Have you ever wondered if Rome is a great place to live? Well the answer to that is yes‚ they had many great jobs‚ nice foods‚ lots to do for fun‚ and amazing education. Some people might say somewhere besides Rome is better‚ but it’s not Rome had many different things better than anywhere else‚ and Rome had slaves that were sometimes beaten or worked to death. Although Rome had slaves‚ most of the owners were actually nice. Slaves were sometimes paid and possibly set free. They were treated like
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The Old House on the Hill Crimson rays of sunlight speckled through and glittered the autumn leaves‚ making their colorful silhouette seem to dance on the mountain horizon. These fluttering hills rise up from the back of a vast plateau like pasture as if they were titans‚ peacefully awaiting the turn from day to dusk. A calm breeze feathers the tall sun spotted grasses with an inconsistent motion making the ground appear alive. In the back corner of this field lies a large and seemingly mystifying
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Feature Article Get your animal skins ready men‚ it’s that time of year again! The feast of Lupercalia has come around to Rome once more. This special feast is on February 15th to celebrate the twin founders of our great city‚ Romulus and Remus‚ as well as honoring the god Faunus. Most of us should know the tale of Romulus and Remus but for those youngsters‚ the tale tells that as children‚ Romulus and Remus were thrown into the River Tiber on orders of their usurping uncle Amulius
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Valentine’s Day and February equal love and romance. In Ancient Rome‚ this time of year had similar connotations‚ but they were celebrated very differently. In modern times‚ the month of February and St. Valentine’s Day has come to symbolize love and romance‚ and has been celebrated in this gentile way since the days of courtship and wooing of the Middle Ages. But the origin of February can be connected with love and fertility by be tracking back to the roots of ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia
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’A Visit to hill a Station’ is an exciting experience. It gives a chance to live in the lap of Nature. In direct touch of Nature we can feel a divine peace and calmness in mind. It makes us feel to be lucky among millions who are over busy in world by affairs. India is a hot country. It is terribly hot during the months of May and June. The northern plains of India are very hot in these months. Hence a trip to some hill station is always tempting. Everybody likes to go somewhere in the lap of Nature
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Hills like elephants The short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway has a lot to do with making decision in a relationship. The story shows problems within a relationship and a lack of communication between a couple. Throughout the story‚ the couple is trying to argue about having an abortion. The couple has different mindset than each other‚ because of which they don’t agree with each other. The hills symbolize two different situations that the pregnant girl is faced with. Both
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decided to go to Mussourie on foot. A bus could also take us there‚ but we just wanted to have a novel experience of hiking. We reached Rajpur. It is just at the foot of the hills. It was from here that we set out for Mussourie on foot. We hired two coolies at Rajpur to carry outr luggage. Our route lay meandering round lofty hills. The cool air of the mountains‚ the greenery all round‚ the picturesque scenery gladdened our hearts. We went on and on‚ climbing steadily till we reached Mussourie. It
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Hills Hoist (1945) Born in 1902 in Knoxville‚ Adelaide‚ Lance Hill was a motor mechanic‚ manufacturer and designer of the rotary clothesline‚ a popular household device of the 1950’s. Growing up in Adelaide‚ he was the second oldest child of Alfred William Hill and Lillian Ethal. As he grew up‚ he helped out with the family business of a bacon and meat canary‚ where he obtained thereafter‚ a steam engineer’s certificate‚ refrigeration and general engineering skills and later opened his own motor
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The Hero’s Journey The Hero’s Journey model helps to understand myths much better because it summarizes in a more detailed way the most important things that happen in the history and makes the understanding easier because we can have a general and previous view of the main factors that appear in the myths to be able to choose what happens and to create an outline faster. According to narrative scholars the Hero’s Journey is a forms of basic template for all great stories. Described at length
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The Italian Lira is a fairly new currency with roots that lie deep within Italian culture. The word "lira" is actually derived from the Latin word "libra"‚ meaning pound‚ making it a distant cousin to that of the British pound sterling. The lira was a monetary unit long before it existed as a coin or note. The lira made its first appearance in the hands of bankers‚ merchants and consumers in Venice in 1472‚ put in place by Doge Nicolas Tron. The Venice lira set a trend for large silver coins with
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