... firm resolve you will lose all that I personally have won by great effort, and you yourself will undoubtedly reap the fruits of your own laziness. And now I am leaving immediately to drive the King of Alamania out of our country and thus firmly establish my son Roger in the dominion I gave him."11 ... to Alexius' aid. Constantinople was the city where the crusaders were designated to meet to begin their attack on the Turks further to the east.17 Once the Emperor Alexius had heard that Bohemond had begun his march on Constantinople, Alexius was apprehensive about allowing his army into th...

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... ego grew as well, he pictured himself as a king. It was after a second evasion of Egypt and the false rumor of the king's death was spread throughout the land. With the spread of the King's false death many Jews was attacked and killed. Once the word got back to King Antiochus he felt that the land was in rebellion and sat out to apply the new law of ... away. "Jason, Onias' brother, obtained the high-priesthood by corrupt means.52 He petitioned the king and promised him 360 talents in silver coin immediately and 80 talents from future revenues.53 He promised to build a sports-stadium a...

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... him. She asked Jupiter, king of the gods about him, and he said this: "Since you are so consumed with anxiety for Aeneas, I shall turn forward far The hidden pages of fate and speak of the future. He shall conduct a great campaign for you. And conquer all Italy and its haughty peoples. He ... shall impose laws on his own people. And build walled cities for them; the third summer Shall see him rule ... up the river, which was a miracle in itself, because the river is very swift. He found Latium, ruled by King Latinus, and married his daughter, Lavinia. With King Latinus' permission, Aen...

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... Livy thinks the Roman people must avoid to keep away from ruin, but are continuously sliding into. Just as Augustus is re-establishing the Republic as a guise for his control and restoring Rome to the political freedom it had once known, Livy is relating to the population that such men existed who fought by means of the law, rather than with clubs ... all the coins of the Republic (Dio, Roman History, Book 44, 4.1-4). Although Caesar refuses the Diadem of kingship presented to him by Antony, he secretly yearns for the title of King and probably arranged the presentation of the gift to m...

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... , tried to retain an image of the republican form of government, so as to not upset the upper class and keep the support of the senate, in reality the senate provided little successful opposition and simply acted as a reminder of the power which it once held, often referred to by scholars as the 'Republican Façade' . It would appear that emperors which adhered to ... facade, it could be argued that the senate became more a of a focus for opposition to the emperors, demonstrated through the assassination of Gaius, Nero and Domitian. Augustus knew that he had to play down the fact that he...

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