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Based on the passage, it can be said that King Louis was an epicurean who was least bothered about his subjects.
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- The expenditure that King Louis did on his own living made the entire kingdom suffer. He did not stop taxing the people of the kingdom even in times of distress and continued to enjoy all the pleasures even when the royal treasury was emptying rapidly.
- It was his notion that he deserved luxury and a pleasant life no matter how the other people lived.
3) Nelson Mandela. Hope this helps (I would research him though just in case)
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For wealthy Romans, life was good. They lived in beautiful houses – often on the hills outside Rome, away from the noise and the smell. They enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle with luxurious furnishings, surrounded by servants and slaves to cater to their every desire. Many would hold exclusive dinner parties and serve their guests the exotic dishes of the day.
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Poorer Romans, however, could only dream of such a life. Sweating it out in the city, they lived in shabby, squalid houses that could collapse or burn at any moment. If times were hard, they might abandon newborn babies to the streets, hoping that someone else would take them in as a servant or slave. Poor in wealth but strong in numbers, they were the Roman mob, who relaxed in front of the popular entertainment of the time – chariot races between opposing teams, or gladiators fighting for their life, fame and fortune.
Although their lives may have been different, they did have some things in common. In any Roman family life, the head of the household was a man. Although his wife looked after the household, he controlled it. He alone could own property. Only he decided the fate of his children and who they would marry.
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One similarity between the Mayans and ancient Egypt is that both have developed a script without any outside influence, and that their script (the Hieroglyphs and the Maya script) are a combination of a syllabic and logographic script - some words have their own symbols, but there are also symbols for single sounds
