History Repeating

[lebru]

You can't relate the romans to US gvt today. Our senators don't murder the president in cold blood then play it off as noting ;D Also, there were far greater external factors that led to the demise of the Roman empire. Far more external than internal, and taxation was the least on the list. You also have to account for factionalism as a result of spreading their empire too far, as well as the various bands/tribes of barbarians uniting together to over-run over stretched Roman outposts in places in present day german, france, spain, and england. As well as people generally pissed off at the lack of religious tolerance.

[roberth]

Thanks for putting this up Zundfolge.

I think I'll read it myself and come to my own conclusions.

[Irving]

Please tell your wife that if she has to resort to using Rome as a comparison, she's already lost the argument.

[Byte Stryke]

You can't relate the romans to US gvt today. Our senators don't murder the president in cold blood then play it off as noting

*CoughCouchHackCough.JFK.CoughCoughCough*

[jmg8550]

*CoughCouchHackCough.JFK.CoughCoughCough*