ITT: Shit plebs say >Justinian is my favourite Roman emperor

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>Turks aren't the true successors of Rome

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>>1894221
>donating money to the church is wrong

>The Catholic church held back scientific advancement in the middle ages

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>America lost the Vietnam war to a bunch of rice farmers with outdated rifles

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>Galileo Galilei was burned at the stake by the Church because he said the world is round

>>1894293
>people talk about how cruel the Catholic Church was to Galileo
>conveniently leave out that the Pope was a huge fan and supported the shit out of him
>probably the only reason fanatics didn't kill him
>instead he was allowed to live out the rest of his days on his villa where he was given whatever he needed for more research

>The Catholic Church wasn't the medieval age's version of the USSR

>>1894353
It was more like the Medieval UN or NATO.

>Josephus gives proof to Jesus's existence

>>1894293
>The Catholic Church has promoted literacy

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>>1894392

>>1894392
>Also burned at the stake anyone who translated the Bible into English

>>1894301
It's true though. The claim that it's false is America's own Dolchtosslegende. Unless your problem isn't with the losing part, but with the characterization of the Vietnamese as "rice farmers with outdated weapons", in which case carry on

>>1894430
>Left out molesting prepubescent boys
>Left out the murder of people who translated bibles
>Left out murder of anyone with conflicting opinions of church doctrine

History is the greatest story ever told, and the best part of the story is always the villain, so why try to ruin it by making him look like a good guy?

>>1894380
So does tacitus you moron

>>1894885
Because their motivations and results were legitimate. You gotta find your own way to keep rogue niggas in line. It's not like they had any example to look back at, they had to figure it out themselves and did a pretty good job, all things considered.

>>1894885
Can i get sauce on those last two points?

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>The Spanish purposely genocided over 75 million natives.