• @[email protected]
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    142 days ago

    Rome was better to its provinces than many other empires.

    I did not say good, just better.

    • @PugJesusM
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      82 days ago

      Rome, at least during the Principate, lived by the words of the Emperor Tiberius - a good shepherd shears his sheep, not skins them. The Romans weren’t benevolent overlords, but they were certainly practical ones, which puts them a good few steps over most rulers of antiquity.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 day ago

        I think it says something about the quality of your contributions that my face lights up every time I see your name, particularly when you reply to me. That has nothing to do with the topic, just thought you’d like to know.

        (There’s not much to add to the topic anyway. Even their “diversity” was a practical approach to managing such a large hegemony.)

        • @PugJesusM
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          51 day ago

          I think it says something about the quality of your contributions that my face lights up every time I see your name, particularly when you reply to me. That has nothing to do with the topic, just thought you’d like to know.

          That certainly brightens my day in turn!

      • @greencactus
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        31 day ago

        Ahhh, I already wondered where PugJesus is in a thread about Rome - luckily you didn’t disappoint! :D

        • @PugJesusM
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          31 day ago

          I’m like a rat to cheese, or a Roman to garum.