Livy uses the conflict between the patricians and plebeians to mirror the struggle of the Optimates and Populares during the late Republic. ... What must be realized is that Livy supports neither the Optimates nor the Populares. ... This shows that Livy is using the Conflict of Orders to resemble the recent history of conflict between the Optimates and Populares. ... Livy most likely thought of the injustice done to Gracchus when he wrote this account into his history. Gracchus was the foremost Populares tribune at the time, and was killed because he sought to take power away from the opposing...

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., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. ... Because of that, the houses of Pompeii have given us a treasure of mural paintings, the most complete record of the changing fashions in interior decoration in the entire ancient world. ... Obviously incrustation was a process of decoration often beyond the reach of any but the most powerful and wealthiest. ... It is probably been done at the late phase of the style, "the individual field were once again enclosed in a real three-dimens...

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Some of the most common documents include the "Kahun Gynecology Papyrus", the "Edwin Smith Papyrus" and the "Ebers Papyrus". ... The Ancient Greeks seemed to be the source of most medical knowledge up through and including the time of the Roman Empire. Most of Rome's best-known physicians were actually Greek. ... Healing cults was soon organized for those who believed in this type of medical care and became quite popular. ... The worship of Asclepius began around 500 BC, about the same time that Greece's most famous doctor, Hippocrates started practicing medicine. ...

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Obviously most spectators just enjoyed the massacre without any remorseful reflections. ... (Jory p.537) Most gladiators, at Rome and elsewhere were slaves, but in addition there were always some free men who became gladiators because they wanted to. ... That was why the games were not popular with a few rulers such as Marcus Aurelius. He directed that if a gladiator was freed as a result of popular outcry in the amphitheater the liberation was to be annulled. ...

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Because the seating sections are no longer present, historians do not know the exact capacity of the building, but most estimate it to have been between 50,000 and 80,000. ... Street shows, which were once thought of as undignified, became more popular with time. ... As these shows became more popular people began constructing larger, freestanding buildings. ...

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In the 19th century most civil-law countries codified the bulk of their legal statutes. ... The Law of the Twelve Tables thus drafted was submitted to and accepted by the popular assembly. ... The most significant development in the Roman legal system of this period was the right given by the first Roman emperor Augustus and his successors to eminent jurists to deliver responsa, or opinions, on the legal cases on trial in the courts. ... In his administration of the Roman Empire, the disaster that upset Augustus the most took place in Germany. ... Subsequently Justinian I appointed a committee...

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The Romans have had almost every type of government there is. They've had a kingdom, a republic, a dictatorship, and an empire. Their democracy would be the basis for most modern democracies. The people have always been involved with and loved their government, no matter what kind it was. They love...

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No one touched Hannibal until the next year.14 Sitting around and waiting for Hannibal to make a mistake is not a short term thing, and most Romans disagreed with Fabius" plan of delay, so they elected new consuls in 216 favorable to war: the popular Varro and the senate favorite Paullus. ... He now controlled most of Southern Italy, while giving up the North a while ago. ... The result was a very bloody draw.16 Most certainly, "Never again in Italy did a Roman general allow Hannibal to draw him into a full-scale battle; rather, one army dogged his footsteps while others reoccupied the lo...

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