What the fuck was his problem?

>>88263961
He didn't have a beard so he took it out on the druidic peoples.

>>88263961
Too patrician for the plebs

>>88263961
A little village of indomitable Gauls who still hold out against the invaders.

>>88263972
Romans considered beards barbaric, a sentiment I share

They named a salad after him.

>>88263961

Surrounded by small-brained backstabbing morons.

>>88263961
>65 AD
>still doubting our Caesar
Homines non serio hoc ego spero.

>>88263961

Being a Roman in the first century BC and possessing talent, intelligence and ambition to an uncommon degree.

>>88264030

Wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Cardini

>>88263961
He was murdered by his adoptive son.

>>88264125

....Not exactly a CAUSE for problems.

Asterix storytime when

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>>88263961
Do you know how difficult it is to hold together a fucking continent spanning empire composed of radically different peoples? In a time when it would take over a month to get from one side of the Empire to the other?

Angela Merkel has it easy and she's still shit at it. Caesar was the real deal.

>>88264515

There were less than 45 million people in it.

>>88264760
Yes but look at all the tools she has at her disposal that Caesar didn't. And she doesn't even have an army. Imagine what Caesar could have achieved if he'd had tanks and jet fighters. When was the last time Merkel marched her vanquished enemies in chains through the streets of Berlin? If you're going to rule Europe do it right, woman.

>>88264760
There are countries with that amount of population that are ruled terribly.

>>88263961
Not much, he barely ever does anything evil, he's more of an imperialist antagonist to the Gauls' independentism.

>>88263961
in Asterix? I've unfortunately not read it, so I can't say.
in reality? arrogance.
tl;dr: the story of Julius Caesar is a story of hubris and downfall.
he was an okay general and grossly exaggerated his exploits conquering the Gauls, but what he did right was he was charismatic with his soldiers.
when he entered politics, the landed patricians saw him as an upstart and became frustrated with how he did not want to share the political spotlight.
having his soldiers swear allegiance to him and invading Rome was a giant dick move and royally pissed off every major figure in Roman politics that wasn't already ingratiated to Caesar.
he was well-liked by the plebeian class and the common folk, but you don't fucking invade Rome, install yourself as a dictator in a democratic system, and expect everything to go hunky dory.
he didn't sufficiently protect himself and was assassinated.

>>88263961
he was defied by a town of cartoony over the top peasants who had an item that makes them OP.Didnt help that they actually helped him sometimes which made them harder to hate.
Plus they cucked him.

>>88263961
cant find a good pair of pants

>>88263991
Even worse, there's also a village of indomitable Gauls in Hispania and another in Britania.

>>88265198
even worse,their victories influence other countries.

>>88265114
So, Drumpf?

>>88263961
I remember liking him when reading the comics

>>88265114
>he was an okay general
>What is the Siege of Alesia?

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>>88265262

>>88265212
not even closely relatable but here's your (You)
>>88265262
winning a fight in a fortified defensive position is very easy, even if you're outnumbered 3:1

>>88264026

In the modern world beards are for the less masculine men with weak, round chins.

If you have glorious Roman face features, having a beard is masking your manliness.

>>88265260
I especially liked how he was portrayed as being an cunning, arrogant, intelligent man with a code of honor that was surrounded by idiots and constantly getting involved in crazy shit he could really do without.

>>88265212
>arrogance
>hubris and downfall.
>grossly exaggerated his exploits
>royally pissed off every major figure
>well-liked by the plebeian class and the common folk
>install yourself as a dictator in a democratic system, and expect everything to go hunky dory.
Well, yeah.

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>yfw Caesar and the Pirates

>>88265356
nice samefag

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>>88265356
>Roman Republic
>Democratic

>>88265392
>Republic
>Democratic
Well, yeah.

>>88265392
it wasn't a direct democracy and elites tightly controlled their power but there were still elections. it was more of an oligarchy but there were no hereditary monarchs or dictators.

>>88265306
>winning a fight in a fortified defensive position is very easy, even if you're outnumbered 3:1

He was the one besieging

He pulled off some extremely fucking fantastic, ingenious and unorthodox battle plans, how about Pharsalus too? Pompey was literally a better general with a spotless record before and he had the numbers to crush Caesar. His bridge over the Rhine built fucking overnight is still impossible to replicate.

