... we can treat many of his writing as fact since they are not very opinionated and are agreeable with other writers of the era. We derived from his writing that the social structure of Rome was that of many levels. The highest level being the Monarch, whom was Romulus in this ... to justify the annexation of other lands. The patron/client relationship is another example of social inequality in Rome. This relationship shows that the upper-class, known as the patricians, clearly believed that their clients deserved to be of a lower status due their lack of intelligence. This is seen ... were...

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... respect either of food, or of more clothing, or punishment inflicted on them in some way, their loyalty and kindly feeling to the master may be restored by the consolation derived from such measures" (Bailkey, Lim p 437). "Runaway slaves, fugitvii, were branded on their forehead, and the later treatment of slaves included whippings, requirement of the slaves to work in fetters ... , whereas for rural slaves death was the outcome no matter which route they chose to exercise. If one was to be a slave, to work in the household of an upper-class aristocrat was ideal. Under many circumstances...

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