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    Not all that hides under the shadow that casts over the truth can be brought to light while using one’s eyes; however, one who has access to their true self can snuff it out. Kira, a young lass and thief who has an incredible aptitude for climbing, can crack a palace, map it, and get out alive. Kira’s astounding climbing abilities earned her a place in the Assassin’s Guild mainly as a thief, but that quickly changes when James the guild leader reveals he had always planned for her to be an assassin

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    Galileo is a well known Italian scientist and scholar who lived during the time of the Renaissance. Galileo was many things including an astronomer, mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and professor. Galileo made groundbreaking observations of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. He also made a telescope and supported the Copernican theory, a theory that supports a sun-centered solar system. Also, Galileo was accused of heresy by the church for his beliefs twice

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    Book Review Livia Bitton-Jackson’s intense memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years Growing up in the Holocaust, proves that we should never have stopped reading after Anne Frank’s Diary. Beginning in 1943, in Somorja, Hungary, Bitton-Jackson recounts Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary. As a result of her family’s Judaism, the story traces her movement through various concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Being only thirteen to fourteen, over the duration of Nazi occupation, Livia Bitton-Jackson

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    Tiberius Quaestor

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    Tiberius Claudius Nero was the second emperor of the Roman Empire, successor of Augustus. Born the 16th of November 42 BC in the wonderful city of Rome. Tiberius was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. He was also the brother of Nero Claudius Drusus. Tiberius was only four years old when his parents got divorced, when his mother decided to marry Octavian and later to Augustus, who became his adopted father. After adoption Augustus changed his news son’s name to, Tiberius Julius

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    Roman Hair Essay

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    In society today, women’s hair doesn’t normally make a daily social or political statement, it played a much more important role in Ancient Rome. Roman women put a lot of thought and effort into their hair, as the aesthetics of it played a strong roll in whether society deemed them attractive, but that wasn’t all. While men of both Ancient Rome and now view this focus on physical appearance as purely a form of vanity it also went beyond the pleasing aesthetics of it, the hairstyles of Roman women

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    Julio-Claudian Women

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    Throughout the course of Roman history, spanning from the reign of Augustus to the medieval period and beyond, the perception of women underwent a series of significant transformations. Influenced by cultural, social, and political factors, the role and status of women evolved, reflecting broader changes within Roman society. This paper aims to provide an argumentative analysis of the shifting perceptions of women over time, from the Julio-Claudian era to Late Antiquity, examining how cultural norms

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    “A group of dedicated girls” is how Junior Danielle Urbon described the softball team. Even though the team struggled all year long and didn’t win as many games as they expected, they loved the game. The team showed improvement from last season but still have much work to do to get to where they want to be. When interview- interviewed, Coach Zamorski said “the girls worked hard and bonded well all year”. Seniors Sam Salvador and Alaina Murphy were “a crucial part to our team.” Their batting helped

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    The book I read was, I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bittion-Jackson. This book is about a young teenage girl, growing up as a Jew during the Holocaust. This memoir is about a girl named Elli and her family who travel together and care for one another while they are split up and put into concentration camps all around Poland and Germany. My favorite part in the book was, when Elli helps her mom get through selection after she has been paralyzed. It's my favorite because it shows human

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    transformation of the female gender role during Augustus’ reign. The discussion will first focus on Augustus’s legislations concerns marriage and marital conduct, then elaborate on examples of aristocratic women from the Julio-Claudian family, particularly Livia and Julia the Elder, who wielded symbolic influence unprecedented in the Roman world.

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    to Vincenzo and Giulia Galilei. Galileo was the first of six children to the couple. Galileo learned a lot from his father who was a lutenist. He would go on to have three of his own children with Marina Gamba. They had two daughters, Virginia and Livia, and a son, Vincenzo. Galileo was a well-known scientist who discovered new information about the heavens by using a telescope. He discovered stars where no one thought there were any and he also discovered

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