Also Caesar was not just a general, he fought personally and was wounded for years in Spain.

>>88265408
>Democratic People's Republic of Korea
yeah sure, now this is also a democracy

>>88264101

Underrated.

>>88265458
>he fought personally
Now that's a real general, not those fat fossils who make war from their luxury offices.

>>88265458
I typo'd
all he did was surround them and starve them out, anon. Vercingetorix expected the Romans to attack their superior forces and believed that having a fortified position assured them victory. then Caesar just went "gg ez," surrounded Alesia, and waited.
the real miracle is that Vercingetorix wasn't smart enough to meet the Romans on the battlefield
also keep in mind that Rome grossly exaggerated the number of Gauls they fought all the fucking time.

>>88265344

Caesar is best in the comics.

>>88265177
>had an item that makes them OP
I thought the potion made them strong, not turned them into faggots.

>>88265408

It was the Senate and Peoples of Rome, not the Senate OF the people of Rome.

The Senate and the Curias, Councils and Assemblies were contesting powers in a system of checks and balances, one that was broken by Marius and Sulla, and that Caesar set out to put out of it's missery.

Caesar was lifelong dictator but he still avoided coming off as a king or emperor anyways, he expected the Republic to be restored upon his death. Problem was that Octavian and Mark Anthony had ambitions of their own, and the Senate still refused to stop being a pack of corrupt shitters.

>>88265392
If you take a close look at their electoral system it is actually quite modern. That's how the demagogues like Marius and Ceasar were able to ascend to power again and again and eventually end the Republic itself.

>>88265529

Bullshit.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1Ej9Yqt68

Caesar was a fucking genius.

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>>88265543
Agreed

All those Star Wars hacks should study Roman history before writing a SW story.

>>88265574
It was the Romans that invented modern law.

>>88265555
Augustus was awesome too though

That heathen Antony was the problem

>>88265114
Eat dick, Pompey

>>88265555
>he expected the Republic to be restored upon his death
Please revisionist. Ceasar picked Octavian to succeed his fortunes AND his command of the legions. It was quite clear that he wanted a strong executive, and the episode where Anthony "spontaneously" tried to have him crowned shows you what Ceasar was really made of.

>>88265648
Pompey the Great*
Stay salty, Crassus.

>>88265529
To be fair the gauls probably wouldn't admit to being beaten by some small force, better to exaggerate the massive army you had to tactically retreat from.

>>88265648
>>88265702
Did Pompey ever show up in Asterix?

>>88265615
Anakin as Caesar returning from the war to topple the corrupt (in the eyes of the people, at least) Republic and the Jedi with the support of the Clone Army really would have been a much better and more reasonable story than Sheev's "We Empire now lol".

>>88265594
I'll go ahead and say that most people - including me - recognize that Caesar was an effective general. I'm not trying to say that he was bad at it because that's obviously not true. What I AM saying is that the Battle of Alesia, from a modern standpoint, isn't all that impressive when you realize it was just Caesar surrounding the Gauls and starving them out.
That's siege strategy 101. He was smart for thinking outside of the box and not attacking, yes, and Vercingetorix was a dumbass for not realizing that could happen (or sallying out and trying to beat back the besiegers), but let's be real here.
It was more that Caesar outsmarted Vercingetorix than that Caesar defeated Vercingetorix in some massive pitch battle
>>88265648
manducare stercore et mori
>>88265725
It was the Romans - especially Caesar - who exaggerated enemy forces and played down friendly forces. it was a very common occurrence.

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>>88265356
>Well liked
Dunno about that one. The others are a decent fit. Although the downfall has yet to occur.

>>88265356
>install yourself
democratically elected

popular vote is a participation award

>>88265731
Yes, even though he should have been dead at that point, but Asterix never was one to care about historical accuracy.

>>88265947
Celts were actually advanced. Roman propaganda has them as barbarians like the Germanics but their society was more sophisticated.

>>88265972
Romans considered anyone not part of the Roman Empire to be a barbarian.

>>88265787
>when you realize it was just Caesar surrounding the Gauls and starving them out.

He built TWO forts spanning kilometers in around a week

He fucked two superior, larger forces in the ass after receiving direct, focused attacks in his weakest spots.

