... , even Juno...Even she will mend her ways and vie wi! th me In cherishing the Romans, the master-race, The wearers of the Toga. So it is willed."(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. He found Latium, ruled by King Latinus, and married his daughter, Lavinia ... made it his capital. Now we advance four centuries. The king of Alba Longa is Numitor. He had a jealous brother named Amulius, who seized the throne and drove out Numitor. To prevent Numitor's daughter, R...

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... for that matter man too. He dressed in a style all his own. He was not very strong as boy. All male children were expected to be good athletes. Caesar acquired skills in running, fencing, and horseback riding. He became capable of physical feats that would astonish his childhood friends. His health was a bit frail as a kid. At an early age he became ... somewhat deaf and after he was thirty he suffered occasionally from fits of epilepsy. He was rather tall for a man from his time, he grew to be about five feet eight inches tall. In Roman tradition the fathers arranged their children's' ...

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... particularly concerned with public welfare and sold even his personal possessions to alleviate the effects of famine and plague within the empire, he ruthlessly persecuted the Christians, believing them a threat to the imperial system. In 176 he returned to the northern frontier, hoping to extend the boundaries of the empire northeastward to the Wisla (Vistula) river. He died of the plague in Vindobona (now Vienna) on March 17, 180, before he could begin ... outside the city of Adrianople, which is now the city of Edirne, Turkey. This critical battle also established the dominance of ca...

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... , he turned quickly, castrating himself. He ended up bleeding to death. In both versions of the Aronibus, an almond tree (some stories say it was a pomegrate tree), sprung up from his blood. Then, one day, the daughter of the river god, Sangarius, came along and sat next to the tree. She picked some of the fruit off it and placed it in her lap. This impregnated her. When Sangarius ... of Cybele. She is holding the tympanum in her left hand and the communion cup in her right. She is accompanied by two lions. In this statue, she does not have on a traditional crown. Her breasts are half-wa...

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... to Rome as a private citiczen. Pompey and Caesar were maneuvered into a public split; neither could yield to the other without a loss of honor, dignity, and power. (6) In 49 BC, Caesar tried to maintain his position legally, but when he was pushed to the limit he led his armies across the Rubicon River, which was automatic civil war. Pompey's legions were in Spain, so he and ... the Senate retreated to Brundisium and from there sailed to the East. Caesar quickly advanced to Rome, set up a rump Senate and had himself declared dictator ... a revolt against his rule with Caesar's help. Af...

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