Assignment :
- Create a simple outline showing the similarities between the Romans (disussed in Chapter 29 of Ecce Romani II) and well known American figures
- Provide a visual aid to show correlation
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Equivalent American and Roman Historical Figures
Gracchi Brothers - Kennedy Brothers
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had sympathy for the oppressed
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Gracchi - populares
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Kennedys - African Americans
- did not have full support of the entire nation
- died as a result of politics
Gaius Marius - Franklin Roosevelt
- died in office
- elected continuously
- involved in wars with other nations
- assisted people in fiscal trouble
- FDR - “New Deal“
- Marius - “New Shields”
Lucius Sulla - George Washington
- great military leaders
- gave up power peacefully though they could have retained it
Gnaeus Pompeius – Ulysses Grant
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defeated rebellious faction
- Pompey - Spartacus uprising
- Grant - Confederates
- successful military campaigns solidified nation
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Pompey -secures Roman domination of the East
upon defeating Mithridates
- Grant - insures America is unified
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