Reference no: EM133686757
Assignment:
Project 1
Topic: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
Then follow the directions below the list:
- In the Struggle of the Orders, choose a side and make a speech to the Senate arguing for your position
- Who was Rome's greatest Emperor and why? Who was Rome's worst Emperor and why?
- Discuss an example of how and why the Roman Empire adopted and adapted something from a foreign culture whom they conquered
- Choose an example or a type of architecture from this list and discuss its social role: aqueducts, baths, the Roman Forum, temples, triumphal arches, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Ara Pacis, the Circus Maximus, or the Roman Curia
- How and why did Christianity take hold in the Roman Empire?
- From the primary sources, discuss the similarities and differences between Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and the selections from Cicero's De re publica. How did they represent their time and place, given that both are within 80 years of each other?
Project 2
The topic Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire for essay 1:
Make sure you read ALL of the directions below.
Using examples from Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire (you must cover all three), explain instances where civilization progressed forward and particular instances where it declined (you must cover both for each of the three). Do not explain the rise and fall of Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, rather, just choose an example of an advance and an example of decline from each of the three, briefly describe it, and most importantly, explain how and why. Since this is a 7-page essay, and you need 6 separate examples, you should write about a page for each one.
Civilizations rise and fall. But even on that trajectory there are many fluctuations. Instances of smooth progress are actually quite rare in history, especially when we lengthen the time to examine. Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, existed for centuries and extended across vast territories of land and sea. Your essay should offer a brief narrative background on each one, followed by specific instances of both progress and decline, which you will describe, and then offer your explanation of "how?" "why?" "what does it mean?"
Given the length of this paper, you must be very clear and concise - do not go off on tangents. Focus on concepts and illustrate them with specific examples. Most importantly, the paper must reveal your thinking - do not simply repeat what happened in history.