The following is guide to Rome's past. ... Some study this for hobby, most study it as a guide to what we should do in the future. ... Most soldiers were professionals, whose training and discipline made the Roman army one of the greatest fighting forces in history. ...
The following is guide to Rome's past, as Rome had many different intriguing parts of civilization: agriculture, occupation specialization, class stratification, state government, urbanism and long distance trade are traits that are apparent in every civilization. Some study this for hobby; most study it as a guide to what we should do in the future. ... The number of soldiers changed little thereafter, as most soldiers were professionals whose training and discipline made the Roman army one of the greatest fighting forces in history. ...
It is a blend of concern for the history and actions of human beings, mainly the ancient Greeks and Romans, such as, Cicero, Ceaser, and Augustine, with the belief that man was at the center of the universe. ... One of Petrarch's legacies was his belief that the recovery and study of the works of antiquity could restore virtue, culture, and social order. ... His imitation of Virgil's Aeneid shows the degree to which he relied on Classical literature as a source and guide. ... Based on his studies of Cicero, Petrarch believed that there had to be more to virtue than religion. ...
He is most famous for his Histories, which chronicles the rise of the Roman Republic to its Empire days. ... Polybius' goal in his writings was to prove the theory of historical causation, which is still a tenet of the study of history today. ... Yet there is a complete contradiction to the previous statement when Polybius claims, "These facts confirm the proposition which I put forth at the beginning of my history, namely that the supremacy of the Romans did not come about, as certain Greek writers have supposed, either by chance or without the victors knowing what they were doing. ...
