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[โ€“] Chefdano3@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Rome didn't aggressively expand. It was very unroman to be the aggressor in a war, they only attack in self defense.

It's not Rome's fault that all their neighbors happen to pose a threat to Rome by having the ability to attack, forcing Rome to preemptively attack them in self defense.

The responsibility of governing the territory that was left over after their enemy's defeat just happens to fall on Rome since nobody else was around to do it.

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

So very true, and it's sad that so many polities chose to unlawfully defend themselves in the process! What else could Rome do but sack their cities and sell them into slavery for such an offense??

Lucky that those poor barbarians ran into the Romans, instead of a less generous and magnanimous people ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow, maybe Russia is the third Rome.