• @AEsheron
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    161 month ago

    To play the ultimate Devil’s Advocate, the Romans did leave a lasting cultural impact on Brittain. So in a way we have a cultural bloodline that is distantly connected to Rome.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 month ago

      Ridiculous, I suppose next you’ll say that the US government has a senate that meets in a columned building!

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      The American system is a direct descendant of Enlightenment Classicism, which includes a respect for the Classical Republics. Athens, Rome, Thebes, etc.

      American federal government and arguably as a result liberalism is quite literally an imitation and attempt at modernization of the Roman Republic, which is, among other things, why we adopted the eagle as a national symbol and have a fasces in the House of Representatives.

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          31 month ago

          Yeah, there’s a fasces there. Symbol of Rome. It’s been there since before Mussolini claims he invented fascism

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            11 month ago

            Unlike the fasces adopted by the National Sheriff Association, which was adopted in the 1930’s, because ACAF.

    • @blazeknave
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      21 month ago

      This was what I thought. Legacy of Republic, Latin words, imperialism, the usual.