I don't understand the need to differentiate between barbarians. You are either a citizen of Rome or you're not.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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Most Romans weren’t citizens though.
Yes, yes. Quite the sad state of affairs. However, loyalty to Rome is non-negotiable.
you mean they're either 漢人 or not
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There’s not really anything resembling an organized Japan until way after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. You have petty kingdoms that send some tribute to China.
While Caesar was getting ganked Han China had plumbing.
有没有匈奴？
Well there are the non-citizens who are allies, the non-citizens who you might want to conquer someday but not right now, and the non-citizens who delenda est.
Yes, barbarians the whole lot of them.
The best part of the enemy of Rome idea is that she's actually of Italian descent
Well, often Romans were Romans' worst enemies.
Romans killed the Republic and then lost the Empire by inventing racism, and then Italians killed Best Rome, this checks out.
She was probably descended from a Samnite so it tracks. Still the wrong kind of Italian 😆
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Dacian. It is how they beat old Cornelius Fuscus