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The Rivers of the Underworld

A ferryman guiding a small boat through a dark Roman Underworld cavern, illuminated by torchlit stone arches and ancient ruins.
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Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun

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The Roman Heavens: Celestial Order

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The Fall of Tarpeia: Treachery, Punishment, and the Law of the City

Tarpeia’s betrayal and death on the Capitoline become Rome’s warning against treachery and a lesson in civic law and memory.
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