This statement is also relevant to ancient world where major conflicts were cultural and religious. ... Rome is situated in the central Mediterranean sea . The villages adjacent to Tiber river became a powerful city, conquering the rest of Italy and the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. ... 'Serpent of old Nile' ,Cleopatra has great impact on Roman rulers because her love is the delicious poison for the Roman's ruler which has no panacea .Cleopatra symbolizes the feminine nature of the East which attracts West towards herself....

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And since Romans had mastery of the sea by this point in time, the only possible discourse by which to transport an army to Italy from Spain was over the Alps. ... At a place called Ticinus the first blood of the Punic Wars was spilt on Italian soil in a cavalry engagement, and much of the blood coming from the wound of Publius Scipio, who survived the conflict but was unfit to command for the next battle. ...

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Later he married an older woman named Ann Hathaway and had three children. ... I am, indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes; when they are in great danger, I recover them. ... But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man. ... Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man. ... On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures." ...

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