1. Roman Values: Rise and Fall of the Republic
... Secondly, Romans thought that they received their values from their ancestors. This common belief was known as "mos maiorum", meaning the "way of the ancestors." Furthermore moral values such as honor, respect, faithfulness, and family all played massive roles in shaping the roman and people individually ... the populares who supported "the common people and interest" and the optimates who supported "the best people." This is the beginning of which past social values started to implode because at this point people associated themselves with the group that better heightened their own pol...
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