Message from @Jonn
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Roman republic was good and the empire was decent in the beginning
No it wasnt
Republic was extremely corrupt
Their reliance on slaves really fucked em good
Empire was also corrupt
It's surprising they lasted so long
Not many emperors lasted very long tho
All governments are corrupt but the Roman system obviously worked
Civilized mass swathes of Europe
You mean the emperor getting assassinated and replaced every few years later on in the empire
Slavery doesn't work because of that
What do you mean
Barbarians were perfectly civilized
Not at all
Yes they were
They had stable social structures and culture
That's just Roman propaganda
sure, they had civilization, but they were primitive
They make barbarians out to be idiots
How so?
Thousands of years of tribal despots
They relied too heavily on slaves so they didn't advance their technology. It's a large reason they got wrecked in the end
The romans hired so many barbarian mercs as soldiers
And remember
Who had op cavalry compared to Rome
Yes they did
They had technology
they're not as caveman like as you probably think
They were relatively benevolent conquerors
Rome?
parthia?
Rome destroyed entire cities
They did have technology but they didn't continue to advance on it because of their reliance on slaves
Sometimes, of course they did
you have to sometimes
I think they were pretty advanced still though. Cement wasn't rediscovered for a long time after the western side fell right?
You don't have to raze cities to the ground
Famous one
Carthage
still the best civilization to ever exist