romans are warlike people

In many modern books written about Ancient Rome and its people, The Romans are often portrayed as brutal and unforgiving people who enjoy violence and though it is amusing to see people being injured and killed to the point of obsession. It is my goal to establish wheather this classification is justified or if it is simply an exaggeration of what a small group of people enjoy. While it is known that in Rome there …

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