Only Hannibal, Scipio and ol' Alex had pulled off fuckery like that

>>88265755
I always felt that Sheev as Augustus would have worked better, and have Vader as Agrippa.

>>88266128
Why aren't men of this caliber around anymore?

>>88266240
They are. We'll only know in hindsight of course.

>>88266128
>He built TWO forts spanning kilometers in around a week
and Vercingetorix was too stupid to try and stop him. it is impressive how quickly he built those, yet, but Vercingetorix did not try and harass the besiegers. by the time they tried, it was too late.
>He fucked two superior, larger forces in the ass after receiving direct, focused attacks in his weakest spots.
yes but that's still bottlenecking as far as I'm concerned. which is an extremely smart decision, but again here we see Caesar just outsmarting the Gauls.
>Only Hannibal, Scipio and ol' Alex had pulled off fuckery like that
too bad Hannibal didn't know how to use victories. he was a terrible politician.

>>88266228
who would be Caesar in this scenario? Or what would allow Sheev to step into an Augustus like role?

The Chancellor before Sheev seems most like a James Buchanan type, which is probably what they were going for

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>>88264351
I can dump asterix and cleo, but the scan is pretty shitty

>>88266330
could you start a new thread? I'm enjoying the Rome discussion here

>>88266330
I've read that a thousand times desu

Something from their mid career would always be nice.

>>88266283
It needs a complete rewrite to fit. I would have had Sheev be the younger of a duo with his Sith master being the guy trying to "reform" the Republic during a crisis. Sheev takes over with his death and uses a young jedi to crush the droid rebellions, the clone armies, and the secessionists tearing the republic apart via Space-World-War-1. Then he establishes the Empire, his head general is pushed to the side, and everything proceeds from there.

>>88266369
/co/ never ceases to amaze me, one minute we're shitposting about Bendis, another we're discussing history.

>>88266279
>he was a terrible politician
Now you're just memeing. He had to be pretty fucking skilled to get people like Crassus and Pompey to work together, who fucking hated each other since the revolts of Spartacus, into forming the most powerful coalition in the entire republic. There's also the fact he was a wanted man from birth given the fact his uncle was Marius in a time where Sulla would kill you if Marius sneezed in your general direction at some point.

His commentaries on the Gallic wars alone show his amazing abilities as a writer and propagandist.

Did you also not see how frantically and efficiently he had improved the Republic in his brief stint as master of Rome?


You don't conquer huge varieties of land, peoples and cultures by being a fucking idiot.

>>88265529
>also keep in mind that Rome grossly exaggerated the number of Gauls they fought all the fucking time.
Well, away Gauls count double in Europe.

>>88266429
>>88265529
It's funny how back in the day bragging about how much genocide you committed was seen as cool. These days most governments do the opposite.

>>88265654
>it's a revisionist history episode

>>88266413
you misunderstood me and I wasn't clear
I meant that HANNIBAL was a shitty politician

>>88266452
it's not genocide, you tumblrina mong
it's defeating the enemy
you don't murder the enemy, you kill them
the Gauls weren't happy-go-lucky hippies, they were hardened fighters that intended on killing the shit out of the Romans

>>88266519
It's genocide if you burn down the village and kill every man, woman and child (after raping them naturally).

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ayooo give me back muh legions
*bangs head on doorway*

>>88266567
This was pretty rare. Slaves are far more valuable than corpses.

>>88266567
except that's not what they did
they killed all the combatants and sold the rest into slavery
but here are your (You)s since you're obviously a troll
>>88266574
that was against the Germans, not the Gauls

>>88263961
I thought Stan had taken Uderzo for a second.

>>88266279
>and Vercingetorix was too stupid to try and stop him

But he DID

>too bad Hannibal didn't know how to use victories. he was a terrible politician.

Not his fault Carthage was full of horribly corrupt and greedy morons that were more scared of him than of Rome

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>>88263961
He had a place called the Isle of Pleasure and instead of just going there himself makes it a part of some arduous task for some reason.

>>88266597
>that was against the Germans, not the Gauls
no shit, it's a meme you dip

>>88265293
11/10

Excellent image response using the comic being discussed.

Masterful work.

>>88266632
>But he DID
after Caesar built fucking kilometers of fortifications
Vercingetorix was too defensive and believed that his superior numbers would win the day
Caesar outsmarted him

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Sure is a lot of salt in this thread

Did anyone here check to see if Carthage snuck in?

