Not sure why you were downvoted, but just to point out: Imperial Rome had very little worth copying. It was very similar to todays multicultural globohomo state in many ways and while they did produce a lot of impressive buildings it was a hellish existence for most people. Mostly it should be considered as the death spiral of the republic.
My understanding is that Caesar barely made it out of Britain alive and the victory he earned there was flimsy at best and the native Britains slowly abandoned the treaty in which they engaged. This was in 55 -54 BC and wasn't until about a hundred years later that the Romans returned to officially conquer them and that was a very long process.
It was something of a stalemate. He was militarily successful but it was a punishing war of attrition, also his supply lines were constantly getting fucked up, both by welsh fuckers zooming around on chariots and the weather.
He signed a treaty where they promised to let him retreat and they promised to pay him a huge sum of gold in the full knowledge he wasn't in a position to collect any of it. It's also entirely possible he invented the treaty, it's not like anyone in Rome could check. They weren't all even convinced Britain existed.
When a society gets to the imperial stage it is the beginning of the end. That is why there is no saving the United States. We are too far gone and collapse is imminent (and necessary).
I wish it was imminent. The Roman empire lasted for almost a thousand years in one form or another, generally fucking things up for anyone unfortunate enough to live there. Even after the place turns into venezuela the barbarians that take over will call themselves POTUS and larp federal traditions for continuity.
Things are happening at an accelerating rate. Each successive empire after Rome has lasted a shorter period of time and their demise phase was much quicker. Russia, China, India, Japan all know the US is in decline and they are no longer afraid of the US military. The US is in an economic collapse right now whether people want to admit it or not. Things are about to get very ugly and chaotic.
I demand post birth abortion as I identify as its ~~mother~~ birthing ~~person~~ xir.
since 2018 and takes a testosterone-blocking drug
Wonder if I can get in on that state contract by promissing to cut the costs by 60%. No matter how much or little that shit costs, a dollar store knife will always be cheaper and everyone involved could line their pockets.
In prison for strangling a man to death with shoelaces. But also I'm a little baby girl change my diapers whaaaaa. Just set the faggot on fire already please.
This is sad. Clearly, she is suffering a mental breakdown from being placed in prison. This is why we need better mental health care in our prison facilities.
I would rather take a trans woman going through some issues than a right-wing bigot any day.
She decided that she would 'trans' from a man to woman, which is becoming more common in jails these days."
I have to admit, if I ever get imprisoned for wrongthink I would have no qualms making every possible inconvenient demand and generally being as expensive and difficult as possible.
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He signed a treaty where they promised to let him retreat and they promised to pay him a huge sum of gold in the full knowledge he wasn't in a position to collect any of it. It's also entirely possible he invented the treaty, it's not like anyone in Rome could check. They weren't all even convinced Britain existed.
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Wonder if I can get in on that state contract by promissing to cut the costs by 60%.
No matter how much or little that shit costs, a dollar store knife will always be cheaper and everyone involved could line their pockets.
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I would rather take a trans woman going through some issues than a right-wing bigot any day.
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I have to admit, if I ever get imprisoned for wrongthink I would have no qualms making every possible inconvenient demand and generally being as expensive and difficult as possible.
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You would be glad to get bread and water, only degens towing the line get luxuries like that.
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Funniest shit I've read in a while.