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Professor Syme

Greetings If there already is the answer to my question somewhere else in this forum, I apologize. I wanted to ask 1)whether you feel that the Roman oligarchy/republic was worth saving 2)whether it was possible, anyway, to save it 3)had you been there, at the time, what actions you would have taken to save it Occasionally, I feel that all factions, all individuals (including Caesar, Octavian, Pompey, Antony, etc) involved in the civil wars (133 to 31 BC) were hopeless and hapless victims of circumstances utterly beyond their control. Thank you

Yet the appearance of germans in Rome inspired a fashion for blonde wigs, suggesting that blonde hair is mostly an imperial import both real or imitation. Also women are known to have dyed their hair - there's a letter from one Roman husband giving his wife the benefit of his opinion after frequent re-colouring caused her to go bald. I

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After a battle, a Roman general orders the brutal butchery