Virgil condones war for the sake of his patron, Augustus Caesar, whose recent victory at Actium, three years before the creation of Virgil's epic, had quelled the rebellion of the Roman commander Marcus Antonius. ... According to Roman mythology, Augustus Caesar was a descendant of Aeneas, from the stock of the sky-father Jupiter himself. ... Where Aeneas faces opposition with diplomacy rather than battle (although he is skilled in both), which shows his cultured nature, Turnus faces opposition with violence and is not once shown as having any diplomatic qualities; even when Latinus propo...

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Italian fascism, in adopting the old Roman symbol of authority (the fasces), looked back to the days of the Roman Empire, which controlled much of Western Europe. This was a direct attempt to restore the glory days of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Hitler was particularly gifted and was frequently able to arouse the masses to a fever pitch. ...

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Being an adolescent can be tough, there are many difficult times and decisions an adolescence will face. Including dealing with school, parents, boyfriend or girlfriend, attractiveness, popularity, and peer pressure. But can you imagine dealing with all those factors and adding...

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In the ever-growing world of health and medicine, we have come across many fantastic discoveries and findings throughout the past couple of decades. The forever-changing field of medicine has bestowed upon us a new fascinating realm of opportunity in the health system. Complimentary and Alternati...

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