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...Troy, and reaches its narrative climax with the foundation of another city, Rome. This was only one of a number of quasi-mythical explanations of Rome’s foundation, but when Romans considered their past they viewed it as the history of a city rather than the tale of a people. This may seem strange, but Romans didn’t see themselves as a people who had at some point...

...Troy, and the gentleman-farmer Boldwood. All three propose to her. Bathsheba turns Gabriel down early in the story, but her head is turned by the flashy attractions of Frank Troy and she marries him secretly, unaware that Troy had been about to marry Fanny, a poor servant girl. Confusion over which church their wedding was to take place in leaves Troy feeling humiliated...

...Le Corbusier criticised the Americans' lack of urban planning). The response of European architects to the Americans' technological advances (including bridges and other building forms as well as skyscrapers) would lead to the development of Modernism. And in the early twentieth century, technological advances were rapidly changing western society. Road and rail networks...