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This paper gives a brief introduction to Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian whose work is dated from the early second century. It examines his background and the prime reasons for his obscure and biased work. It focuses on the political structure of Rome during the 1st century and gives an account of Augustus, Tiberius and the treatment of the senators and the commoners during their reign. It looks at how political power was handed from one ruler to another and also highlights Tacitus personal statements and thoughts about the rulers and the existing political system during that time.

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"Octavian abdicated his title of Triumvir and wanted to be in the consul. He proclaimed the powers of a tribune to be good enough for him. Octavian captivated the army with bonuses. He entranced the civilians with his cheap food policies. He also captured the good will of the majority by the enjoyable presents of peace. Not satisfied, he further moved ahead with the intention of enthralling the functions of the senate, the officials and the law. Since opposition no longer existed and the war and magisterial murders got rid of all men of spirit, Octavian went well ahead with his plans. People belonging to the upper class that had lucre from the revolution, saw the slavish disobedience as the only way of withstanding both politically and financially."

Tags:rome, augustus, nero, tiberius, senators, politics

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This paper examines how the Roman Republic was designed to distribute power or control and how the government was made up of the Senate and the Assembly of the People similar laws to the parliamentary structure in the United States today. In particular, it looks at how, after being successful in battle numerous times, Sulla became one of the two Rome's consuls, the highest office in the republic and how, in 88 B.C., he was placed in command of the war against King Mithradates VI of Pontus in Asia Minor. It discusses how Sulla was an important figure in Rome's history because he was the first to establish a personal autocracy, which gave him the authority as a single leader to exercise absolute control over Rome's citizens and every aspect of their lives.

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"Assassination was considered a viable and acceptable means of removing someone who was not wanted in political office. In theory, it may be one of the reasons why Sulla resigned and is still the only known dictator to resign from office. One might conclude that after declaring himself dictator with no time restrictions to end his dictatorship. Sulla then resigns of his own free will-- This one act seems to signify his intent to have absolute power over the people and ultimately with no end to it."

Tags:autocracy, general, resign, reforms, political-power

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"Cornelius Ryan, the author of "The Last Battle", is one of the most prominent authors of World War II histories. In 1943 he became a war correspondent in the European theater until the German surrender, when he transferred to the Pacific theater until Japan's surrender. Of the eight books that Ryan has written, The Last Battle and The Longest Day are by far his most famous works. In researching The Last Battle Ryan and his staff interviewed over 2,000 participants of the battle for Berlin. He was allowed into the USSR to conduct interviews with the major Russian participants of the battle, with the exception of Zhukov, and was allowed to do extensive research in the Russian national archives. In the archives he discovered and copied many documents and photographs that prior to this time had never..."

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This paper offers an analysis of the poems of Cornelius Eady, which demonstrate the difficulty of being human in an often inhuman world, particularly for black individuals in white mainstream American culture.

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"The poems of Cornelius Eady in "Brutal Imagination" are broken into two sections. In the first section, Eady's persona is the black man invented by white consciousness, particularly the black criminal invented by individuals like Susan Smith, Charles Stewart and white American invention, Stepin Fetchit Buckwheat, Aunt Jemima, etc. The second section entitled "The Running Man Poems" illustrates the barriers in white racist society that often tear apart the black family and defer the dreams of black youth."

Tags:stereotypes, racism, prejudice, black youth, otherness, Susan Smith, culture, barriers to success, race relations

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The paper explains that the term, "Robber Baron," was first used in America in about 1878 to refer to any American capitalist during the late 19th century who became wealthy through the exploitation of various sources, such as natural resources, governmental influence, or by paying low wages for work performed. The author points out that these "Robber Barons", namely, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Henry Ford, were owners and managers of colossal capital and ultimately made themselves and America rich. The paper relates that they all possessed: (1) the true American trait of "rugged individualism"; (2) an overpowering need to acquire material things as a result of their upbringing, which mostly occurred in poverty; (3) subscribed to some type of commonly accepted philosophy, which aided them in (4) understanding the forces at work during their lifetimes; and (5) how to utilize these forces to their own and best advantage.

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"On January 10, 1870, Rockefeller incorporated the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and then sought to end the refining competition in Cleveland by forcing them either to join him or be eliminated. He also initiated a number of changes, a few being that the railroads must make more favorable "rebate" arrangements with Standard and refuse to export crude oil, due to Standard's plan to become the world's biggest exporter of crude oil. Thus, Rockefeller created the world's greatest oil refinery and literally wiped out all of his competition within the span of several years."

Tags:capitalist, exploitation, individualism, poverty, philosophy

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The paper begins with a brief introduction to Irish author, Cornelius Ryan who wrote the bestselling book, "The Longest Day". The paper analyzes the book which talks about the dismay as well as the splendor of D-Day. The paper discusses how Ryan has narrated and described the individual, as well as collective acts of heroism in this book which sold over four million copies worldwide.

