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Old 02-20-2005, 17:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Praxus
Rome started as a city-state (supposidly of Latins and Trojans) and over a 900 year period conquered the whole of the med. Also I might add that without Rome, England would have been a series of insignificant islands, in all likelyhood.
Western civilisation as a whole owes Rome a huge debt, it is Roman values and culture that we basue our own societies upon and seek to spread to others. The Roman Empire is arguably the most influential human construct ever created.
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