This is FASCINATING!!!
Who knew Rome had a liberal period?
But still, they lasted WAY after these decrees
I shall read the full article to find out more.
But still, they lasted WAY after these decrees
Rome didn't have foreign dependents. For instance, they weren't saddled with providing military protection, loans, and humanitarian aid, and grain assistance to Parthia or Dacia.
All modern communist and socialist countries have depended on the USA for support in one way or another, including the USSR.
“Who knew Rome had a liberal period?”
Wait, there’s more. Look up what the Romans were doing in the days of the late Republic. They formed two political factions: the Optimates, or Conservatives, and the Populares, or Liberals. In the early 1st century B.C., one general, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, thought he could solve Rome’s political problems by killing all the liberals, and retired when it looked like he succeeded. However, it didn’t work because he let one Optimate go; he was persuaded to spare this man because he was only nineteen years old. Still, Sulla had his misgivings because the young man was obviously ambitious, and said, “In this man I see many Mariuses,” referring to Marius, the liberal leader. I’m sure you’ve heard of the young man who got away. His name was Gaius Julius Caesar.