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>>3273665
Scipio didnt had politacal ambtions and sucked at politics anyhow. I would rather say sulla is the first cunt.

>>3273665

The answer is bluntly "no." Scipio was sidelined by Cato the Elder, he never really accomplished anything in terms of politics.

If you're assigning blame for the Fall of the Republic, there are much better people to be pointing fingers at. You could blame Marius for restructuring the Roman army so that troops were directly paid by their commanders (thus making them loyal to their commanders rather than the Senate). You can blame Sulla for having the mother of all chimp-outs. You can blame Caesar for having himself declared dictator for life. You can blame Cato the Younger for refusing to let Pompey marry his daughter, thus driving him to marry Caesar's daughter instead. You can blame the Elites for opposing any sort of moderate land reform to the point where the lower classes through themselves behind Caesar in desperation for change. You can blame Cato the Elder for having Carthage destroyed, thus depriving Rome of its common, uniting enemy. Scipio doesn't deserve a spot on the list at all.

Apparently he was the first person to use the term "Emperor" which is in that context described a general who controls an entire theater.

>>3273658
It's where all the stemfags live.

I've never heard the term.

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>>3273658
It's on Wikipedia.

>>3273577
>is it really as bad /pol/ says

The answer to that question is always no.

Tanya is not for lewds

Why would /pol/ thinks its bad? It created the conditions that allowed their God to rise.

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Angels would come and drag our souls to hell.

Time to get a bonfire together and burn some witches.

>Asia

Among Hindus, the most common myth associated with eclipses is that of the sun and the moon being consumed by the demons, Rahu and Ketu. While Rahu is said to devour the sun, Ketu is believed to be the destroyer of the moon. Hindu belief also notes that poison drips down from the sky on the occasion of an eclipse and that it is also a period of ceremonial pollution which necessitates taking a ritual bath.

>North America

Among the Tslascaltec tribes of America, the sun and the moon are regarded as husband-wife and an eclipse a result of a quarrel between them. Among the Kwakiutl tribe on the other hand, eclipses were believed to be the result of being swallowed by a demon. As a ritual to repel the demon therefore, the tribe would burn something that could give out a bad smell.

Among the Choctaws of Southeastern United States, the common belief is that an eclipse occurred because a black squirrel tried to eat up the sun at intervals. Consequently, each time an eclipse would occur they would make a lot of noise and beat pans, the rationale being to scare off the squirrel. A similar myth existed among the Creek Indians who thought an eclipse occurred because a toad or a pig attempted to devour the sun or moon.

>Europe

Among the British, the traditional practice was to beat kettles and pans during eclipses with the intention of driving away the demon that had caused it. In some German provinces on the other hand, an eclipse was believed to be the time when poison fell from heaven and hence vessels carrying water had to be kept covered as a precaution. Among the Bavarians of Germany, drinking of water was prohibited owing to the myth of it being poisoned during an eclipse.

>South America

The primitive tribes of Mexico believed that an eclipse occurred when a jaguar ate up the sun. Among Mexican women, it was believed that children born during an eclipse would turn into mice. The belief persisted in Mexico as late as the 19th century.

'Against Empire' by Micheal Parenti is kind of an overview about modern forms of first world exploitation of the third which ties into 'neo-imperialism/colonialization'. It's clearly a polemic, not a disinterested academic overview (it was written for laymen and not academic journals), but it's still well-researched. The author doesn't get muddled down in abstract theorizing but focuses on the concrete examples of how first world states & multinationals work in tandem to exert power and control over weaker & poorer nations for their own gain.

You could knock the whole book out in a couple days and I think it'll shed some light on what you're asking about. I'm sure it's available online in pdf form if you just google it.

>>3273548
Does it get really conspiratorial, like Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine"? Ever since reading David Harvey's "A Brief History of Neoliberalism" I've been reluctant to read something if the author commits the taboo of reaching too far from a set of premises or being hyperbolic for the sake of book theatre. I'm not trying to be dismissive, just wondering if anything at all strikes you as sketchy before I look into it. Thank you in advance for the recommandation.

>>3273582
It's been a while since i read it, but I don't recall any pronounced paranoid strain of thought in the book.

>>3273470
Probably a Nazi war criminal who made a deal with the Mossad.

