In 1748, under the ruling of Charles III, the King of Naples, excavation attempts were put in place to dig up the mysterious site located southeast near the base of Mount Vesuvius. ... Hygiene seems to have been a great issue of concern if one takes note of the various public and private baths (Ling 2007:125). ... It is also possible to study the raw materials they used to build with and thus note how advanced they were in this regard compared to the rest of the ancient world (Ling 2007:122). ... However, one crucially important fact of note was later made clear in 1882 by August Mau, a German...

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It is almost certainly an oxymoron to mention any concept labeled to be "Machiavellian justice," as much of the Florentine diplomat's work is provided under the premise that a proper order of the soul is a weakness and detrimental to the republic. ... Machiavelli doesn't see an attainable middle ground between creating excessive strength to protect the republic and harboring weakness which he feels will collapse the republic. ...

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