>>88266684
Is there one of thise about iberians?

>>88266519
>the Gauls weren't happy-go-lucky hippies, they were hardened fighters that intended on killing the shit out of the Romans

People often forget it was the Gauls who sacked Rome back when they were still a city state federated with other Italians, it was that sacking that made Rome paranoid and aggressive and ultimately imperialistic.

ALL MOCKERY OF THE JEWS AND THEIR ONE GOD SHALL BE KEPT TO AN APPROPRIATE MINIMUM

>>88266684
>Salt
>Cathage

Video quod tu facis, Anon.

>>88266802
People also forget that the north of Italy was full of Gauls. Some fought with Hannibal, even.

>>88263961
This lucky bastard got to bang Cleopatra

>>88266811
Also underrated.

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>>88264030

>>88266880

Gauls were much like the Greeks, they shared a few cultural elements, but they were independent groups. Venetians and Ligurians were practically Hellenized.

Also, Italic groups like Samnites and Tarentines flipped out all the time, they were only fully dominated by Rome in the Empire. Most of Italy was not Roman but Socii or "Asociates" to Rome, and peacefully subjugated peoples became Foederati or Federated allies.

>>88266802
>you will never read an Asterix comic about it
;____________________;

>>88266240
Because we can't tolerate greatness in people. Especially in people with power. That's why we prefer to elect the feeble, the mediocre, people we don't feel threatened by.

>>88265654
>and the episode where Anthony "spontaneously" tried to have him crowned shows you what Ceasar was really made of.

Caesar didn't expect nor want that shit at all. He knew playing King was exactly the worst thing he could possibly do because every Roman fucking hated kings

>>88263961
France writers who couldn't handle the fact that he eliminated their dirty savage ancestors easily.

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His empire had crossed seas, brought countless people into his nation. His armies swelled with auxilliaries and supplies from across the known world. Yet with all these resources at his disposable, his legions couldn't bring down a single damn village that uses steroids.

That's enough to upset anyone.

>>88266807
HE WORSHIPS DOGS AND REPTILES, AND PAINTS HIS EYES WITH SOOT LIKE A PROSTITUTE

God this show was great

>>88267373
But then if your enemies have a powerful leader, they are able to sack you at any time while your feeble leader flounders.

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>mfw this thread

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Obligatory.

>>88266279
Both Vercingetorix and Ceasar were in a defensive position. His troops would have been dead if he would try to leave Alesia, he had to wait for reinforcements. While the system also gave him defense against these troops, he would still be forced to split his troops on both sides of his wall, thus weakening his defenses, exposing the weak spots of his double wall and giving them a chance to win

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I feel like his design was largely inspired by this fucker.

But I'm kinda ignorant.

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>>88266330
You'd think someone would have rescanned them by now.

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>>88268661
>american in charge of scanning
they still haven't scanned this one. lmao

>>88263972
>12 tasks of asterix
>caesar has a beard

>>88268697
Trondheim did a Mickey comic?

>>88264882
Please stop encouraging the Germans to use military force. They've done that before, and it was very unpleasant.

>>88268697
>Mickey
nobody cares

>>88268789
It's rarely worked out for them in the long run.

>>88266643
Pleasure is just a distraction from conquering the world.

>>88268789
Look, much as I'd love a new Roman Empire I don't think the Italians are really in any shape to conquer Europe again right now.

>>88269042
All they have to do is overthrow merkel though.

>>88269067
What, and have Beppe Grillo become the new Caesar?

Actually, stranger and more unlikely things have happened. Within the last month.

>>88269067
And get rid of the Mafioso that control half the country and pretty regularly kill government officials.

>>88269067
One more term!

>>88269042
They got beat up by Ethiopians once. You don't recover from that.

>>88266074
>>88265972
Technically true; back then barbarian just meant "foreigner".

>>88269067
Even Spain is in better shape than Italy

>>88265114
>in Asterix? I've unfortunately not read it, so I can't say.
the what the fuck are waiting for?

>>88263961
99% of the time is asterix the one getting into his empire and fucking shit up

>>88269207
The popular view of the Celts is based on Roman propaganda. Ceasars writings were hugely influential historically, and he had a vested interest in painting the Celts in a bad light.

