Clashes between generations are nothing new. In the 1950s, rock ‘n’ roll was berated as immoral…

Clashes between generations are nothing new. In the 1950s, rock ‘n’ roll was berated as immoral, and fifty years later, hip-hop has had much the same treatment. The exact same thing (1) ___________ (happen) in ancient Rome over two thousand years ago. During the Second Punic War, when Hannibal had nearly (2) _______ (lead) the Carthaginians to victory over the Roman Republic, A young man, Scipio Africanus (3) ________ (step) in to save the day. He was, without doubt, a military genius, but his personal habits (4) _______ (earn) him the disrespect of the Roman Senate’s venerable older members. The Roman historian Livy records that young Scipio (5) _____ (have) long “flowing” hair, quite different from the usual Roman fashion of shaved scalps. This (6) ____ (be) semi-scandalous in Rome. Later, when Scipio (7) ________ (propose) to (8) ______(invade) Carthage, his hairstyle and dress sense (9) ______ (hold) against him by an elder statesman and general, Fabius Maximus. However, much we idolise ancient Rome, it is worth (10)__________ (remember) that they too had serious inter-generational clashes over things as minor as fashion.