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Also called Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor was the third Emperor of the Ming dynasty, and was responsible for ordering the Forbidden City to be built. Ruling from 1402 until his death in 1424, Zhu Di was only the fourth son of the previous emperor, and so had to overthrow his nephew and ...
Victors received a crown made of olive leaves, as well as eternal bragging rights and notoriety. The Olympic Games were officially banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I in 393 AD over the concern that they encouraged pagan practices. By that time, Rome had become the nexus of Christianity. The...
二、 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)Most people who visit the Colosseum know something about the bloody fights between gladiators(角斗士) , men who often fought to death in front of fifty thousan d screaming fans.It is important to remember that _ 16 A of the gladiators were vol...
If they made one gesture, the gladiator 23 . If they gave and gave a sign to the winner to cut his opponent's throat. Most gladiators did not survive for very long. 24 successful gladiator star of the Roman Empire. Children played with clay gladiator "action figures" with their ...
(remark) examples of Roman architecture.Arches and columns(拱门和石柱)supported the weight of the arena,which was made of stone and concrete. Over the centuries,more than two-thirds of the Colosseum(2) was destroyed(destroy).Since the 1990s,the ancient round theater,includ...
If they made one gesture the gladiator 23 it. If they gave another the emperor gave a sign to the winner to cut his opponent's throat (喉咙). Most gladiators did not survive for very long. 24 successful gladiators were the rock stars of the Roman Empire (children played with clay ...
Ahead of the Doctor Who Christmas special, eagerly awaited by fans as a centrepiece of BBC1’s festive schedule, Steven Moffat made the comments in discussion with fellow showrunner Russell T Davies. “Human beings are amazingly cheap, we’re knocking out human beings every day. And unlike any...
The road, the Colosseum and the pantheon is so grand that we cannot understand they were built so quickly. But now we also do not have enough evidence to prove the guess. We do not know how much time they take to build Rome, in any case Roman culture appears is an indisputable fact....
The same gods and the same stories made Rome and Greece became polytheistic. Expect the alphabet and mythology, art is also a typical sign what represents a country. When Rome occupied the land of Greece as a conqueror, the architects who were from Greece could only gather in the Roman ...