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    Rome: Beyond the Hollywood Myths

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    Discover what daily life in ancient Rome was really like, beyond the pristine togas and British accents of film. This journey through Roman history reveals surprising truths about the Republic's fall and its lessons for today.

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    Institutions are essentially collective habits, and habits can be broken. The Roman Republic worked for centuries because everyone had internalized shared values about duty, honor, and respect for tradition, but once those values started eroding, the whole system became vulnerable.

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