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Tag: Rome
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I think Disney and Las Vegas are the closest the USA gets to the monumental architecture style seen throughout Rome. Monumentalism is architecture designed with massive scale, made to awe the viewer with symbolic power (usually as a symbol of the state). Monumentalism is everywhere in Rome. It’s in Catholic cathedrals. When confronted with monumental…
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One way to reduce phone addiction is to keep a poem handy in a notes file. Every time you’re tempted to open your phone, start with that poem. It turns out that memorizing long poems focuses your thoughts in a very noticeable way. Select well, and you’re memorizing the best writing on earth – like…
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Rome invents the republic model of representative democracy. Rome builds on Greek experiments with democracy and philosophy, to invent and propagate the first republic system of government. Rome successfully runs this republic model for 500 years. Julius Caesar/Augustus overthrow the republic and make Rome an imperial power.
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“Imagine you are a historian of Rome. Please write twenty highly charged headlines about the time ranging from when Caesar crossed the Rubicon and returned to Rome until the time when Augustus took power. The headlines should be written in the style of CNN, written the way that CNN would cover politics”
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