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The bridge story is used to show that any Roman, not only nobles, can become a hero through courage and devotion to Rome.
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Roman Heroism
The bridge story is used to show that any Roman, not only nobles, can become a hero through courage and devotion to Rome.
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The hand-in-fire story shows Roman fearlessness as psychologically transmitted by prior examples like Brutus executing his sons.
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"And it was in the memory and honor of Lucius Brutus that they would assassinate Julius Caesar. But we'll discuss this next class. Okay...."
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"And the enemy army and like there's thousands of them. Okay? They have absolutely no idea what's going on. This is one guy on..."
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"Okay? And by doing so with his devotion he's able to save Rome by himself. So Rome right now is surrounded by this huge..."
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"They look the same. Lucius doesn't know who's the king and who's the secretary. You know at this point an ordinary person would be..."
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"You kill me there'll be 99 more. Okay? We are not afraid of you. You say you will burn me if I do not..."
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Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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