It was a mess, 2nd century BC and Rome had no army. Troops were drawn periodically from the population of male, property-owning citizens between 17 and 46. Men were ranked by age and height to ensure that no one legion monopolized the prime candidates, officers from various legions took their...

The Roman concept of 'pax deorum' was to keep the people of the community, and the state in good graces with the Gods. This was the underlining force in Roman religion, and was illustrated by the speech of Camillus, were he stated; "All things went well when we obeyed the Gods, but badly when we ...

Two brothers began to fight over who was going to settle on the great peninsula of Italy, Romulus and Remus both saw what this great fertile land had to offer. Eventually, Romulus won the fight by killing his brother. In 753 B.C., Romulus planted The Roman Roots where they started to grow into the...