The theory of states that succeeding stages of human inhabitation can affect a site over time.

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

the birthmark on georgiana's face alludes to the doctrine of "original sin," being tainted with evil from birth