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b. What is the Forum and where is it located? Why is that symbolically significant? What other Classical Era society located politics in this way?

- The forum contains significant public buildings and can be found within the center of the city. The forum is symbolic in that many cities had it, which showed a sense of organization. It can also symbolize the nucleus of the city in a way, since it was almost like a major control center with its significant components. The Classical Greek Era had a similar component, known as the plateia, which was located in the center, and was where feasts, celebrations, and meetings would take place.

C. How does an aqueduct move water? How is this like or unlike the way a qanat worked in Persia?

- An aqueduct moves water by using gravity to its advantage via a downward slope. The acqueduct and qanat in Persia are similar in that both were used to carry water lengthly distances. The qanat also made use of slopes to carry water.

F. Why can’t Marcus Fabricius marry Aiden? How does this compare to attitudes about marriage in Classical Era India?

- Marcus could not marry Aiden because she was not a Roman citizen. This scenario is similar to Classical India because people were not allowed to marry someone that was a different caste. The attitude is similar in both societies because it was disallowed in both.