Autism on Demand

Many historians attribute Hannibal's loss in the Second Punic War to one of the decisions he made (or rather did not make). Could Hannibal really have won the war had he made different decisions? Hannibal has received much criticism in two areas. Hannibal is criticized for not taking the opportunity to attack Rome and for not convincing Rome's allies to fight for him instead of Rome. But would Hannibal really have had a better chance in winning the war if he did choose to attack Rome and would Hannibal really have succeeded in winning Rome’s allies over if he had been a better diplomat? Is Hannibal to blame for Carthage's defeat during the Second Punic War? I will be exploring this question in this essay.                                                ...

 I must confess that this blog serves more than on purpose for me. I created this blog because I love writing and would like to share my creations with the world. The unfortunate truth is that I have also created this blog because I hoped it would bring in some money. South Africa is a bad place for new job seekers right now. In 2021 we had a youth unemployment rate of 63.3-66.5% with an overall unemployment rate of 28.77%. Meaning that only one in three new jobseekers will be able to find work. I am a qualified librarian but have not been able to find work for over a year now. Naturally, companies prefer workers with experience. Because of the low employment rate virtually all companies in South Africa have a policy of only hiring those with a minimum of two years of work experience, making entry into the job impossible for those who have just graduated. I tried to volunteer to work for free at the library to get the needed work experience, but unfortunately, there were too many p...

An Ode to The Great Conquerors of History Some often look fondly upon history's great warlords Leading their mighty hordes Wielding their shiny swords Intent on squashing the whole world under their thumb An intention rather dumb Their chances of doing so, being next to none But come now let's look at a few Let us look at some of history's best Let us do so in jest Let us see if their greatness is so true   Alexander the Great He had an ego that only wanted to inflate He believed himself to be the son of a god O the poor mistaken sod   Julius Caesar Known by some as that one old geezer He caused the Senate some irritation Which lead to his assassination   Atilla the Hun Boy did he have a lot of fun His favorite pastime was to kill and maim Letting blood flow like rain   Napoleon Bonaparte At Waterloo, he was blown apart He was an irritating little man Sticking his nose in anywhere he can Often times forgetting that they were, in ...

Can the Roman Republic be described as a democratic system? Before we answer this question, we should first ascertain the meaning of democracy. It comes from the  Greek word  dēmokratia . This word is a combination of the words  dēmos  (the people) and  kratia  (power, rule). ( Barnhart, C.L. and Barnhart, R.K. 1998 ) So essentially it means ruled by the people or power to the people.  That being the case the short answer to this question would be no. This answer would not, however, suffice seeing as although the Roman Republic was not a democracy it did possess elements that could be considered democratic.   At first glance, the Roman voting system would not be considered as being democratic, and of course, the first glance would be right, but their voting system does however have some democratic elements. The Romans practiced group voting. This in itself is not necessarily undemocratic. One has to take in account that Rome had a large citizen bo...

  Plato in his Republic and Aristotle in his politics sometimes have conflicting views considering what the position of women and slaves should be in society. This essay will look at what Plato’s and Aristotle’s views are on this subject in these particular works and whether they marginalize women and slaves and how they bring their particular views across. Plato is surprisingly feministic in the Republic. He describes a city wherein both men and women are given equal opportunity to partake in the city’s activities. They even are allowed to take part in politics and even war. His argument for this is that the difference between women and men is purely biological and that women are not intellectually inferior. To introduce his argument he uses the analogy of the watchdog. He says that people do not prefer male guard dogs over female guard dogs because both sexes are equally good at performing their duties and that it therefore does not make sense to allocate certain tasks to me...