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The Death of Julius Caesar: The Birth of the Roman Empire
Ilakiyaa Sellathurai Y11 (London) Julius Caesar was well-loved by the people, as he was a great and successful military leader and...
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Battle of the Hydaspes
Anoushka Ranjit (Dubai) Alexander the Great was the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. His reign began in 336BC and came to...
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Oedipus Rex: what does it tell us?
Amani Hassani (Dubai) ‘The Story of Oedipus’ is a Greek legend that lies among others such as ‘Pandora’s Box’, or ‘Daedalus and Icarus’....
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Raëlism
Nishka Nanani (Dubai) ‘Let us embrace Science and the new technologies unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the...
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Death in Literature
Veeva Gathani (Dubai) Why do we instantly respond to the word ‘death’ with unequivocal fear? Could it be the way society has disciplined...
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The story of Oedipus
Veeva Gathani (Dubai) Wow! Greek Mythology! Who doesn’t love a good old Greek myth? Greek Mythology is wondrously known for its set of...
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The Death Penalty under Hammurabi
Alhena Alibhai (Dubai) One of the earliest established death penalty can be seen in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon. King Hammurabi...
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The Death of Castor and Pollux
Chelsea Cresswell Y11 (London) In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were twin half-brothers known together as the Dioscuri, meaning...
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Virgil’s Kingdom of the Dead: The afterlife in Aeneid 6
Maaira Khan Y11 (London) Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, tells the story of Trojan warrior Aeneas’ voyage from fallen Troy to Italy,...
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Socrates asked for free dinners to punish his crime...
Isabel Smale Y11 (London) Every Latin student knows at least five ways of saying ‘kill’, but not necessarily how to say hello. Was death...
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Ancient Greek Burial Customs
Elizabeth Dean Y11 (London) Ancient Greek burial customs are attested in literature, archaeological evidence and art. The only methods of...