Angels on the Battlefield In the Battle of Gettysburg that took place on July 1, 1863, and ended on July 3, many casualties and injuries resulted from the fighting between those few days, leading to the victory of the Union Army. It is roughly estimated that 620,000 men lost their lives fighting, many for liberty and freedom, others for new opportunities. The Civil War was considered the deadliest and bloodiest battle. Medicine has come a long way now, in comparison to the 19th century, although many lives were lost on the way.
Many historians hail him as a good emperor because of his positive contributions to the Church. Before Constantine's reign the church was underground and was hardly recognized as a legitimate religion, in fact Christians were recognized as cannibals (because of the ordinance of the Lord's supper) or atheists because they didn't believe in Paganism. Christianity started off small, it was an offshoot of Judaism, but it slowly became bigger and bigger and when Constantine came to power it was the second biggest religion in the Roman empire. Christianity became so popular, even Constantine himself converted making the religion the religion of the state. This made Christianity very popular, suddenly high class people and the wealthy started converting,
Constantine and his men defeated Maxentius and his men. Maxentius made an effort to retreat back into Rome but he ended up falling into a river and drowned. This victory left Constantine with complete control of the
He told them if they did not want to become a Christian they had to leave his empire. He wanted them to become a Christian just like he was. Some people did not accept it and some people did accept it. He gave them a choice to stay at the empire and accept it or leave his empire. He kilt the people who did not want to leave and become a Christian but Charlemange was not a mean man he was just powerful.
A story about a kidnapped priestess, the lone wolf shifter who rescues her, and a god desperate to prove his sister wrong. 336 AD. Constantine II rules the Roman Empire, and the Cult of One gains a foothold with the common people. A clash of belief systems is at hand. Fresh from her misadventures in the western isles, Athena's fears for the fate of her godly family fall upon deaf ears--particularly with carefree Apollo.
The bible tells us of a man known as Pontius Pilate. At the time, he was a cruel Roman governor of Judea under emperor Tiberius. He is widely know as the man who gave the final \order for the crucifixion of Jesus. The governor is looked at as both good and bad. In fact, many scholars think that he was possibly the first ever Christian.
There were many reasons why Constantine converted to Christianity. Constantine decided to convert when he needed something more powerful than what his military could provide him. He questioned which god he would rely on for protection and assistance.
Greek heroes are mortals who show great strength and courage, and are favored by the gods. Diomedes, son of Tydeus, can be seen as the normative Greek warrior because of his superhuman prowess in battle as a mortal. Heroes can be identified through their bold feats, which Diomedes displays in book 5 of the Iliad. In battle it is noted that “the Trojans were scattered by Tydeus’ son, and as many as they were could not stand against him.” Diomedes is presented as an unstoppable force, strong enough to take on many of the Trojan warriors at once.
There are many opinions about Constantine’s career and Conversion to Christianity. One theory is that before the victory of Maxentius he had Devine intervention inspired by a shining cross seen in the sun. After this experience he vowed to pray to only one god and made it known that Christ had appeared to him through this shinning cross seen in the sky. Another theory is that Constantine felt such grief from his execution of Crispus and his oldest son. The pagan religion would not forgive him for his sins, but Constantine had learned that his Christians God would forgive his
Jesus is a modern epic hero. Across the span of his lifetime, He has fulfilled all of the eight elements of the epic hero cycle. You can read all about His life in the Bible. Jesus was born with a special DNA. He is the son of God.
Diocletian tormented many of the Christians until they perished (Alchin). After about three hundred years, it became easier for the Christians. Constantine, the emperor of Rome at the time, converted to Christianity. This resulted in the end of the persecutions and the beginning of Christendom. In the year 313, Constantine issued to Edict of Milan.
13. Who was Constantine? What happened to her? Constantine was ‘the help’ of the Phelan family. According to Skeeter, Constantine was more of a motherly figure to her, than her own mother was.
Rather than subjecting their faith towards Roman Gods, they decided to not acknowledge them and were persecuted until Constantine took order and converted to
Ares is the god of bloodshed and courage. Ares was given the role of the god of war because of his cruel, violent, and cowardly ways. Also, when Ares was sent into battle he was feared because of his bloodlust ways. His Roman name is Mars. Ares is also immortal, meaning he will live on Mount Olympus forever.
ACHILLES Achilles was very mad at Hector, he wanted revenge. Achilles best friend died by the sword of Hector. Achilles best friends name was Patroclus , he was a very good fighter. Achilles missed his friend it broke his heart that he was gone. He wanted to kill him self because he thought that it was all his fault that Patroclos died.