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"The author provided factual information and not based on any bias. He interviewed over 1,000 individuals who took part in the event on that day, and gave their personal experiences and perspective that together flawlessly leave his readers thoroughly absorbed. However, there were few stories of heroism, which those that took part has been considered just normal, but to the younger generations it does to some extent seem to be unreal making the book so fascinating.
Contrasting some authors of more recent, Ryan does not become entangled in regurgitation of numbers as for him the most vital aim was to get this story across in the world in forms of the words of those people who actually comprehended and recognized as to what happened that day where one of the great interest in the book as how the book concludes as well as the kind of jobs of those who were interviewed in 1959."

Tags:World, War, II, Normandy, Omaha, Beach

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"By the mid-seventeenth century, the style we have come to call Baroque was in full flower. The Baroque era in art was a manifestation of seventeenth-century life. It was expressed in different ways in different regions. The Baroque was the child of the Renaissance and was in part the result of a religious crisis brought about by the Renaissance emphasis on beauty and humanity:

It did not raise hopes of eternity nor promise everlasting glory to the poor to compensate for their earthly lot. The limitation of its message partly explains why the religious crisis came to a head, leading both to the birth of Protestantism and to the efforts of the Catholic Church to reorganize itself as the Council of Trent. Baroque. . . became the..."

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The paper explains that Tacitus, instead of adopting a colonialist's attitude to the vanquished in the expansion of the Roman Empire, uses scientific means to study them. The author points out that Tacitus's major complaint is that, in the mad drive to the expansion of the Roman Empire to be established as the major superpower, the Romans lost their identity. The paper reports that Tacitus, in "Germania", gives a general description of various cultural facets of ancient and pre-medieval Germany: ethnology, climate and resources, war, government women and religion, administration, justice and education, habits and institutions, marriage laws, feuds and hospitality and drink, gambling, slavery, and tillage.

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"The Roman civilization was considered a beacon to the rest of the world. Along with the Greeks, the Romans created bastions of higher learning, philosophy and thought. But, decadence eventually set in. The economy became static. The emperors eventually resorted to taking the minds of the people by resorting to gladiator-games at the Coliseum. A social hierarchy needed to be maintained unlike the Germans who did not recognize such classes. In addition, the Gauls, Franks and Goths were constantly attacking Roman settlements. The costs of maintaining an army provided too much on the Roman economy. Anarchy arose. The tenant's farmers could not produce enough to sustain a population. To top it all, corruption and internal wrangling resulted in twenty-six different emperors in five decades. This was coupled by the rise and spread of Christianity. And no amount of persecution could help."

Tags:women, war, expansion, decadence, superpower

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The paper first looks at Thucydides, who, in his "History of the Peloponnesian War", draws upon oral historical traditions and cultural myths to describe such remote events as the Trojan War. The paper then examines Tacitus, whose work "Agricola" owed much to the experiences of the historian's own father-in-law, who is the subject of the story of Rome's activities in Britain from about A.D. 61 to A.D. 84.

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"What is the "proper" approach to writing about history? The perspectives of two ancient historians, Thucydides the Athenian and Cornelius Tacitus the Roman, offer us the opportunity to learn from how they presented historical events and the manner in which they did so. While objectivity, lack of personal bias, extensive reliance on source documents, personal interviews, and even first-hand experience of events and knowledge of event-shapers are all valuable qualities in an historian's work, they are not absolute necessities. Thucydides, in his History of the Peloponnesian War, draws upon oral historical traditions and cultural myths to describe such remote events as the Trojan War, and on the speeches he attributes to some of his contemporaries in the war between Athens and Sparta. Tacitus, in the Agricola and the Germania, seems to be more concerned with providing "evidence" of a particular political and ideological orientation than in capturing what we might call "reality" or true "objectivity." Despite these superficial drawbacks, both writers are historians; they offer readers unique insight not only into actual events and the behaviors of key individuals and groups, but also into the underlying cultural norms, ethics, belief systems and values that existed in their lifetimes."

Tags:ideology, ancient, values, objectivity, culture

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This paper describes The Breakers mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The paper relates that it was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the style of an Italian Renaissance villa, and it was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II in the late 19th Century. The paper includes a brief history of the Vanderbuilt family and also explains what the function of the mansion is today.

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"The Breakers was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II and was built in Newport because of the family's passion for yachting and the fact that Newport was the social pinnacle of America at the time. The first Vanderbilts in America were a family of Dutch farmers who migrated to America in the latter half of the century. They settled in New York originally known as New Netherland and not much is known about their early history."

Tags:Breakers, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Richard Morris Hunt