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Before smothering his father to death in the film, Gladiator, Commodus tells his father, Marcus Aurelius, that when he, the father, sent his son the Roman virtues to read, Commodus read them and knew he possessed none ... Gravitas: "Gravity" A sense of the importance of the matter at hand, responsibility and earnestness.
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www.murphsplace.com/gladiator/virtues.html
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gravitas - Meaning and definition ... Gravitas; `Gravitas` (from Latin) is a quality of substance or depth of personality. `Gravitas` (specifically dignity, seriousness, and duty) is one of the several virtues that ancient Roman society expected men to possess, along with `pietas` and `dignitas`.
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www.encyclo.co.uk/define/gravitas
www.encyclo.co.uk/define/gravitas
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They preferred the traditional, rustic, agrarian Roman ideals of gravitas and dignitas and considered most aspects of Greek and Asiatic culture foreign, superstitious and extravagant.
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www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-028.html
www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-028.html
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All in all the Roman army consisted of 18 centuries of equites, 82 centuries of the first class (of which 2 centuries were engineers), 20 centuries each of the second, third and fourth classes and 32 centuries of the fifth class (of which 2 centuries were trumpeters).
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www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html
www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html
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THE CANFIELD DECISION by SPIRO T. AGNEW 344 pages. Playboy Press. $8.95. In the age of Roman gravitas, public men in disgrace fell upon... ... In the age of Roman gravitas, public men in disgrace fell upon their swords. Today they fall upon their pens. Such impalings have been especially popular and profitable for the...
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www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879752,00.htm...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879752,00.html
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At another recent party I realized that my memory of the succession of all those Roman emperors gets a bit fuzzy: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula (Bootsy to his friends), Claudius, Nero - then, um, that guy with the big nose and ...
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centerofgravitas.blogspot.com/
centerofgravitas.blogspot.com/
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Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject. ... A serious or dignified demeanor: "Our national father figure needs gravitas, [but] he's pitched himself as the kid brother" (John Leo).
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/gravitas
dictionary.reference.com/browse/gravitas
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Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) is an international initiative within the Roman Catholic Church. ... The mission of Roman Catholic Womenpriests North America is to spiritually prepare, ordain, and support women and men from all states of life, who are theologically qualified, who are committed to an inclusive model of...
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www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/
www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/
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Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam. ... "Father" Roman Polanski would be crucified! ... Two wholly correct articles, one from a usually wrong source, on acclaimed child rapist Roman Polanski.
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romancatholicblog.typepad.com/
romancatholicblog.typepad.com/
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