History Essays

Titus Livius (commonly known as Livy) is one of the most prominent ancient historians who wrote 142 books of Roman history called the Ab Urbe Condita (Gill, 2013). This essay seeks to assess the work of Livy if it qualifies as a work of history; the assessment will be based …

Question One: The main issue in this scenario is whether Jacob has a remedy for the damage done to his land caused by the rainwater runoff from the neighbouring restaurant’s sculpture. Roman Law: In Roman law, there is the actio aquae pluviae arcendae, which imposed liability for damage produced by …

Prior to the era of the 1960s, the people were conventional in voicing their opinion and believed in conforming. The 1950s was a conservative era as well as a time of changes; the music and fashion of the decade reflected the cultural changes that were happening whilst still holding on …

Sparta had a Political organisation unlike many other Greek states at that time that drew upon elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the …

As Ulysses Grant once said, “The right to revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of the oppression, if they are strong enough, either by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a …

What are some methods that were used to treat individuals who were presumably suffering from some form of mental illness prior to the Renaissance period? What are the rationales behind these methods? Prior to the Renaissance period, Enlightenment thinkers urged the reformation of treating mental illnesses, which many treatments were …

NARRATOR: good morning Mrs. Andrews and my dear friends, today I take the immense pleasure and honor to take you all back to the olden days during the revolt of 1857 and acquaint you with its reasons and people involved in the form of a composition. The following is the …

The British romantic era starts from the 1700’s to the 1800’s, Romanticism, a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural period which initiated as a result prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day. This romantic period in the history of British poetry was right in the middle of a time when the society …

The Prussian victory over France in 1870 and the creation of the German Empire led to a change in the balance of power in Europe and to an international system in which Germany, by now the strongest military power on the Continent and one with large and expanding industrial resources, …

Between 100 C.E. and 600 C.E. Rome went through many cultural and political changes, such as the split of the region into eastern and western halves and the rise of Christianity. However, despite these changes, the Roman Empire was able to keep its laws fundamentally the same throughout the Byzantine …