Even though Western culture puts emphasis on verbal communication, other cultures such as Asian and African do not give words that same value in the therapeutic process. ... For example, African people tend to represent in dancing, singing, ceremonies and rituals what Western people...
Tacitus states that under Augustus the senate was filled with men 'who found slavish obedience the way to succeed politically' and it appears this carried on under Tiberius, with Tiberius calling senators 'men fit to be slaves' This is demonstrated in the senate's indecisiveness about the choice of governor for a province in Africa, to which they eventually positioned Blaesus as he was Sejanus' uncle, preferring to please the emperor to further their careers, rather than acting as a focus for opposition. ...
