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.
On this day in 43 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, (also known as Caesar Augustus) the great nephew of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus formed the political alliance that became known as the âSecond Triumvirateâ, which officially ended the days of Rome as a Republic.