... , larger aedicular niche which held, on the north-west side, a statue of the Roman hero Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulder and leading Ascanius by the hand in their flight from Troy. This whole exedra honored the fabled kings of Alba Longa and the predecessors of the kings of Rome. Opposite, in the other aedicular niche on the south-east side of the forum, the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, was displayed. The rest of this exedra was dedicated to statues ... , Caesar's, death. On his left then is Venus, the supposed founder of the Julian line. Beside Venus sits Romulus, the foun...

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... propaganda (Alex 309). He built The Arch of Titus to show Romans that Rome was favored by the gods. Deities could be seen on the sculpture, serving and aiding Roman leaders (Vasta 135). 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). Propaganda was a ... 99 percent of Roman population. Secondly, Romans preferred to distribute important infrastructures widely throughout the country, in order to prevent from heavy losses, when unpredictable incident happened in one place...

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... that Greece was blessed. Ideal utopia, every reason for one to bicker over possession. The Story of Divine Origin was fought by two brothers, Romulus and Remus. They were the sons of the war god Mars and beautiful princess. Because of their conditions, they were left to die of exposure on the Tiber river. Rescued by a kind soul, they were raised and when they grew old enough ... much power or position. The West side even attempted to recover the Pax Romana; however, without much luck. But though the Empire itself no longer existed, the Christian church still acknowledged the symbolic mea...

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... royal family to remain Macedonian so he made a rule that brother and sisters were to marry each other and keep for themselves and their offspring the right to govern (7). The rule caused many difficulties due to the sharing of a kingdom by siblings. The rule led to weak rulers and horrible feud (7). Ptolemy Auletes XI was a blood thirsty, power hungry man. These traits were later on passed ... slave (10). He had just arrived in Tarsus. He summoned Cleopatra to that city in order that they might discuss " political and financial matter of her fleet in the mouth of the Cydnus River (10). ...

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... the shells (molds) of the bodies preserved in the hardened ash. By pouring plaster into the shells, they can make copies of the victims, even to the expressions of agony on their faces. Pompeii was not forgotten. Peasants in the area searched for hidden treasure and they made tunnels. In the 1500's workers digging a tunnel to change the course of the Sarno river discovered parts of a temple and the ... 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....

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