All roads lead to Rome

The ancient Roman law was more than anything else a norm issued by priests, that is a branch of religion, and was at the same time lex and jus, prescription and justice, evolved into the famous Roman law while Rome conquered all of Italy, from the mountains of the Apennines, to the lands of the Etruscans, up to Magna Graecia.

It took Rome two hundred years to grow. To the vanquished peoples, in exchange for roads, free trade and the possibility of living as they had always lived, he asked to pay taxes, to provide soldiers in case of war, to give up part of the cultivated land to be…

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Patrizia Poli was born in Livorno in 1961. Writer of fiction and blogger, she published six novels.

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Patrizia Poli

Patrizia Poli was born in Livorno in 1961. Writer of fiction and blogger, she published six novels.