>>88264882
>She doesn't have an army
Anon...

>>88269351
And the Celts are fucking dead. Twice.

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>>88269138
Almost forgot about that one. They're never going to live it down aren't they?

>>88266330
I'd love me some storytime anon!
>also, dat nose

>>88269390
>De-clawed German armed forces
>it'sfuckingnothing.jpg
Anon, even France could curb-stomp Germany tomorrow. You know it's true.

If this Euro Army thing happens though, that could be interesting.

>>88269625
To be fair France is pretty much to dominate military power in mainland Europe. The European army will never happen for that reason, Frenchmen do not want to die for Germany's war, quarter German troops and vice versa.

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>>88269625
>If this Euro Army thing happens though, that could be interesting.

It won't. The EU are already shitting bricks about Brexit, they aren't about to rock that particular boat with something so contentious as an Euro Army unless it really does turn out that Brexit was as disastrous as was claimed for Britain, but even then that won't be for 10 - 15 years and even then it would STILL be mad contentious

>>88269751
Plus imagine the bureaucratic nightmare you'd get trying to have every state agree to anything.

>>88269912
The EU does not concern itself with such trifles such as that.

>>88269937
See, if the EU was open about being a dictatorship I'd at least have some respect for it.

It's the lies I can't stand.

>>88269964
Edgy, kid.

>>88268391
Took me a second.
Have mercy on my sides.

>>88269105

Anon, the mafias were a thing even back in Rome, the powerful families of Patricians were 100% like the mafia, they had their villas, their states, their private mobs, their patter familias and adoptions and their in-family meetings and intrigues.

The rest of Italy with their silly non-gangster way of doing things are the wrong ones. Rome was always like Italians are meant to be.

>>88269625
Merkel has 1.5 million muslims in fighting age ready to die for her. Keep that in mind

>>88269964
It's not a Dictatorship more than a really poorly run business, they couldn't even influence the Italian referendum and have only a 70% approval rating in Austria for Christ's sake.

>>88270052
They are mostly economic migrants, once the welfare stops the riots start.

>>88269979
Anon, the majority population of entire countries (and even multiple countries in the case of the USSR) has helped dictators to power and supported them while they were in power before. Some keep on doing it.

And whatever their ideologies, dictators also kinda deserve our respect just for getting there, I mean it's no mean feat to hold absolute power over a nation. Pretty impressive, really.

>>88270239
>dictators also kinda deserve our respect
2edgy4me

>>88270327
I'm trying to understand how this is edgy. If anything it's infantile to not see how assuming absolute power is an incredible feat for one person to pull off.

I'm not saying "I support dictators, they're great, yeah!" I'm just saying that it's a serious achievement for an individual human being.

>>88270382
>I'm not saying "I support dictators, they're great, yeah!"
You are. But don't worry, you're anonymous; and mods will delete this /pol/ thread soon.

>>88270410
Christ, how fucking old are you that you can't empathize with something you disagree with?

>>88270410
>nobody can respect a person's achievement regardless of their ideology
>they MUST be evil Nazis
Yeah, that's about the level of maturity I'd expect from /co/.

>>88263961
Trying to run an empire of perfect order, being thwarted again and again by a bunch of unruly Gauls - the reason they haven't overthrown him because they are too busy fighting amongst themselves.

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>>88270457
>>88270461
Awwww, poor young fascist; did I hurt your Aryan pride? Need a safe space?

>>88270461
>mature people respect non-democratic ideologies
That explains why the UN give money to North Korea?

>>88270496
Also why are you constantly assuming Hitler? Caesar is the dictator this thread is concerned with, plenty of people admire him.

>>88270457
Why on earth do you bother with the minor trolls?

>>88270555
>>88270591
>plenty of people
Feeling alone in your love for fascism, huh?

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>>88270645

what are you doing in a Rome thread, kiddo

>>88270591
Because fighting on 4chan is probably the most interaction that poor man gets. It's like charity but actually fulfilling.

>>88270052
>ready to die for her
lol

>>88270052
>die for Her
>muslim men
>that ran away from every other conflict zone to the land of peaceful handouts
>dying
>for a woman

You didn't think that through very well, did you.

