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| =How decadent were the Romans?=
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| [Roman morality]
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| Tertullian, De spectaculis; Plutarch, On the Greatness of Rome. Juv. 10, 13?
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| =Why was slavery never effectively challenged in the ancient world?= [Slavery; Freedmen]
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| Petronius, Satyricon; Apuleius, Golden Ass.
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| =Is the nuclear family a historical constant, or is Roman family significantly different from the modern variety?=
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| ==[The Family]==
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| =Were Roman women oppressed?=
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| [Women; Marriage] Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1. Laudatio Turiae. Juvenal Satire 6.
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| =Was homosexuality accepted in ancient Rome?=
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| [Sex] Juv. 2.
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| =Was ancient Rome a capitalist society?=
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| [Economics; Life in the Country] Juv. 3.
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| =Why didn’t the Romans invent the steam engine?=
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| [Technology]
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| =How clean were Roman cities?=
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| [Urban Conditions; Baths] Juv. 3, Martial.
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| =What did Roman aristocrats do all day?=
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| [Government and Politics]
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| =How practical and useful was a Roman education?=
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| [Education] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Book 1. Quintilian.
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| =What might have been the appeal of a Roman soldier’s life?=
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| [Army] Vegetius, De Re militari
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| =Were the Romans racist?=
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| [The Provinces; Race and Ethnicity] Claudius’ speech. Juv.
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| =Why were gladiatorial spectacles not thought to be cruel?=
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| [Spectacles]
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| =Did Roman religion provide any moral guidance?=
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| [Religion 1] Apuleius, Golden Ass Book 9.
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| =Did most people in the ancient world believe in astrology, magic, and demons?=
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| [Religion 2] Apuleius, Pro se de magia.
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| =Why did Christianity have little impact until the 4th century AD?=
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| [Eastern Cults and Christianity]
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