To: NYer
The level of detail on this column is just amazing. Although it was propaganda the Romans had no problem showing war in all it’s brutality.
5 posted on
03/26/2008 7:25:38 AM PDT by
jalisco555
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To: jalisco555
Trajan brought the Empire to its all-time financial peak, yet despite its decline from that point on, it tottered along for over 200 years (and 1200 years in the east).
8 posted on
03/26/2008 10:03:29 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: jalisco555
the Romans had no problem showing war in all it’s brutality.Of course they had no problem with it. They were proud of their brutality.
13 posted on
03/26/2008 5:47:25 PM PDT by
Sherman Logan
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