• @AEsheron
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    136 hours 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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      6 hours 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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      25 hours 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.

    • @blazeknave
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      14 hours ago

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