“Roman satirists may have been right when they spoke of Greeks and Syrians taking over their city. “
But they were cool with Rome annexing Greece and Assyria?
Kind of like when the British annexed all over the world then years later welcome them to the UK
“But they were cool with Rome annexing Greece and Assyria?”
Of course. You either do it to them or they’ll do it to you.
You only own that which you are WILLING and ABLE to defend, by whatever means at your disposal.
Lucian was an Assyrian of Greek culture who wrote exclusively in Latin