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Rome may be credited with creating the virtue of [[civic republicanism]]: that a citizen should give his life in battle or in work to the glory of the Republic.   

Rome may be credited with creating the virtue of [[civic republicanism]]: that a citizen should give his life in battle or in work to the glory of the Republic.   

Its greatest ruler was [[Caius Iulius Caesar Octavianus]], or [[Augustus]], although many others parallel his life in depth.

Its greatest ruler was [[Caius Iulius Caesar Octavianus]], or [[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]], although many others parallel his life in depth.

Rome contributed a great deal to the mythology of early Christianity.  For example, the prophecy that "a savior would come out of [[Judea]]" was popular in the Roman Empire, so popular that the biographer [[Suetonious]] saw fit to include it in his [[De Vitae Caesarium]].  However, Suetonious identified the savior as [[Vespasian]] in his "Life of Vespasian," since Vespasian did, as it was said, "save the State."

Rome contributed a great deal to the mythology of early Christianity.  For example, the prophecy that "a savior would come out of [[Judea]]" was popular in the Roman Empire, so popular that the biographer [[Suetonious]] saw fit to include it in his [[De Vitae Caesarium]].  However, Suetonious identified the savior as [[Vespasian]] in his "Life of Vespasian," since Vespasian did, as it was said, "save the State."