The Roman Way Romans denoted exaggeration; they were spectacular builders and pre-eminently men of war. They had a clear idea of discipline and a keen-sighted, steady common sense. They were actually knows as rude and wild, primarily because of how much Romans loved the ... and the only contribution she made to the world of sports. Rome's monumental achievement was law; the great Law of Nations, which sustained with equal justice the rights of freeborn men everywhere. It was Rome who spread everywhere the great idea that a man must be assumed to be innocent until he was proved guilty; who pr...

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Once a state (with all its entities) is in place the challenges of becoming a unified community take hold. The word nation describes this community. It consists of people who share a common ethnic origin, culture, historical tradition, and language. Organized under a single government, nations function on a sort of notion of "who we are as opposed to who we are not". Within these nations, political culture and socialization emerge. The functioning of political institutions at least partially reflects the attitudes, norms, and expectations of the citizenry . Public attitudes towards politics an...

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