>>88270645
Reading comprehension?
>>88270675
I suppose I'm just growing out of it, nobody is really here forever, despite what's said.

>>88270666
>only fascists like ancient Rome
OK.

>>88270707
>>88270675
>nobody is really here forever
See you tomorrow then? Samefagging and everything?

>>88270666
Rome was not fascism Satan. It was a Res publica with a constitutional system that was ABHORRENT to the idea of a sole leader. They only begrudgingly abandoned the 1year consular rule because the conquest of Hispania didn't allow for easy imperatorship.

They then developed into a psuedo Monarchy. Also different from Facism.

>>88270770
Monarchy is not democratic either, anon.
>I MUST RULE THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE MUH FAMILY NAME!

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reminder that it's your right and duty to fuck your slave women

>>88270770

you don't even understand the concept of what the fasces represents, it's the unity of different peoples(all the rods) through the power of life and death of imperium, which is the axe that cuts them all even, that is thus stronger than the individual rods.

It doesn't mean "single ruler" it means "rule of law". It means just, strong, legitimate government.

the modern fascism as envisioned by Mussolini and Hitler is tained with the ideas of the "inspired ruler", the absolutism of the monarchy of the XV century and onwards. But the fasces itself is supposed to be an ideal of a government above individuals.

That is what the classic Rome understood it's institutions to be, their commitment to them, to participating and upholding them was superior to a point we can't comprehend nowadays.

>>88270760

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

>>88264101
Best post ITT. Had you posted an image of that latin maxim spewing pirate it would've been the best post on 4chan all year.

>>88270790
You're right, I never implied Republican Rome was especially democratic either. The USA are closer to the Res Publica than they are to Athenian Demokratika

>>88271050

the US is also closer to pure democracy than Athens ever was to be fair.

30% of the population isn't the "demos"

>>88271019
Anon, if you can, ask Aristotle about that people who read about dictatorships because they want to live in one.

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>tfw there will never be a 40k comic written by Goscinny

>>88271050
>The USA are closer to the Res Publica
In that case, when will they embrace the Illustrated principles? in 4000 AD, maybe?

>>88271019
>But the fasces itself is supposed to be an ideal of a government above individuals.
That's any government besides pure democracy or socialism. Hell the USA has the fasces on our monuments and coins.

>>88271076
Athenian democracy is direct vote by every citizen. Sure, that may be a limited selection when your citizens are adult males, but we elect representatives who make policy. We don't directly vote on said policy, the same was true of the Roman Republic. Polybius knew the difference between a Democracy and a Republic

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>>88270760
2000 years ago every nation had a singular (or otherwise small group of) Ruler(s), that's the nature of the time period.

By judging this fact by modern standards and 20th century idealogy you've made clear you're an idiot and not fit to discuss History.

>>88271187
>Polybius knew the difference between a Democracy and a Republic

Polybius had some interesting ideas about Rome that aren't quite described by "Republic", he called them a mixed, hybrid government, with the strengths of democracy and monarchy mixed together to overcome the failings of both systems.

for him and for a few other Philosophers of the era, governments were just accepted to be fleeting and destined to crumble eventually, either by the exhaustion of it's purpose, it's adequacy or it's moral decay, Polybius praised Rome because he saw a system that was intrinsically built as a fortress against those illnesses of government.

it's interesting by itself to think that as Rome fell, there were no shortage of people who understood why, they saw all the problems with government and corruption, why they couldn't avoid it, why their economy and defense kept failing, they just had no idea what to do about it.

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>>88271318
>not fit to discuss History
Says the US neckbeard in a 4chan board.

>>88271511
>knife holder
top kek

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keeping this alive

>>88265702
>Not knowing that "the great" title was given to Pompey to mock his joke of a triumph

FVCKING G*VLS GET OVT OF MY FORVM

REEEEEEEEE

>>88265356

Hilary was worse.

Incompetent team beyond my imagination. Jesus fucking christ, she deserved to lose for the shitty team she assembled.

>>88263972
>doesn't have a beard

What is Cleopatra?

>>88273958

Hillary was a mix of Bibulus and Clodius

Nice Astérix thread you faggots.

>>88269138
>beaten by Ehtiopia
>all their soliders taken prisoner were castrated

Really puts the whole genocide into perspective.

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>it's an evil empire, good kingdom episode