<u>WHAT</u>: POMPEII was a city of Ancient Rome.
<u>WHEN:</u> According to archaeologists and scientists who have studied the vestiges of this ancient city, it is believed that the first inhabitants of the area settled there in the 11th century BC. Although this is not the date of the foundation of the city, it would be closer to the seventh century BC.
<u>WHERE:</u> Pompeii is located a few kilometers from the city of Naples, housed at the foot of the volcano Vesuvius, one of the most transcendental volcanoes in the world given its history.
<u>HOW:</u> In the year 79 of our era Pompeii suffered one of the most violent natural disasters in the history of mankind. More than 2,000 people died instantly or were buried alive under a blanket of ash from the eruption of Vesuvius.
<u>BECAUSE</u>: It was buried by the violent eruption of Vesuvius on August 24 of the year 79 d. C.and many of its inhabitants died due to the pyroclastic flow. The current city of Pompeii rises nearby.
<u>BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT</u>: Its historical importance would not have gone beyond that of any other seat in the Roman world but for the terrible eruption of Vesuvius, which took place in 79 AD. As a consequence of the same, Pompeii and other places of the environs were buried by layers of lava and ashes. Many of the Pompeians were able to flee and protect their lives, but some of the inhabitants were buried and fossilized in time as well as the streets, temples, hot springs, homes or public buildings.
Pompeii was forgotten for more than fifteen centuries.
Most of early history, these was no seperation of church and state, so they were one and the same.
This applies to both the English civil war ( if you can call any war civil) and the Dutch revolt. Both were to end Catholic domination of the Protasant subjects.
All wars are both religious and political. But end up anti-religious as they violate the very tenets of any religion they expound so it is only being about power.
Protasants revolted against the Catholics for freedom but then in-fighting over which Protasant religion is good.
The politics of any war are power and greed. Someone wants what someone else has and demands the right to take it and deny others taking it from them.
Many claim they are trying to protect the ' true' religion or claim for religious freedom and then show they are no better then the heritics they decry and deny others the same freedoms they want,
When all is said and done - all is just for power.
War has never settled any differences. It just pospones the reversal of power as will always happen. The French Revolution almost did by beheading the royals but as many escaped and Napolian brought new ones in. Nothing much changed.
The American revolution - which was the 1st non-religious war started the change for wars to not just be about religion.
federal Taxes were too high.
Federal Gov't was too strong and put too many rules in place on states.
Rugged Individualism, that individuals should take care themselves and not rely on Federal Gov't to help (poor) or regulate (rules)
Its to like put them at harm or in a negative sutiation/position.
I don't think I can come up with 5.
1. Both have a system of voting to decide major issues like whether or not to go to war. The difference is in who can vote. Mostly it was an issue of property in Athens. You had to own property to be able to vote. Foreigners and women were not given the vote.
2. It was a citizen's duty to debate the issues in Athens. America, when I was growing up, had a similar stance. I believe it is more repressive now.
3. The vote, once completed, was what was done. That idea in America ended with Gore vs Bush over the Florida election. And now all that can be debated is Trump. I'm not fond of the man, but I also don't like the fact that people are "at war" about whether or not he should stay in office. The cry is for impeachment, especially from some democrats. There is little hint of cooperation in that. Before all this, though once elected, a president (with the exception of Nixon) could look forward to a modicum of cooperation.
That's about what I can come up with.
