Essays Tagged: "Army"
Pompey the Great
distinguished himself in the civil war between Lucies Sulla and Gaius Marius. Pompey raised his own army in Picenum. He did such a good job raising his army he was made an imperator general. In 83 B.C ... death by poison permitted Pompeys return to Italy in time to annihilate the remnants of Spartacus's army fleeing from the defeat at Crassus hands (71 B.C.). For his victory, Pompey celebrated his seco ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Comparison of ancient Rome and Greece
f a dictator, who had complete control over the people, because the dictator usually controlled the army. From the Romans economic system, we gained their great knowledge of architecture. The Romans w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Agamemnon
inging of the war. They sing of the gods,asking for them to help them win the war, and of the great army. They anxiously awaitthe news from the Queen. In the song, they tell how Agamemnon kille ... hat rudely. He only listens to her because of his loyaltyto his King. She tells the leader that the army has taken Troy. The leader is skeptical andasks her to repeat herself several times. The Queen ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Brutus' Harmartias
artia Brutus makes isdeciding not to kill Antony. Brutus also makes the mistake of meeting Antony's army inPhilippi instead of waiting at the camp. These three harmartias of Brutus will be greaterexpl ... ny ends up being even stronger without Caesar and is a tyrant ruler in atriumvirate. Antony and his army are the reason why Brutus kills himself. If Brutus didkill Antony he would probably of lived an ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Mithraism
enty-two days remain till the celebration ofMithra begins (Cunningham, 197). Myself and a few of my army comrades have big plansfor this upcoming occasion, it is just a shame though that some of our f ... future, and the followers ofMithraism become extinct, bad things will happen. I foresee a very weak army defendinga weak and corrupted Empire. Hopefully neither my son nor myself will ever see such ad ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Drug Smuggling
e of the thing that the government are trying to do to help stop thishorrible thing are sending the army out in the streets to help seize some of thedrugs on the streets, and the government is also pu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
What lead to the fall of the roman empire - Breif Summary
e killed because the emperor feared losing his throne to them. If you kill your best generals, your army will never be as good as it could be.Another important factor is that of Roman unity. The early ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
My Perception of the Military Organization. American military power suffers continual trade-offs during fiscal tightening.
ower, equipment modernization, current missions or quality of life issues. Almost every item in the Army budget fits, albeit roughly, into one of these elements. As in the interwar period of 1918-1941 ... nd the policies through which we "manage" our forces. The actual tactical composition of the future Army, be it the "medium brigade" or something else, is almost irrelevant to the issue. Regardless of ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Informative essay on specific aspect of "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
g. Colonel Cargill addresses his men by saying, "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it."(29) Even though the remark is true, it h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Comparison between two romantic writers. "You touched me" by D. H. Lawrence and "The use and abuse of history "by Friedrich Nietzsche. Compares topics such as happiness and life
dying father and his two daughters, who loves their father a lot and an adopted son enrolled in the army. The father continuously fights his disease, battling to stay alive. We see life as a fragile, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Iphigenia, examines the relationship of religion in the classic tradgedy Iphigenia, and also includes modern day examples of religious corruption
purposes though. For instance, the gods are used by all the high ranking characters to control the army. Calchas uses that to control Agamemnon. Finally, the play-write, who wrote the play when the w ... the people all question the existence of the gods. When the winds don't come for many days, and the army is restless, Agamemnon sends Calchas to the oracle to find out what the gods want him to do to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Ancient Greece - A Time Of Great Cities And Lives
e where women were did not have as many rights as they do today,and along with the most outstanding army in their time. A quote that goes along with thistime is; 'I have killed one I have killed two - ... st feared armies in all ofthe world in its time. Of all the battles and wars that the Ancient Greeksarmy had engaged in there was always a plan of attack, just like in today'sarmies. Today's armies mi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Heroes, An essay on the epic, The Odyssey
lesser things, I mean epicheroes always do something so great, like take twenty men on, or lead an army to victory.Everyday heroes seem to be more realistic and do something that's great, but its not ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Beowulf and the Song of Roland, the theme of Father/Son Relationship
hough Charles is the better warrior than Roland, he relies on Roland to watch the rear guard of his army and Roland loses his life while serving his King. The significance of these inter-generational ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Virtues, what are they and where are they found?
temperance, and justice. Plato relates the virtues to a community, which is made up of the rulers, army, and workers. Now the base line is the workers, and they do not try to blend with the army as t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Organizational Culture How do we as leaders change an environment that appears to be detrimental to allowing our soldiers to "be all they can be"?
ablishing doctrine attempt to attack the issue, but what we really want to do is change the way the Army thinks. We want to change the Amy's culture. Organizational researcher Edgar Schein points out ... ged as a valid way to perceive, think and feel as the organization deals with problems.1 Hence, the Army's culture is its personality. It reflects the Army's values, philosophy, norms and unwritten ru ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Queen Elizabeth I. Essay prompt relating to a speech QEI made to rally her troops. Analyzation AP style.
t of the people he is speaking to. Queen Elizabeth I had to put forth more effort when rallying her army then a king would; she was a woman. In calling her army to arms, Queen Elizabeth I of England u ... side of the minds of the people to whom she is speaking. Elizabeth reinforces her confidence in the army by saying, "...but being resolved....to live or die amongst you all; to lay down for my god and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Book study of "The Other side of the fence" by Paul Mauchline
s if it were him narrating it.Passage:"Richard looked up. A boy dressed in baggy jeans and a thick, army-green sweater was pushing his way towards them. He was about the same age as Richard, several i ... rd's view:I looked up to see Vic, the boy who owned the squat. He was dressed in baggy jeans and an army-green sweater, and was pushing towards us. He looked to be about my age, but a few inches short ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Federalists vs. Anti-federalists
they would easily be defeated. For this reason the central government needs to be able to raise an army and to do this it needs power. The anti-federalists didn't want to give any power to the centra ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Mythological Heroes
he would eventually be killed there. The way that she tried to preventhimfrom going into the army was to hide him among the women of the court sothathe could not be persuaded by his close ... o find Achilles, Odysseus easily spotted him among thewomen, and persuaded him to join the Greek army. After many years of battle with the Trojan forces, Achilles ended up ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology