... even often visited brothels (a house of "legal " prostitutes in Italy), even though Rodrigo had been ordained as Priest in 1468. (Brooklyn Museum, Alexander VI) This is one of the finest examples of how Rodrigo was a corrupt and cruel person even before he actually became Pope of the Roman ... on page fifteen of the introduction of Johann Burchards diary. Additionally, Johann Burchard, the Conclave's Master of Ceremonies and was a leading figure under Pope Alexander VI's reign, furthers the proof of Rodrigo's simony by saying that the 1492 conclave was a particularly expensive campaign. ...

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... to bail him out. Next, Caesar got an administrative position in Spain. He spent a while in Spain and was fascinated by the culture in Spain. He once stared a statue of Alexander the Great and started to weep saying that Alexander had died as old as Caesar was at the time Caesar continued on about how he had not accomplished anything compared to ... Alexander the Great. When Caesar returned to Rome he was elected aedile, or people who supervised civic affairs, such as water supply, roads, the public games, and the repair of buildings. ... ...

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... fugitive hermits established monastic communities in central and northern Italy. These remained independent of each other until 1244, when Pope Innocent IV consolidated them as one order; in 1256 Pope Alexander summoned them from their seclusion to take up an active life in the world. The result was one of the great medieval orders of mendicant friars (that is, friars living ... professors being John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. The order has produced four popes "Sixtus IV, Julius II, Sixtus V, and Clement XIV "and one antipope, Alexander V. On his first voyage to th...

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... leaving behind a daunting shadow of what it once was. A large earthquake hit Rome in 1231 causing a large section of the amphitheater to collapse. The 1500's brought further ruin when Pope Alexander VI allowed it to be used as a quarry for new buildings. It wasn't until 1744 that Pope Benedict XIV resolved to protect the Colosseum from further damage. Today 17.6 million ... ...

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... . "After the death of Hamilcar Barca, his son Hannibal became leader of the Carthaginian army in Spain. It is an understatement to say he was a military genius not seen since Alexander. Hannibal decided to mount the most ambitious invasion plan of history-invade Rome through the Pyranees, the Rhone valley, and the Alps."" (Willis) This journey has gained further recognition because ... ...

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