Factors of Change in Roman Times Individuals Claudius Galen extended the Greek theory of the Four
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anatomy army Asclepious brain empire Galen Greece health humans Humours opposites Romans servants sewage slave . He wrote over sixty books and his ideas and those of Hippocrates remained influential for fifteen hundred years. Galen believed in careful observation to diagnose the causes of disease. He dissected bodies and discovered that the
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Economy The Romans just like the Greeks had a
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Technology The
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Government The Romans had an efficient government and an efficient team of administrators or civil
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War The Romans conquered
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anatomy army Asclepious brain empire Galen Greece health humans Humours opposites Romans servants sewage slave . They therefore made sure Roman towns were healthy so they could choose their soldiers from a healthy population. Frequent wars of conquest meant that Roman army surgeons became well practised and skilled at treating and cleaning battlefield wounds and in setting bones. War surgeons therefore made important progress in surgery and
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