HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roman Citizenship, Roman Kingdom, Man Group
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A notional geographic entity with flexible borders and a proclivity for expansion that places an extensive group of peoples and/or territories under a single supreme authority. Roman empire is a good example of an empire; one single superiority figure ruled over entire nation; started as small village, conquered its neighbors, then dominated greater part of our world. Roman pantheon is a unique ruin because no one has ever built something like it. Pantheon is a compound word pan-theon which means all the gods. Represents this unbelievable power, immense wealth that the roman. Modern roman pantheon is now a christian church. Therefore, the statues and art were destroyed, which takes away from the greek rich history that the building has. There is an mcdonalds across roman pantheon, there are also starbucks. Almost as if two empires(roman empire vs. free market empire) are. Two types of empire: the traditional one and the contemporary one battling each other.
