The concept that one's own culture is better than any other culture.
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Screw the caste system, its a bunch of BS. In this world, its how much you make that matters the most.
The two are totally different and are not comparable. Roman civilisation ended some 1,300 years before the creation of the US. We are talking about totally different times, society and politics. Moreover, the Romans had three different forms of government over the 1,200 years of their history: a monarchy for 244 years (753 B.C.-509 B.C.), a republic for 482 years (509 B.C.-27 B.C.) and rule by emperors for 503 years (27 B.C.-476 A.D.)
The Twelve Tables were/are the first written Roman laws. They represented the victory of the common people over the arbitrary rulings of the privileged. They are important because they set the laws in writing so all could know what they were and also that all would be treated equally under those laws.
Stories and personal histories passed down through a close collection of people, such as a family or tribe. Official history pertains to larger matters, folk history to everyday life within the clique.