Adams uses allusions to history, logical stories for comparison, and optimism towards the future to help tell her son.
1600 years ago the mediterranean people were doing the same thing that us modern day people are doing now, conquering, claiming, and fighting, but why were they doing this, and who were they doing it too? The Roman empire was one of the strongest empires in history, the “superpower of the Mediterranean world”. In 750 BCE Rome was founded and over time Rome’s wealth, territory, and popularity grew and grew as time went on. They conquered the land of Scotland and Spain, began to control the whole Mediterranean sea, established some colonies around North Africa, the middle east, Asia Minor, and Egypt. They were beginning to expand their empire into almost the entire continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
The American Revolution was a time of brave men and a chance for them to do something great. In this letter Abigail Adams writes to her son, while he is abroad with his father. She writes to him to give him advice and encouragement about how to obtain his success. Throughout the letter Adams presents credible examples of great men that her son could be like. Adams questions the reader (her son) to make connections between him and other people.
In pre-Revolutionary America, many changes were taking place. Abigail Adams recognizes this in her letter of encouragement to her son, who is with his brother and father on a French voyage. She is intimidating in the most motherly, affectionate way, and surely lets her son know that a lot is expected of him. Adams encourages her son through the use of comparison and by acknowledging his personal qualities to recognize the value of experience and overcoming personal challenges.
Claudius was a Roman emperor from 41 to 54, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor, he was born at Lugdunum in Gaul, the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Itlay. Claudius was assassinated on October 13, 54 AD, in Rome Italy. Claudius was married to Agrippina the younger (m.49 AD – 54 AD), he was also married to Messalina (m. 38AD). Claudius had four children, Britannicus, Claudia Octavia, Claudia Antonia, and Claudius Drusus.
Abigail Adams wrote this letter to her son John Quincy Adams to motivate him to be strive to best he can possibly be. She makes it clear to him that he is very fortunate and should build off of who he already is, “As you increase in in years, you will find your understanding opening and daily improving.” At the same time she advises him to make wise decisions without directly stating it. In the beginning of her letter she is repentful for sending her son on the voyage that he was so defiant against.
In “Pliny, Letters 10.96-97,” the author writes a letter to Emperor Trajan addressing the concern of Christianity and its believers revolting. Christians did not believe in the Greek Gods and the Kings as god and the Romans did not like that. He starts the letter with a question of an unsureness of what to do about the Christians and so he writes this letter to the emperor to see what he thinks about his idea on execution. From this, the tone of the author shows a big contradictory in the idea that Christians are harmless but also has a high focus on the dislike of Christians using ethos and logos.
In Abigail Adams ‘letter to her son’ that she row on January 12, 1780 she advises or Sun that this trip to France wasn't in vain though it was dangerous but needed for his future in politics similar to his father. Abigail believe that John Quincy Adams didn't have proper reason or judgment for not wanting to go. Abigail wants Quincy to go with his father John Adams to help shape and build-up his character of an aristocrat. Abigail truly sees John Adam's path with Quincy and believes he will do the same.
This reached us through the Acta Alexandrinorum that told us about a disputation occurred between the Alexandrians, and the Jews during the reign of Emperor Trajan. The Alexandrians here sent a deputation to Rome with some complaint against the Jews, as the latter had immediately also sent a deputation of their own. We knew also that the Alexandrians took with them the bust of Serapis. It seems that the emperor was on the side of the Jews, especially that the Empress Plotina approached the senators in order that they oppose the Alexandrians and support the Jews. The papyrus told us that while Hermaiscus was speaking to the Emperor who was talking improperly, the bust of Serapis that they carried suddenly broke into a sweat and Trajan was astounded when he saw it.
Ben Poon 920677791 CLA004 A04 Late Antiquity Week 6 Essay Lactantius’, “On the Deaths of the Persecutors'' is a heavily biased account of the lives and deaths of the Roman emperor Diocletian who persecuted Christians. What I believe to be fact within Lactantius' work is the atrocities committed against Christians by Diocletian he writes about. The part of Lactantius’ work that is interpretation is the way he portrayed the Diocletian and the Christians he was writing about. Lactantius was a devout Christian and as such he displayed a clear hatred for the emperor who persecuted his people.
Secondly, professor told that Claudius use to take dicission without listening both side. He use to like violents games, he use to take dicission by being biased. It contast with the passage because passage states that he inproved law which are in favor of the slaves.
Claudius schemes and manipulates many people for many different reasons whether for his personal protection, sparing someone’s feelings, or to carry out a crime. This motives affect other characters causing them to do things that
The composition and the governing structure of the Roman republic was not uniform throughout its existence, but some of the fundamental elements of its government came into being in the immediate aftermath of the monarchy’s collapse. Therefore, it is unsurprising that many of these institutions were created in reaction to the monarchy and its failures, and thus were shaped by this relationship. For example, the fundamental opposition to monarchy and the rule of kings that came with the experience of the Kingdom of Rome, remained quite strong in the Roman mindset throughout the existence of the Republic and into the beginnings of the Roman Empire, and its influence can be seen throughout Roman political discourse especially in the discussion
During the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, women were restricted to domestic life in a male-dominated society. Egypt’s capital, Alexandria, formally passed into Roman rule in 80BC , and was the greatest of the Roman provincial capitals, with a population of 300,000. In comparison, the Italian city of Pompeii had a population of only 20,000. To examine the role of women in Roman society, I will need to investigate the literature that survived from the period. This essay will compare and contrast the role of women in Alexandria and Pompeii.
Hamlet Comparison Essay There are many qualities that make an effective and powerful leader. Some leaders strive for greatness; others strive to make history. Though their goals may differ, all can agree that the most important component of leadership is earning the respect of those who follow you and being responsible with the power you earn. There are many strong leaders in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, though not all are effective.
