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So anyway, here is what Suetonius says about Caesar’s funeral ( well, the first paragraph translated by Gavorse)
When the funeral was announced, a pyre was erected in the Field of Mars near the tomb of Julia. In front of the rostra was placed a gilded shrine, made after the model of the temple of Venus Genetrix. Within was a bier of ivory with coverlets of purple and gold, and at its head a pillar hung with the robe in which he was slain. Since it was clear that the day would not be long enough for those who offered gifts, they were directed to bring them to the Campus by whatsoever streets of the city they wished, regardless of any order of precedence. At the funeral games, to rouse pity and indignation at his death, these words from the Contest for the arms of Pacuvius were sung:
Saved I these men that they might murder me?
USA: Humanism and mercy are fine, but don’t use them too much, or for every group
I suspect the reaction would have been less if the Christian themed camps were spared.
Even so, I doubt even these protests can do much
Vibe coding is the refuge of the incompetent, and has enough shock and awe to part fools with their money .
While I am biased, having coded too many lines, over the years, for my own good; I believe it is a healthy bias grounded in experience
People had higher expectations of her, that is why not many mentions of the other 421 people who did this too. Nobody expected much from them anyway
Rumors to this day state it pulses to a Gregorian chant
That does not have to be a contradiction
Heh, I was managing tabs on Firefox a generation ago
I’ve been following news about Erythritol for some time; it really does increase strokes and other health problems. Almost any other sweetener is better to use
But most of them will not loose their reelection.
Must suck for non genocidal democrats who have no option but to ignore this next year during campaigning; logically realizing they must minimize these issues to help fight against the worse Republicans
This seems pretty divisive in American politics for multiple reasons
So, universal monk 1; outraged commenter 0
What is the worst they have done ?
I want this superpower; I’m too honest though
They are not so bad.. mostly harmless
Carthage definitely had to supply a complex theater of operations. But I remember he did get supplies , and once was waiting in a port city for promised supplies that were diverted.
That cost him alliances, and set the tone, for a while , where he had to prove, and keep proving, to others in Italy that he could be a reliable balance to Rome. It definitely changed his campaign, and forced him into battles he rather had avoided.
A lot of his success was advertising to others in Italy that they could depend on him. A lot of the troops and supplies he used were from those allies in Italy.
Also, to change the history all he had to do was delay Roman expansion by a few decades; it was probably set in stone he could not keep an invasion up forever: but organizing a lasting counterbalance, with many Tribes and cities in Italy, using Carthage as a nucleus, was possible.
Rome had plenty of opponents in Italy without him, but they had no good way to unify against Rome without him
There were times when extra troops and supplies were stopped by his enemies at home.
In an alternate history he might have locked down parts of southern Italy: hobbling an expansionist Rome long enough for everything to be different
That political rivalry in Carthage against his family probably changed the history of Europe. Who knows what he could have done with timely support in Italy? We would not be speaking English for sure
Hannibal was also sabotaged by his rivals in Carthage. He fought a political war at home and lost that first.
It’s almost like the Carthaginians did not trust a Ceaser and nipped him in the bud