What do you think about ancient Romans?

I've been interested in this subject ever since I did a report on it several years ago. The Wikipedia page (Sino-Roman relations) does a very good job of laying out the attempts at contact and relations in both directions. read more

The Romans personified adaption in my perpective considering that as many people have stated beforwnme “ When the Romans were beaten by a brand new weapon or tech used against them, they would do everything in their power to either copy or create something better to counteract it”. read more

Yes, the ancient Romans did believe in an afterlife. They believed in the immortality of the soul and had a complicated belief system about life after death. The ancient Romans believed that when one died, one was met by Mercury, the messenger god and son of Jupiter and taken to the river Styx, that flowed nine times around the underworld. read more