>>3273470
Anon, it's clear that he was probably the illegitimate son of Anastasia of Russia who managed to get away from the Bolsheviks and you are the rightful Tsar.

>>3273470
>Decide to look up family history
>Look up biggest branch, one which I most am a part of if that makes sense
>All have awkward ages none served in WW2 or WW1 or any other war
>No immigrants, interesting jobs etc.
Just over 200 years of low class people, not even moving out of my home county.
Just /blandfamilyhistory, purish blood yeah but still was kind of hoping for some different countries/cultures in there,
Search continues.

It's about as useful and provable as solipsism.

>>3273460
Lack of proof

>>3273460
Because they aren't retarded americans/durka durkas

>>3273426
Matrah and Tobruk are nowhere near each other. The latter was only temporarily recaptured late in 1942 after two enormously serious offensives, and essentially was the endpoint of Rommel's plan.

But yes, he should have stayed in Cyrenica and slapped at the Brits when they attacked. Given his supply situation, and the feasibility of doing more with it, little else was possible other than to delay as long and as cheaply as possible. It also leaves him in a better position to react to a Torch style landings in western Africa than he was historically.

>>3273414

Status is everything, IQ is nothing. Note that being a Harvard grad and working at Google does not give you real status, or not the right one to attract women. Status means respect and admiration from a large group of peers.

>/his/ - advice on dating

IQ is a meme and the last thing retards who have not done anything in their life still cling onto to ease things on themselves
t. 137 IQ wagecuck

>>3273409
>why do countries exist
I don't know, John

>>3273409
Go away, you thread is shit.

>>3273409
geography, waves of immigration of diverse peoples and the difficulties of pre-modern governance (failure of unified and large scale states)

>>3273336
They wuz Alexander n' shiet

It's not indistinguishable from Bulgarian. They're not Bulgarians. They're their own thing which is a mix of Serbian and Bulgarian culture and language though probably closer to Bulgarian than Serbian.

The problem is that they're not entirely sure what they are. The whole national identity thing is kind of new to them, and they're still trying to piece it together from history and culture and that identity crisis is what makes it easy for people to just dismiss them as uppity Bulgarians or something.

>>3273336
They are greek
I am greek

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>>3273307
you are 150 years late dude

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>>3273307
It don't matter.

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>Go with you to church? Nah babe, I'm an optimistic nihilist

The only reason I even know Alan Watts is because I watched some jabroni from New York stream that Everything game that has some of his lectures in it.

One thing I did gather from that stream is that he's one of this love or hate speakers. Half of the Twitch was incredibly triggered by what to me sounded like entry-level Absurdism, and the other half found it to be really confusing but profound at the same time.

Then again, using his lectures in context of a game like Everything does kinda come off as pretentious.

>>3273279
I think you're spot on the money. I think it's hard to engage in a serious conversation about what his merits were, which were probably largely Absurdist or in-line Zen commentary on modern existence. Everything the man says looks like it should be a pinned image someone's tumblr page; a faggy-quote-like-white italics on a sunset background-look-at-me-I'm-so-deep.

He spoke a lot about god, the self and their relation, which I find the most interesting. In his book 'Tao of Philosophy', he speaks about faith through Atheism, not for the sake of denying god's existance, but for the sake of letting go of god to prove faith. He challenges traditional depictions of worship by stating that images of god are things we hang onto due to a lack of faith.

He also went on a lot about giving up on our attachments and hangups, including our reliance on the certainty of things (and god), despite being a Catholic since birth, attending a 'Muscular Christian' school and at one point training as a priest.

Do you think there's really a deeper meaning to what he's saying, or is it a duplicitious oversimplifcation of life?

>>3273415
I certainly believe there is deeper meaning and a lot of value to what he says, but I haven't had the opportunity to study his work in depth yet.

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>>3273191
Whoops, forgot Iceland.

>>3273191
Pretty shit compared to the great finnish empire honestly

When did the Ottoman Empire take Rome?

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>>3273146
I enjoyed pic related, in particular the chapter that describes the each of the American Colonies.

Are there any good resources for looking into late 18th Century... wait no, 19th Century? 1850 to 1900 British Army and Empire?

>>3273146
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