The Roman Empire
The rise and fall of this great empire cannot fail to fascinate us for we can all see in such a story something of our own times. But of all the empires that have come and gone, none has more immediate appeal than the Empire of Rome. It pervades our lives even today: Its legacy is everywhere to be seen. Of all the peoples of the ancient world the Romans can the most easily be understood, for we are not looking just at dead ruins or serried ranks of dreary pottery in museum showcases but at real people- at intimate emotions, conflicts of loyalty, and incredible bravery; at ambition, naked power, and human failing When William Shakespeare wrote of Brutus (one of the assassins of Julius Caesar), “the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up, and say to all the World, ‘This was a man,’” he was indirectly emphasizing just this point. We are able to distinguish and examine the complexities of Brutus’s character and to appreciate him as a human being. In such......
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