were killed‚ and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself‚ back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily‚ a Carthaginian
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No sooner than after the fleet had sailed‚ charges were brought up against Alcibiades. He was recalled to stand trial for his crimes back in Athens. Why would the Athens want to arrest this man when he was the one leading the expedition? As a ship caught up with the fleet to arrest him‚ Alcibiades sensed betrayal was awaiting him in Athens; so he took the opportunity to deflect to Sparta while in route back to Athens. Spies are a key element in war Sun Tzu says‚ and a necessity to understand what
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Roman Sex Roles: Priapus: guardian of the garden who had an enormous phallus and threatened to penetrate or rape any thieves; often seen holding a fruit basket‚ club‚ or sickle. Pederasty: known as sex with a boy (12-18 years old) by an older man; was very normal and legal in Rome; normally occurred until their beard began to show Cinaedus/Mollis: term for adult males who want to be penetrated; these men often became victim of civil disabilities because this was non-normative
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already established in New York‚ Gambino left Palermo‚ Sicily for America. He was smuggled aboard a freighter among crates of wine‚ olive oil and anchovies that anchored at Norfolk‚ Virginia.Never becoming a citizen of the United States‚Carlo was on the rise to the top of one of the most powerful American Families. Carlo began as an enforcer for the local Society chieftain‚ Don Vito Cascio Ferro. Carlo would have been happy to remain in Sicily and succeed Don Vito‚ but the atmosphere of the rise
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through out the world. The mafia was first formed in the 9th century when Arabs occupied Sicily; native Sicilians were oppressed and forced to take refuge in surrounding hills. The mafia originated as the Sicilians formed a secret society to protect and help those less fortunate than them and to regain their country. Even once the Arabs had left the mafia continued to fight for Sicily long after. First when Sicily was under attack by the Normans and again in the fifteenth century when invaded by the
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Life for Women and Children in the Mafia The Mafia is an international organized crime group based in Italy. The Mafia started in Sicily and then moved to the United States of America. They are founded on rigid law and everyone has a specific role within the Mafia. Crimes such as murder‚ extortion‚ and racketeering allow for an expensive lifestyle for those in the Mafia without them having to put in any real work. Although given much luxury by the Mafia‚ wives and children of these men are caught
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What was the main reason for Italian Unification? In 1815 after the battle of waterloo and the end of the Napoleonic wars‚ the victorious powers met to discuss what to do to at what became to be known as the Congress of Vienna. To ensure that war on the same scale never broke out again they decided to make very little changes to the current map of Europe‚ except strengthening all of France’s neighbours. I was agreed at the conference that the ruling powers should meet in the future whenever
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To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian
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force‚ beginning with the Italian peninsula and then easily moving to the Mediterranean region. The Romans launched a series of three wars‚ known as the Punic Wars. During this time‚ the were able to conquer Carthage and in return gained access into Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ and Corsica. Even after the Punic Wars ended‚ Rome still managed to gain the territory of Macedonia‚ Greece and even some parts of Anatolia. Even through troubling times of the empire‚ it still managed to spread through Gaul‚
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themselves in organizations which controlled gambling and prostitution‚ the distribution of drugs and other new forms of business. Many social developments may have festered the development of the Mafia. One was the inquisition which formally abolished in Sicily in 1782. The Sicilian Mafia is an organization which originated in 1800 had social developments and influenced popular attitudes and even a few of its own practices. Sicily’s social culture itself fed the Mafia. Political favors were normal and corruption
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