![]() ![]() ![]() GATES OF FIRE is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps' Reading list. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first days of the invasions. Dog-eared paperbacks of this tale of the ancient Spartans have circulated throughout platoons of U.S. "No matter what happens to me for the rest of my life, no one can ever send me back to this freakin' place again."įorty years later, to my surprise and gratification, I am far more closely bound to the young men of the Marine Corps and to all other dirt-eating, ground-pounding outfits than I could ever have imagined. In January of 1966, when I was on the bus leaving Parris Island as a freshly-minted Marine, I looked back and thought there was at least one good thing about this departure. I graduated from Duke University in 1965. Items in this collection are restricted.I was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943 to a Navy father and mother. This material forms part of The Open University course A330 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds.Īrchived from iTunes at. By monumentalising and glorifying their real and legendary past, Romans painted their own history and this continues to encapsulate Roman identity today. This album visits key emblems associated with Rome's beginnings: the Forum and the Capitoline Hill with its statue of the she-wolf and Romulus and Remus the Emperor Augustus's palace and ceremonial altar, and the 17th Century D'Arpino frescos of foundation myths commissioned by Pope Innocent X to underpin his authority. ![]() How and why did ancient Romans use myth to validate their power? Emperor Augustus legitimised his rule by entwining his own ancestry with the mythical stories of Rome's foundation, and created a divine aura around Rome as capital of the vast empire. ![]()
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