First, they made a boat bridge which consisted of boats lain side by side. ... It was to be made of wood and supported on stone towers called piers which were to stand in the river. ... The finished road stood over sixty feet above the river. ... A vault is an elongated arch that is made of many arches laid side by side. ... To achieve greater spans with low ceilings, barrel vaults were built side by side, supported on side walls pierced with arches. ...

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Page one February 12th My mind has changed direction in my opionion of how Caesar is running things. I fear the worst for Rome and being a Roman Citizen I feel obligated to take this matter into my own hands if neccesary. Caesar must not be crowned king for who knows what such power could tr...

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First, they made a boat bridge that consisted of boats lain side by side. ... It was to be made of wood and supported on stone towers called piers, which were to stand in the river. ... When the piers reached a height of 30 feet above the river, wooden arches were hoisted into its place between them. ... The finished road stood over sixty feet above the river. ... Rome alone needed 340 million gallons of water per day to supply its great arched baths and other needs. ...

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However this fact, asserted by Suetonius in his Life of Augustus', has no archaeological data to back it up other than his own work. ... Opposite, in the other aedicular niche on the south-east side of the forum, the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, was displayed. ... The temple is described as an octastyle temple having eight columns on the front and seven more on each side with a plain back wall. ... In each corner we find personifications of the Palatine hill and the river Tiber, two geographical aspects dear to Rome, as one is the lifeblood and the other is where Rome was beg...

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As time elapsed, laziness perfused through the people like a coursing river, corruption raged through the government with the force of a great typhoon, and the Visigoths subsequently overtook the Romans like a raging fire. ... The U.S government has meddled with governments in one part of the world and waged war in other parts of the world, and often in multiple places at the same time. ... On one side of the debate, there is a group of people who desire health care at a basic level (nothing is more American than that any person has the right to own a gun, but not to have basic health care in ...

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Because of their conditions, they were left to die of exposure on the Tiber river. ... In 14 BC, the namesake of the Tiber river, began his reign as a Princeps. ... The once strong, boarders of Rome began to crumble, along with multiple other issues which brought Rome to it"s knees. ... After Rome split and the republic fell, the tow sides, the East and West both attempted to become something bigger and went their different paths, neither of which regained much power or position. The West side even attempted to recover the Pax Romana; however, without much luck. ...

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The two great civilizations were bi-polar and they repelled each other like same sides of two magnates . Tiber, 1the river of Rome connects Europe with the rest of known world, symbolizes the maturity and highly consciousness of Romans. ... Here is my space." (1.1.38-39) Whereas River Nile of Egypt provides fertile land and symbolizes passion and liberty. ... The villages adjacent to Tiber river became a powerful city, conquering the rest of Italy and the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. ... However, Shakespeare has shown through Romans characters that superiority is on the Roman side and...

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With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the East, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and rich soil. ... Others died as they fled. ... In the 1500's workers digging a tunnel to change the course of the Sarno river discovered parts of a temple and the forum, but no one paid much attention. ... Tourists can also visit the Antiquarium and see the casts of some of the bodies, houseware, the remains of food such as carbonized loaves of bread, eggs and other things that also date back to ancient Rome. ... Before the artist could begin his work, the rough ...

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Also, as the population grew, they reshaped their landscape to meet their needs by straightening their rivers; digging in canals; and carving the sides of millions of acres of mountains to a terrace farmlands that were like stairways to the heavens. ... Even without the presence of the technology that some other places in the world already possessed, they still made it through to the peak of their civilization. ...

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(Nardo 13) Finally, he wound up at the mouth of the Tiber River in Italy. He went inland up the river, which was a miracle in itself, because the river is very swift. ... With King Latinus' permission, Aeneas and Lavinia founded a city called Lavinium, where they ruled side by side for many years. ... The slave who was ordered to drown them felt pity for them, and instead sent them down the river in a basket. ... Remus saw the first vulture and five others, and Romulus saw twelve. ...

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A massively built stone amphitheater, the Roman Colosseum, known as the Colosseum, is located on the eastern side of the Roman Forum (History.com Staff). ... These earlier amphitheaters were built into the sides of a hill to provide the structure ample support. ... These spectators were perhaps also secluded in a comfortable area with their servants providing food, drinks, and other comforts. ... After being abandoned completely, the Colosseum was later used to store materials for several building projects, which included defense fortifications along the Tiber River, the Palazzo Venezia, and b...

