Warfarin (Coumadin) is sometimes prescribed as a blood thinner because it is an effective vitamin K antagonist (blocks the formation of vitamin K). The activated partial thromboplastin time (PTT) measures the function of several other clotting factors, found in the intrinsic and common blood clotting pathways.
Etruscans and the early Roman monarchy made several contributions to the Roman republic. The establishment of Rome was through Romulus and Remus. Through legends, they were thought to be abandoned by their uncle, and raised up by a she wolf.
486 BC: The consul Spurius Cassius proposes land redistribution to the poor but the patricians murder him. 474 BC: the Greeks defeat the Etruscans at Cuma. 509 BC: the last king (Tarquinius Superbus) is expelled and Roma becomes a republic. 450 BC: The Twelve Tables of the Roman law re enacted. 396 BC: Roma conquers the Etruscan city of Veii. 387 BC: the Gauls/Celts sack Roma.