They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace. Tacitus, The Agricola and The Germania
@@KaiserLandsknecht No, that's the cost of empire, colonization, and brutal subjugation of a weaker, less organized peoples by a technologically superior but morally bankrupt society.
@@jammo8748 morally? Hhahahahahah maybe according to our MODERN conception. Remember, you shouldn't judge ancient people actions by our modern standard. The same applies to the americans vs the indians in the XIX century, lots died, but was for the greater good of OUR OCCIDENTAL CIVILIZATION
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I am getting addicted to your Ceasar series. Excellent😎👍
"I'm A Free Man In A Free State" So He/They Thought....
I'm a Free Man of Free Gaul and my spirit won't be crushed by Empire.
Great stuff
Caesar started off as a likable person but gradually he made enemy of every body.
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.
Tacitus, The Agricola and The Germania
but in the end it did not matter Caesar won in the end anyway.
@@clarkstartrek That's the cost of civilization
@@KaiserLandsknecht No, that's the cost of empire, colonization, and brutal subjugation of a weaker, less organized peoples by a technologically superior but morally bankrupt society.
@@jammo8748 morally? Hhahahahahah maybe according to our MODERN conception. Remember, you shouldn't judge ancient people actions by our modern standard.
The same applies to the americans vs the indians in the XIX century, lots died, but was for the greater good of OUR OCCIDENTAL CIVILIZATION
I always loved that picture of that roman about to grab the fleeing soldier.
Ivdea delende est
*ivdea delenda est
Famous last words
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