Ancus, dredged a harbor near Ostia, and he also built fortifications to protect commercial traffic along the Tiber River. ... He accepted this approachment and took side of Tarentum and with his twenty-five thousand soldiers and twenty elephants, defeated Rome. ... Basically what has been concluded is that all the possible causes overlap each other to form the main cause of the declination of this well-built empire. ... The Romans used and abused the use of slavery and while technology was up and coming in other nations and empires, the Romans pretty much ignored it. ... Another reason o...

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What will be discussed includes his accomplishments, his popularity and why he was popular, his enemies he faced, and why he was hated by others. ... In his battles, Caesar gives biased point of views while making it still seem like he was giving both sides of the battle. ... While the Roman army was chasing and defeating all of these people, King Ptolemy XIII was drowned in the Nile River while trying to escape the army. ...

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The Apodyterium was the primary entry to the public baths, usually unheated, and composed of a large changing room with cubicles or shelves where citizens could store clothing and other belongings while bathing. ... The water was provided from an adjacent river or stream, or more commonly, by an aqueduct. ... There was even a cultural and intellectual side to the baths since the truly grand establishments, the thermae, incorporated libraries, lecture halls, colonnades, and promenades and assumed a character like the Greek gymnasium...

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