Introduction (idea for quote used from the foreword of Poison[1]) Excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson [2] “There was once a town where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings… Then a strange blight crept over the area…Mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sicken died. Everywhere was the shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness in their families. In the town, the doctors had become more and more puzzled by new kinds of sicknesses…
From 24 B.C to 2014 Firefighting has changed dramatically, from the time it was introduce to now.[” The roman emperor Augustus was credited with instituting a corps of Firefighting vigiles (“watchmen”)24 BC). In the early years of firefighting there was only one way of putting out fires and that was with buckets and a lot of hands.(”Into early modern times a bucket filled with water was passed back and forth to put the flames out”) Other than the buckets there was other tools like the Axe which is
had a fair legal system opened to every citizen, if not slaves. Were there any measures they didn't try? Firstly the Romans didn't believe it was the state's responsibility to prevent crime, so they didn't have any police force. They had VIGILES but they were not responsible for catching criminals. The victim could bring the accused to court for a trial and could gather evidence to support his accusation otherwise there was nothing you could do about it. They didn't have prisons, as there
Early policing used to be a “...private matter. Citizens were responsible for protecting themselves and maintaining an orderly society. However, in Rome in the 5th century B.C.E the first specialized investigative unit was formed known as the questors. According to the textbook, questors means “trackers of murder,” but in another article I found that the word is quaestor and means “the man who asks questions.” They actually started with two men who served as accountants and then led into a group
China was one of the oldest civilization that still lives on into the present, whereas Rome began as a humble village in what is Italy and grew to rule the Mediterranean world. As the first emperors of two different countries, Qin Shi Huang united China in 221 BC and Augustus founded the Roman Empire two centuries later. Even though they ruled over different part of the world without knowing the existence of each other, they had both opened a new chapter of history and the legacy they left for the