| ▲ | bigiain 5 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
But apart from the aqueducts, what have the Romans ever done for us? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | notarealllama 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Okay, but apart from orthography and aquaducts, what have the Romans ever done for us? Now as punishment go write this on the wall 100 times! | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | baud147258 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
well, being part of the Roman Republic/Empire meant peace, even if it was enforced at the tip of a pilum. And the population under the Empire were more prosperous and numerous, so much that the collapse of the Empire in the West had long-lasting negative consequences (I'm mostly basing my opinion off this article: https://acoup.blog/2022/02/11/collections-rome-decline-and-f...) | |||||||||||||||||
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