Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus. The twins prayed to the Gods for a sign for which brother would pick the location of Rome. In an argument over the signs, Romulus killed Remus. As the winning brother, Romulus picked the location on Palatine Hill. Most of the settlers were men so they kidnaped wives. Romulus invited the neighboring cities to a feast in honor of Neptune. At the feast, he kidnaped the daughters of the Sabines. Soon after, the Sabines called war on Rome. Before the war could start, the Sabine women said that they were happy with their new husbands and peace was made between the two cities. This was how Rome was founded.

Nerva was the first emperor after the Flavian dynasty. He was born in 30 AD and little is known about his life. During Nero’s reign, Nerva met general Vespasian and they became good friends. Nevra became loyal to the dynasty when Vespasian became emperor. Soon after, Nerva was given consulship at that time. The economic situation became worse as his reign went on. Nerva was forced to make Trajan his successor. In 98 AD, Nerva had a stroke and Trajan became emperor. Nerva had an interesting reign in his time

Hercules and Pandora are myths from Ancient Greece. Hercules’ father was Zeus. Zeus gifted Hercules with strength. Hercules was hated by Hera because he was an illegitimate child, but he was protected by the other Gods. His temper got the best of him, so he went to consult the Oracle of Delphi. The Oracle told him to work for King Eurystheus for ten years. When he started to work, he had to compete the twelve labors.

Pandora was given the job of watching a jar, but she couldn’t know what was inside. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she opened the box. Inside were plagues and diseases. Before she could close the jar, all hope was gone. Hercules and Pandora are myths from Ancient Greece to tell us to not let our temper and curiosity get the best of us.

In 60 BC, Pompey and Crassus made an alliance with Julius Caesar and became the first triumvirate. This triumvirate helped each general when they gained political or military positions. Crassus died in battle in Syria and Pompey was sent to Spain. Caesar was called from Gaul to take part in politics but was told to leave his army behind. Caesar didn’t listen and marched to Rome with his army. When he got there, he fought Pompey’s army and won. Pompey was killed later.

In 47 BC, Caesar became a dictator and made his position permanent in 44 BC. When he took control, he made many reforms. Some of which are — he replaced the Roman calendar with the Julian calendar and he relieved Roman citizens of debt and hardships. The senate wasn’t happy with Caesars reforms and on the 15th of march he was killed.

Tullus Hostilius was a warlike king. He was more warlike than Romulus. Rome and Alba were nearing a civil war for a long time and finally they broke out into a war. The Albans and the Romans agreed that the war would be decided by a duel of triplet brothers. Only one man lived and he was from Rome. Later, Rome needed reinforcements. The Albans sat on the sidelines. As punishment, Tullus ripped apart Mettius with four chariots. Tullus died in 642 BC, by lighting striking his house.

Ancus Martius was the grandson of Numa Pompilius. He was elected by the people of Rome. Ancus tried to be peaceful, but he had to fight against the Latins. He reigned for 24 more years. According to Livy, he was greater than any other king before him.

Alexander the Great led conquests to take over the world. Alexander’s first siege took place at Halicarnassus in Carina. The first thing that he did was loot the city and send all of the wealth to the local ruler. He solved the riddle of the Gordian knot by slicing it in half. One of the only cities spared by Alexander was Jerusalem. Once, he marched all the way to India on his way to conquer all of the major empires at that time. Due to his routine of pulling out soldiers, Rome was able to invade all of Greece. One of his accomplishments is that he never lost a battle. Alexander’s conquests to take over the world were successful, and he took over a massive part of land.

Nero had a very cruel reign. Nero’s birth name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was raised by his mother, Agrippina the Younger. When the Emperor Claudis didn’t have an heir, he married Agrippina and adopted Nero. After his adoption, he changed his name to Nero and became an important public figure. When Claudius died, Nero became emperor of Rome. Nero gained control and had his stepbrother, mother and any other rivals killed. In 64, Rome burned and almost all of Rome was damaged. Some say Nero set Rome on fire and others say he blamed it on his rivals. In 68 AD, he had his secretary stab him and he died. Nero’s reign was cruel and had a sad ending.

Judah had 20 kings but not all of them where good as you will see here. The first king is Rehoboam. In his 4th year as king, he turned away from God. Asa restored the worship of God and rained for 41 years. Jehoshaphat kept up the worship of God and God gave him peace. Ahaziah was killed later. Athaliah thought she had killed heirs to the throne but Joash was saved . He was the next king and was succeeded by his son, Amaziah. He was succeeded by his son, Uzziah.

Jotham tried to restore what his grandfather did but his son, Ahaz, was one of the most evil kings out there. After Ahaz, we had Hezekiah who was the most righteous king in all of Judah. The next two kings are not good kings. Their names are Manasseh and Amon. The last king is Josiah. He was only eight years old when he became king. He was the last good king. Judah’s kings were good only when they obeyed God.

Egyptians had a short lifespan which led them focus on the life and spirit of a person. The person spirit consisted of two beings. the Ka and the Ba. The Ka was a spirit double of the person. The Ba was the like force of the person and was required to stay near the mummy. Bob Brier made a mummy on live tv just by following the instructions left behind by priests.