Doveton Secondary College
, motto_translation = Every person is the architect of their own destiny , established = , type = State school , principal = Susan Ogden , free_label_1 = Assoc. Principals , free_1 = Katie Watmough & Mark Dewar , founder = Private P. C. W. Langford , teaching_staff = 165 , enrolment = 1785 , years = 7- 12 , address = Princes Highway , city = Dandenong , state = Victoria , postcode = 3175 , country = Australia , coordinates = , campus = Dandenong Site & Ann Street Site , colours = Royal blue, light blue and red , gender = Co-educational , athletics = AthleticsSwimmingChorals , yearbook = The Gate , newspaper = Fortnightly , song = We Shall Be Strong , houses = Banksia Callistemon Darwinia Eucalyptus Fern Grevillea Hakea , w ...
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Appius Claudius Caecus
Appius Claudius Caecus ( 312–279 BC) was a statesman and writer from the Roman Republic. The first Roman public figure whose life can be traced with some historical certainty, Caecus was responsible for the building of Rome's first road (the Appian Way) and first aqueduct (the Aqua Appia), as well as instigating controversial popular-minded reforms. He is also credited with the authorship of a juristic treatise, a collection of moral essays, and several poems, making him one of Rome's earliest literary figures. A patrician of illustrious lineage, Caecus first came to prominence with his election to the position of censor in 312 BC, which he held for five years. During Caecus's time in office, aside from his building projects, he introduced several controversial but poorly-understood constitutional reforms: he increased the voting power of the poor and landless in the legislative assemblies, and admitted lower-class citizens to the Roman Senate, though these measures were ...
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