: About Me

I am an Air Force brat that roamed the US with my father for 16 years while he was in the military. My father decided to settle down in rural town in Central PA where I graduated high school. I then attended a local private university. Here, I earned a BA in History and then entered the work field. My experience is unlimited, I have worked for a social service organization, I have worked in food service, I have worked in retail and commercial sales. I have held an elected position on the local level, I worked for a music industry for a time when my last position was eliminated due to downsizing, I went back to school and earned my teaching certification in Social Studies with a minor in Political Science. I took time off and then returned for a MA in Diplomacy. While earning my degree here, I was teaching as an adjunct for a top technology school. Since then, I have joined on with two very good accredited on-line learning institutions and love teaching teaching at both places.

History and politics are my passion. Freelance writing is new to me and this will give me the arena to express my views and be judged by my peers in the same areas I am interested in.

My passion is ...

Learning

I know too much about ...

history.

My parents always told me ...

be kind and help others.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a lawyer - and maybe a possibility in the future.

My favorite memory ...

is the beach

Why I write ...

to express my point of view

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am reading the Da Vinci Code as well as the Brad Thor novels, I watch the History channel and I listen to 80's music.

My first job ...

Working in my parents pizza place on the Beach.

My best moment ...

when I met my hubby!

My inspiration ...

my parents and children.

Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Slavery in ancient Rome

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Slavery has a very negative connotation in today's society. When we hear the word slavery, the images of chains, whipping, sell blocks all come to mind for most of us. These symbols signify modern slavery, slavery from 1444 on. If one takes a closer look at slavery, they will see that it does have ancient roots. Ancient societies, the Jewish, Greek, Islamic, Persian and Roman all engaged in slavery. In the ancient societies, one became a slave through different means. If you engaged in battle, you were the loser and you survived the battle, you became a slave. If you committed a crime, the...

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