The legacy of Ancient Rome is still felt today in western culture in areas such as government, law, language, architecture, engineering, and religion. Many modern-day governments are modeled after the Roman Republic. ... The U.S. even named one house of Congress, the Senate, after the Senate of Rome.
Lawyers and slaveholders dominated the secession convention in 1861. The purpose of the convention was to consider what action Texas should take on the secession issue in light of the recent sequence of events. At this convection the document "<span>The Texas Ordinance of Secession" was drafted and signed </span>