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With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the East, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and rich soil. ... Others died as they fled. ... In the 1500's workers digging a tunnel to change the course of the Sarno river discovered parts of a temple and the forum, but no one paid much attention. ... Tourists can also visit the Antiquarium and see the casts of some of the bodies, houseware, the remains of food such as carbonized loaves of bread, eggs and other things that also date back to ancient Rome. ... Before the artist could begin his work, the rough ...

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After a few minutes of talking and getting to know each other, Alessandro offers to give me a guided tour of the area. ... The main hemi-cycle is bordered on either side by a big semi-domed hall, placed against the hillside to take the lateral forces. ... I later find out that only 7 women own shops, all the others belong to men. ... Overlooking the Via Biberatica, on the other side of the promenade is a three-story building. ... We arrive at a small section of the Via Biberatica, maybe 10 or 15 feet wide, lined on both sides by 6 shops, with another story above containing even more shop...

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Now a Roman force consisting of both consuls opposed Hannibal near the River Trebbia. ... At the Trebbia River, Hannibal incited the headstrong consul Sempronius to cross the river at dawn on a cold November morning by sending in his Numidian cavalry to perform some hit and run attacks. ... Flaminius died that day along with at least 15,000 other Romans. ... 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 lost territories and ...

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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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"This bridge, over the river Gard, is 275 metres (900 feet) long and 49 metres (160 feet) high. ... Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side are the three additional recessed, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by paired monolithic columns. ... However magnificent this structure was in Roman times, the Amphitheater has lost some if its splendor due to being badly damaged by the architects utilizing utilizing stones of the Amphitheater of Arles on other Romanesque. ...

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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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Varus' other commander all died as well in other ways ranging from death in battle, to suicide, to death in Germanic ritual sacrifice. ... At that point Roman Legionnaires could be supplied from the Mediterranean by the rivers and waterways snaking through their territories in Gaul and Roman Germania. ... Initially they did so to avoid the other barbarian tribes that were cutting through their territory but eventually they began to assert themselves and establish their own kingdoms. ... For the first principle both sides did have clear objectives so they both followed the first principle....

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For most farmers, life was hard; nevertheless, they could look forward to regular festivals, such as those at planting and at harvest time, which provided athletic games and other entertainment. ... Many troops were thus stationed along the Rhine and Danube rivers, although other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. ... State Government The senate controlled much of Rome and elected the men to administer its government, controlled the affairs of everyday Rome, declared war and made treaties with other countries, promoted legislation and recommended bills to the po...

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Nevertheless, they could look forward to regular festivals, such as those at planting and at harvest time, which provided athletic games and other entertainment. ... Many troops were thus stationed along the Rhine and Danube rivers. Other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. ... It elected the men to administer its government, controlled the affairs of everyday Rome, declared war and made treaties with other countries promoted legislation and recommended bills to the popular assemblies. ... A praetor determined the dispute and appointed a judge (only after both si...

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In 265 Hiero won a great pitched battle near Longanus River and was elected "Tyrant" of Syracuse. ... But the Mamertines were of Italian origin other hand, and Rome now stood as the very aware and efficient protector of all things Italian. ... They defeated the Carthaginians, and Hiero who had previously had his doubts against Rome changed sides. He was a loyal ally for fifty years, and a number of other Greek cities in Sicily went over to the Romans. ... Because they had absolutely no with the naval side of War, they developed an incredibly handy device called the corvus, which means "...

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educt was needed, there were three courses of arches, one on top of the other, with the arches becoming smaller toward the top. ... Standing just under forty-nine metres above the Gard River, it is the highlight of all Roman aqueducts and one of the best preserved pieces of Roman architecture in France. ...

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A sculpture on the arch, Winged Women, represented victory flutter in the spandrels, and symbolized that the divine victory would always be on Rome's side (Vasta 135). ... With the support from all these other ports, we did not see any record of significant decline in trades and transportation ( Jones). ... With the abundant post-disaster aids from the government, they could simply start new lives in other Roman cities (Alex309). ... Because Pompeii was not a "producer city" and it has its own culture, no other places had a close relation of demand and supply with Pompeii, so th...

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