What was the secret to Rome's success?

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>>2338888
Multiculturalism.

Social status given by military service and not by vile acquisition of wealth aka warrior vs merchant mentality.

>>2338890
Uh OP asked the reason for its success not its downfall. Leafs gonna leaf I guess.

>>2338890
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>>2338894

/his/ is just trash

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>>2338892
>>2338894
>>2338904
t. /pol/tards

>>2338904

too many posters don't lurk enough and feel a need to express their own view instead of listening which puts off the real posters from being mixed culturally because nothing is of value and there's more to be wasted than gained in an exchange

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>>2338888
>What was the secret to Rome's success?
Quite honestly, British troops. They were regarded as the strongest troops in the Empire.
Brits formed the spine of the Senate and most of the best emperors were from Brittania.
Evidence has recently surfaced suggesting that Octavian was from Wales, and Constantine from Kent.
Of course, the Americans try to cover this up.

>>2338890
>>2338892
>>2338894
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>>2338908
*sighs*
one of the problems with /his/ is posters being influenced by ideology.

>>2338888
>>2338912

Plebs. The original plebs.

Nice quads OP, just noticed

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>>2338912
Rule Britannia, amirite?

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Seriously though, without Multiculturalism, the Roman Empire would have collapsed. It was the first true Empire, as opposed to an ethno-state.

To be Roman wasn't to be Italian, it was to observe Roman civic customs.

Hence why numerous Imparaetors were from the provinces (Hispania, Lybia, Britannia, Syria, et cetera).

>>2338912

WE

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>>2338912
t. Lindybeige

>>2338936
Nigga what the fuck is Persia?

>>2338936

Still plebs, you're referring to the understanding of cultural conflict in governance binded with the creation of a common coin, currency.

>>2338890
Definitely not. They were already a huge power before the Romans started employing auxiliaries.

>>2338888
Rome's military organization. It also was one of the reasons why Rome fell.

>>2338936
>It was the first true Empire, as opposed to an ethno-state.
>what was macedon
>what were the diadochi
>what was persia
>what was egypt

>>2338936
>Seriously though, without Multiculturalism, the Roman Empire would have collapsed.
How so?

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>>2338908
>>2338904
>>2338894
>>2338892
>>2338890
The Roman Empire was multi ethnic. There were various cultures, but the dominant culture was Roman in Italy, and slightly varied in other places with Roman touches to the various other cultures.

It's multi-ethnic composition was neither the reason for its downfall (though this is debateable when we take into account the Gothic migration fiasco in its twilight years) nor its success. Can we move the discussion onwards now please?

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>this thread

>>2338947
It depends per Shah

@2338996
>hey guys! look at me!
look at my post!
give me attention please!

a centralized state fighting mostly decentralized states, assimilating technology and focussing on a military field of expertise while making up for their shortcomings with auxilia and mercenaries.
A society designed to promote the advancement of technology to gain an advantage over its competition.

At least in the early days, the celts were better blacksmiths, though the Romans gained a technological advantage with siege equipment.

>>2338912
>I'm not influenced by ideology
>the Romans was Brits n shiet!
Clever bait my chap.

unity
persistance
ability to lose battle after battle and field yet another army

the roman empire didnt expand as much as the republic did

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>>2339023
>A society designed to promote the advancement of technology

>barbarian tribesmen fight naked doing telegraphed swings aesthically designed weapons
>Roman legionaries fight armored with optimally enginered weaponry and tactics . Manlet size allows them to kill with one gladius trust to the uncovered barbarian stomach

>>2339143
hey I didnt say they particularly excelled at it.

>>2338888
Fun fact: The word Citizen is a cognate of City because the Roman Empire was centred on the city Rome (hence 'Roman' Empire). Modern Romania bears no relation to the ancient Romanian Empire.

>>2339001
I laughed

>>2339143
I thought the soldier didn't know who the man he killed was and that it was a mistake

Their orders were to catch him alive. This soldier was probably executed

>>2338888

Psychopathy

>>2338888
A touch of cinnamon.

>>2338888
Being Italic people.

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>>2338888
Olive oil

>>2339477
Guy on the right looks like a Bog.

>>2338912
Too bad you Anglos killed all those original Romano-British inhabitants. Good job, you snownigger.

1. Superior agricultural techniques and accss to rich soils, which allowed it to sustain a population that could support an army capable of withstanding even the most legendary disasters in military history.

2. Their enemies were smaller than they were and hated each other more than they hated the Romans, which enabled the Romans to go around crushing them one at a time, Carthage being a noteable exception to this.

3. Their enemies were incapable of settling their differences even when they were at war with Rome because they didn't really consider Rome to be a threat until it was too late. This is what led to Carthage losing the First and Second Punic Wars for example.

4. The simple fact that Rome inherited a world that, with the exception of Carthage, had already been broken by Greek and Parthian conquests.