Bribery, corruption, and lack of morals.
Posted on 01/18/2021 9:17:20 AM PST by Bratch
Octavian - The Boy Who Birthed the Roman Empire
Bribery, corruption, and lack of morals.
The greatest Empire ever to walk the earth was built in London, not in Rome. Didn’t last as long though.
Was really surprised to learn that the Romans were essentally nonstop warmongers.
The conquest of Gaul seemed like a blatant hotile takeover.
Somehow the wars were always the fault of the other side.
What's not to like? And he did it without a single Dominion machine.
I said there were exceptions. However the Romans might counter and point out it the number of times the had to fight wandering\migrating Gaulic tribes in early Republic days like Brennus. Also Hannibal’s army had a lot of Gauls in it.
Always! Particularly if you’re writing the history.
Learning the full history of the Roman empire gave some new insights into previously read passages from the New Testament. Like I think at that time, half the population of Rome were slaves, hence Paul’s admonitions how to treat them well. His appeal to Caesar, ...
Augustus was first and set the example.
Washington set the example for all following presidents.
How fortunate we were to have him as our first, instead of the first presidents of some countries...
“Was really surprised to learn that the Romans were essentially nonstop warmongers.”
Yup, they were. They had their setbacks, though: When Hannibal and the Carthaginians kicked their butts at Cannae (but the Romans exacted their revenge at the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War) and at the Teutoburg Forest when the “primitive” Germans wiped them out. And, of course, in the 5th century the Germans put an end to the Roman Empire.
Augustus preserved the forms of the Republic - the Senate, the consuls, the cursus honorum, the civil religious rituals - but his government was an authoritarian monarchy administered by a permanent imperial bureaucracy made up mostly of freed slaves. A lot like us now.
“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.”
Luke 2:1
So was everyone else in the ancient world. The Gauls sacked Rome and the Carthaginians weren’t peacefully minding their own business, to take two examples.
And Rome finally collapsed after the idiot Emperor Valens allowed Goths to settle in the Empire’s borders after they fled the Huns.
Something that should have taught the US and Europe a lesson, but clearly hasn’t.
Built in Constantinople actually
This topic was posted , thanks Bratch.
The Mausoleum of Augustus, resting place of the first Roman emperors, was closed for decades. But a few months ago, after a massive restoration project, the Mausoleum was reopened to the public, allowing visitors to explore the ancient passageways and burial chamber within.
I would like to thank Gina Carpinito and Riccardo Di Cecco for making my visit to the Mausoleum possible.
Chapters:0:00 IntroductionFor the intro theme, I'd like to thank Julien Monette... The closing theme was kindly provided by Jacob La Bar of Above the Bar Productions.
0:23 Design of the Mausoleum
1:02 Layout of the interior
1:43 Imperial funerals
2:23 The burial chamber
3:51 Emperors and burials
4:38 Relics from the imperial tombs
5:24 Post-antique history
6:40 ConclusionInside the Mausoleum of Augustus | September 10, 2021 | toldinstone
bad headline. he married livia drusilla, who then engineered tiberius becoming the prince rather than germanicus (who she had poisoned later).
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