Posted on 07/01/2025 7:13:04 AM PDT by Starman417
In the Louvre there’s a famous painting by the French Artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the Intervention of the Sabine Women. In it the Sabine men, whose daughters were stolen by and then married to Romans in the mid-8th century BC, returned to avenge Roman treachery and retrieve their offspring. The scene depicts a woman standing between the belligerents, imploring them to cease fighting: "If you are weary of these ties of kindred, these marriage-bonds, then turn your anger upon us; it is we who are the cause of the war, it is we who have wounded and slain our husbands and fathers. Better for us to perish rather than live without one or the other of you, as widows or as orphans."
The men stopped fighting and eventually the Sabines became Roman citizens. This strategy of conquest and integration would characterize Rome for much of the next 1100 years. Other than perhaps Egypt, most conquered lands became essentially Roman. This is demonstrated by the extensive Roman ruins found in places like Britain, Portugal, Algeria, Turkey and more. Although most would never become Roman citizens, their lives would have had similar characteristics throughout the Empire. What’s more, when armies would attack Rome, when they were defeated, which they almost always were, the Romans would sell the women and children (who sometimes traveled with armies) into slavery and the men, if not sold into slavery, would be conscripted into the Legions, but sent to regions far from their native lands.
The result of this was that for most of its history Rome faced relatively few consequential internal rebellions beyond civil wars between rival generals. With the 4th century AD however, that would change. As the Huns moved east from the steppes they began attacking various tribes who would then plead with Rome for asylum. Sometimes willingly and sometimes not, the Romans allowed the Goths, Vandals and others to move into the Empire. But what was different now was that rather than breaking up these foreign powers and disbursing their members throughout the Empire, the Romans allowed them to settle intact on Roman lands. Armed groups living in their own communities, separate from the Romans and maintaining their cultures with no assimilation demanded. This would be a recipe for disaster and Rome, which, having lasted for more than a millennium, was gone within a century.
The leaders of the United States and the EU should have paid a little closer attention in history class because they’re mimicking the Roman Empire of the mid-4th century…
In both places politicians have either tolerated or encouraged an open border for much of the last quarter century with the result being that the United States today houses upwards of 30 million illegal aliens while in Europe the number may be half that.
In both cases, most of the immigrants crossing the borders come from countries with far higher crime rates, far lower income levels and much different cultures. In the United States illegal immigrants largely come from Mexico and Latin America while in Europe they come from Syria, Afghanistan and other countries in Asia and Africa.
As immigrants have often done throughout history, when they move to a new place they seek out brethren from their home countries or people which whom they share customs or languages. Indeed, that’s exactly what the Italians in New York did at the turn of the century.
The difference here however is that when the Italians moved to New York or the Irish moved to Boston, their goal was to integrate and become Americans. Today’s immigrants to the United States don’t seem to have that same desire. They may want to become citizens so they can stay permanently, but that doesn’t mean they want to be American. Indeed, half of American Hispanics are from Mexico and a significant portion of them believe that America’s Southwest is stolen land that rightfully should be returned to Mexico. At the same time, most of Europe’s newly arrived are from Islamic nations and their allegiance is to Islam, not their new homes.
That’s a problem because successful societies are built around core, fundamental values that are shared by the overwhelming majority of the population. Ideas such as free speech and freedom of religion, individual rights and private property – to various degrees, while they were not always core tenants of western civilization, are so today, or at least were until quite recently. Without those shared fundamental notions it’s difficult for western nations to function properly.
It's one thing for a nation to have competing powers within the existing framework, think Democrats and Republicans, but it’s another thing all together if the competing power wants to split off a quarter of the nation or wants to impose Sharia law.
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Current day London is a better example.
Import the 3rd world, Become the 3rd world.
I live in the blue part of Ohio. If the people around me are representative of the rest of the country, our fate is already sealed.
Agree - when you cut deals with BARBARIANS, you will lose.
The Romans were too busy having “pride” parties.
The problem is there is more money to be made in betraying America than in defending it. Same thing in Roman times.
Decent article but this part is incorrect and really distracted me: “As the Huns moved east from the steppes”
The Huns moved west, not east.
Which one? Cleveland-Akron, Columbus, Cincy-Dayton, or Toledo? I’m SE of Cleveland/NE of Akron. It still suprises me that we’re as red as we are.
Cleveland-Akron.
The only thing saving us is the rural population.
MANY Americans knew this was happening, and a lot of those have been speaking up. You don’t need to be a historian to see what’s happening, but it’s a shame it will only take 300 years for this country to fall unless we ALL WTFU.
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The Roman Claudii were supposedly of Sabine origin. Their ancestor Atta Clausus reportedly came to Rome in 504 B.C. and became known as Appius Claudius. The first Roman road, the Via Appia, was built by a later Appius Claudius. Many famous Romans belonged to this gens including the emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius.
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