During his reign, Justinian I sought to revive the Empire's greatness by reconquering the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire and the Gothic Wars, which took place between 535 AD and 568 AD, were motivated by that very cause. ... This war was fought from 602 AD through 628 AD and was the final and most devastating of the series of wars fought between the Eastern Romans and the Sassanid's. ... During his long reign the first part was dominated by civil war, but ultimately oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontier. ... Born in ...

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Excluded peoples wanted to get inside, not just as raiders but also as settlers out to share in imperial prosperity. ... Many of the cultural contributions of the Greeks occurred during at around 500 B.C. ... The Greek were not tied to tangible imperial or the very least pre-imperial structures hence prone to civil wars and instability. It must be noted that profound institutional entities in the Roman Empire reminded them of their identity and origin hence were able to brace up civil wars and conflict without losing focus that they were a great people. ... They are especially important due...

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Born in 59 BCE, he would have been a child during the Gallic Wars of Caesar, a teenager by the time Cato the Younger had committed suicide, refusing to accept Caesar's clementia, and an adult approaching middle age by the time of Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra. ... Livy uses the conflict between the patricians and plebeians to mirror the struggle of the Optimates and Populares during the late Republic. ... A note must be made here, as this instance is particularly important because it is in conflict with a source of the late Republic. Appian tells us that Gracchus is th...

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This leads me to believe that Caesar wanted to distort future historians view on his and his soldiers aspirations during the war making Roman's appear fairer and just, which leads me to his second interest. ... Many people consider The Conquest of Gaul to be written as a political propaganda since Caesar, facing a civil war on his return, had full jurisdiction of what was included in his account. The book serves as a vital source of information on the wars as a whole, and also the Celtic-Gallic people, who little is known about their identity. Caesar likely not knowing that his book would...

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During the first and second centuries, the women of the imperial family of the Roman Empire had a difficult role to play. ... One of the most important forms these images appeared in was in the imperial coinage. ... The fact that the obverse shows both Agrippina and Nero is important, as is the placement of the two portraits. ... While daughters could not becomes heirs, they could marry a man that the emperor favored, thereby cementing his claim to be emperor, and avoiding unpleasant controversies or damaging civil wars. ... One of the most important reasons for studying the coinage of th...

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