- drained the fucine lake and built a harbor at ostia
- first held a naval battle reenactment on it, between rhodians and sicilians
- he is said to have threatened to burn their ships if they didn't fight
- the battle was signaled by a silver triton which mechanically emerged from the lake bottom and blew a conch
- had abundant springs flowing into the city via aquaducts, provided 30,000 jobs
- drenched the harbor's entrance and built a lighthouse as well
- held chariot races and wild beast shows at the Vatican Circus
- built a special section for the senators
- invented the Troy Game in which a panther was hunted by guards cavalry
- Invented the picnic in which people enjoyed a pot luck
- exposed his left hand like a plebeian
- addressed the crowd as "my lords"
- men above 60 couldn't beget children law was abolished
- no person who was exiled could enter italy
eng pg 195
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