<p>Literal translation differs from intent I suppose:</p>
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What is anomalous about Roman society is that, even after Rome became not only urbanized, but downright cosmopolitan, Romans still looked back to their agricultural beginnings as defining the essential character of Romanness. As a result, one of the principal cultural values in Rome was virtus, which is derived from the Latin word vir, or “man.” Virtus , then, means something like “manliness.” Unlike the Greek value aret</p>