He followed his father when Hamlicar decided to create a new Carthaginian empire in Spain. ... He also founded the city of Cartagena, or as it was known in Rome, Carthago Nova.7 He discovered many silver mines in Spain, which financed Carthage's war until Spain was taken by Scipio Africanus. Then at the age of 25, Hannibal was elected leader in Spain by the army.8 Hannibal now went about Spain and used a mixed tactic of Hamlicar's military might and Hasdrubal's diplomatic skill. ... Saguntum being in the middle of the Carthaginian holding was not a help here, and Hannibal ...

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Caesar became the governor of Spain in 61 BC after Crassus had helped pay his creditors after some financial issues. Military actions in Spain helped further restore Caesar's financial security. ... Caesar secured Spain and then fought Pompey in Greece, defeating him at Pharsalus. ...

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From his early, he was very enthusiastic to learn the art of war and his quick wits helped him to master the various skills of military strategies. ... In 60 BCE, he headed the first triumvirate - a loose coalition with Spain, Pompey and Crassus. With the help of them, he became very powerful in Rome and the surrounding areas. ... Pompey fled to Greece and Caesar, in three months, Caesar became the master of Italy, Spain, and the key port Massalia. ...

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When the Romans heard that Hannibal had escaped from Spain, the Romans were concerned. ... They knew that Hannibal was depending on Spain for supplies and men in the future, so they appointed a young, brilliant man as proconsul and handed him the imperium over Spain. ... Scipio had conquered all of Spain by 206. ... It had gained much of northern Africa, Spain, and the major island in the western Mediterranean. ... Hannibal probably could have used the extra time he spent roaming the countryside to make the essential weapons and artillery that would have helped him conquer cities. ...

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A baby was born on July 12 or 13 of 100 BC in Rome. Little did the proud parents of this baby know that he would rule most of the known world. This baby was born to the name of Gaius, his personal name, Julius was the name of his family's clan and the name of his family was Caesar meaning hairy. Cae...

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His leadership helped Rome become a prosperous civilization. ... Upon his return, he helped the government and helped to advance the position of Pompey, the head of the popular party. Caesar was made military tribune before 70 B.C. and was quaestor in Farther Spain in 69 B.C., he helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East. ... His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in Rome. ... His campaigns helped Rome grow larger in size and in power. ...

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Mostly people at ceremonial dances wore masks and people who performed dances called upon ancestral spirits to help the community. ... In Africa the Mosque at Timbuktu was made by a Spanish architect. ...

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This political stability increased the prosperity and pride of the ruling classes as well as the military, and helped reinforce the general belief in Augustus as a symbol of the Roman peoples" favor in the eyes of the gods. ... Julius Caesar's seeming disregard for Roman tradition, as well as its constitution, helped Augustus" cosmetic reinstitution of some of these constitutional boundaries appear more substantive than they really were. ... His largest road building projects seem to be in the provinces of Spain and Asia Minor which were important sources of grain, wine, lead, and g...

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It also controlled Sicily and Southern Spain. In Sicily, the city of Messana felt menaced by Syracuse and sent envoys to Rome asking for help. Rome agreed to help Messana even though it had a signed a treaty with Carthage stating that it would not interfere in Sicilian affairs. ... The terms were that "Carthage formally surrendered Spain, and all other dependencies outside the home district of Africa. ...

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He then returned to Rome to engage in a normal political career, starting with the quaetorship which he served in 69-68 BC in the province of Further Spain. ... Before leaving Rome to govern Further Spain for a year, Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia because of the allegation that she had been implicated in the offense of Publius Clodius. ... After his return from a successful year administrating Spain Caesar was elected consul for 59 BC through political alliance with Pompey and Crassus . ... The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal po...

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He then returned to Rome to engage in a normal political career, starting with the quaetorship which he served in 69-68 BC in the province of Further Spain. ... Before leaving Rome to govern Further Spain for a year, Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia because of the allegation that she had been implicated in the offense of Publius Clodius. ... After his return from a successful year administrating Spain Caesar was elected consul for 59 BC through political alliance with Pompey and Crassus . ... The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal po...

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He then returned to Rome to engage in a normal political career, starting with the quaetorship which he served in 69-68 BC in the province of Further Spain. ... Before leaving Rome to govern Further Spain for a year, Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia because of the allegation that she had been implicated in the offense of Publius Clodius. ... After his return from a successful year administrating Spain Caesar was elected consul for 59 BC through political alliance with Pompey and Crassus . ... The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal po...

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Brutus did not deserve his final fate, which was committing suicide with the help of his slave, because all his actions were done for the better of Rome and its people who were now attacking him. ... To show Brutus how weak Caesar is he gives Brutus a number of different examples including when Caesar became very ill in Spain and acted like a sick girl. ...

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Julius Caesar, who had no legitimate son of his own, liked Octavian, and helped prepare him for a political career. ... Octavian served under Julius Caesar in the Spanish expedition. ... Under him, the Roman army completed the conquest of Spain, Switzerland, Asia Minor, and a large portion the Balkans. ...

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This helped them gain more power, land and resources and helped them get more men into the army. ... These kinds of rewards helped Rome's military to grow in numbers, which in turned helped, the Empire to grow. ... His main goal was to help restore the republic and help in establishing "Pax Romana" or the peace of Rome. Augustus help in trading things by the sea and by roads(lecture notes). ... He also helped bring peace and protection to Rome and its surrounding counties that were under Roman rule like Spain and Gallic by creating this "Iron Ring" (Perry, 130). ...

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The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). These places helped spread many aspects of Roman life. ... He helped nourish the poor and lower class by providing them with a bigger supply of food. ... He issued laws that helped lower adultery and influenced the upper class to provide more offspring. ...

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Being a writer also helped Caesar conquer his goal of controlling Rome. ... The reason this helped him was because the people in Rome only heard of his successes even if they were failures. ... Through 69-68 BC, he served as quaetorship to further the province of Spain. ...

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Fixing this price would help small farmers keep their heads above water and keep grain prices from rising so high that the poor could not afford to feed themselves. ... Caesar was made military tribune and was quaestor in Spain. He helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East. ...

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He was born in Cordova Spain, which was under Moslem control, but later traveled to London, Rome, and Rouen (France), all of which are in Ashkenaz. ... This fact can help explain his departure from the explanation of Saadia that put Rome and Ishmael together. ...

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As the empire expanded, farms in Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa supplied Rome with many agricultural products. ... The only equipment they used were extra helpers during harvest time. ... Under the Roman emperors, equites held important government positions and helped run the empire's civil service. ...

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As the empire expanded, farms in Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa supplied Rome with many agricultural products (they worked on small plots). ... The only equipment they used were extra helpers during harvest time. ... Under the Roman emperors, equites held important government positions and helped run the empire's civil service. ...

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Major Works Data Sheet Title: Julius Caesar Author: William Shakespeare Date of Publication: Julius Caesar was written in 1599 and it was most likely one of the very first plays to be performed in the new Globe Theatre. Although the writing of the play came much earlier, the play was not...

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Caesar was in the position to help both powerful men. ... However the first attempt to stall the election of Caesar was when the Boni had the date for his triumph, which he had earned for his campaigns in Spain, postponed until it was to late for him to stand. ...

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