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Roman History
Roman history includes the early history of the city of Rome as well as the civilization of ancient Rome, covering a period spanning from the traditional date for the founding Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 15th century AD. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems.
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The Forum was the city’s political, commercial, and legal heart, but it was also its spiritual center, a space more sacred than the city itself.
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― Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
― Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
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You need not’ he said ‘lose these hours’. For he thought every hour gone that was not given to study.
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