To despair is human. But it is not productive. “Liberalism may have lost the first French Revolution, but it ended up winning the world — at least, for a while.” https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/where-does-a-liberal-go-from-here
Russians being Russians.
Sometimes creating a permanent empire is just a side effect. “At first, a provincia was a temporary assignment, which came into existence when assigned and ceased to exist when completed. As the Romans decide to permanently garrison their overseas possessions,… Read More »Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
Having allies is easier than having subjects. “By contrast, the socii recruit themselves, equip themselves and organize themselves. And they fight hard, because they’re fighting for their home communities, to show their bravery to their own neighbors and family (who… Read More »Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
Laws mean nothing if people do not take them seriously. “The lion’s share of Sulla’s reforms consisted, after all, in writing into law limits that had once been customary and codifying expectations which before had been unspoken and it did… Read More »Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
Many reasons.
This is some stupid mafia level shit people just get along with.
Dictatorship was a different thing in old and new Rome. “This point is often missed in teaching Roman history because Roman history is very long and so gets very compressed in a classroom environment. Even in a college course focused… Read More »Collections: The Roman Dictatorship: How Did It Work? Did It Work?
Crash course on WWIII.
Monarchies last, but dynasties don’t. “Consider the Targaryen dynasty. They lasted 283 years on the Iron Throne, with 17 rules, for an average of 17 years of reign per ruler. That is incredibly implausible, even with fire-breathing dragons. Consider the… Read More »Westeros is Poorly Designed