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...central to public mourning in ancient Rome. Body-centred displays were a feature of funeral rites, and women in particular hit their breasts, pulled their hair and lamented loudly. Other aspects such as ripping clothing and lacerating flesh, that Virgil noted, were less often seen, but there was an overall sense that the bodies of mourners were dishevelled, bruised, noisy...

...Central to this was a legal principle that, encapsulated in Latin, says ‘cuius regio, eius religio’, i.e., ‘whose realm, his religion’. This meant that the religion of a ruler determined the religion of his state. Either Catholic or Protestant Christianity would be the legally established religion of each state according to the affiliation of the ruler. However,...

...central questions as you watch, answer the following questions: How did Rome see its role in the world? What key questions follow from this? Introducing the Roman world (video 8 minutes) JANET HUSKINSON “To Romans I set no boundary in space or time I have granted them dominion, and it has no end” In Virgil’s Aenied, Rome’s destiny to rule the world was foretold by...