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They've had a kingdom, a republic, a dictatorship, and an empire.
Their democracy would be the basis for most modern democracies. The
people have always been involved with and loved their government, no
matter what kind it was. They loved being involved in the government,
and making decisions concerning everyone. In general, the Romans were
very power-hungry. This might be explained by the myth that they are
descended from Romulus, who's father was Mars, the god of war. Their
government loving tendencies have caused many, many civil wars. After
any type of government, the change has been made with a civil war.
There have also been many civil wars between rulers. But it all boils
down to wanting to be involved in government.
When the Greeks finally entered Troy after ten long years of
siege, a man named Aeneas escaped the city with his father, Anchises,
and his son, Ascanius. They went to Mt. Ida, where they were to meet
Aeneas' wife, Creusa, but she never showed up. Saddened, Aeneas
acquired a boat and sailed around the Mediterranean. He bounced around
from Asia Minor to Greece to Crete looking for a place to found a new
. . .
In the Punic wars against Carthage, Rome had to develop naval
technology.
The two Caesars of the east and west were Constantine and Galerius,
respectively. As the Republic grew older, it
became more complicated. Accounts Livy,
"Not without good reason did gods and men choose this spot as the site
of a city, with its bracing hills, its [spacious] river by means of
which the produce of inland countries may be brought down and inland
supplies obtained; a sea near enough for all useful purposes, but not
so near as to be exposed to danger from foreign fleets; a district in
the very center of Italy, in a word, a position singularly adapted by
a nature for the growth of a city. Their
government loving tendencies have caused many, many civil wars. To prevent Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia,
from having children who could claim the throne, Amulius made her a
celibate priestess. I will never deny my allegiance to my native town,
only I will never forget that Rome is my greater fatherland, and that
my native town is but a portion of Rome. The Conservatives, led by Senator Cato the Elder,
wanted to settle down and stop expanding. (49) Everyone was thankful when he
was assassinated in 41 AD.
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