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Were the ancient Romans fundamentally a shit people?

The Roman armies conquered large territories, sure, but Roma...
cracking deep public bath jewess
  05/04/12
If you walked through ancient Rome you had to watch out for ...
Black Organic Girlfriend
  05/04/12
sanitation standards were worse in Europe for about 1000 yea...
chartreuse regret place of business
  05/04/12
True.
Black Organic Girlfriend
  05/04/12
What you're saying isn't true of the Romans, but VERY true o...
chartreuse regret place of business
  05/04/12
The wealthiest parts of the Roman empire were in north Afric...
cracking deep public bath jewess
  05/04/12
Rome itself was not shitty and poor. The colonies in Western...
chartreuse regret place of business
  05/04/12
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twisted insanely creepy field mood
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During its prime, Roman army had min height of 6'0" for...
twisted insanely creepy field mood
  07/20/26
only to completely debase their currency to prop up their MI...
twisted insanely creepy field mood
  07/20/26
superior anglo culture
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nyuug
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nyuug
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They made all the buildings and roads and aquaducts and stuf...
chartreuse regret place of business
  05/04/12
they had baths in every two-bit town and garrison. which wer...
Spectacular Geriatric Really Tough Guy
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Swollen Vigorous Keepsake Machete Pit
  05/04/12
i always picture roman citizens in togas drinking wine and e...
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they made their bones of of initially being way more product...
Adventurous pozpig
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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:53 PM
Author: cracking deep public bath jewess

The Roman armies conquered large territories, sure, but Romans themselves were not terribly productive. They had some productive colonies/provinces but Romans themselves didn't produce much or export much. They were organized, to be sure, but weren't they fundamentally just glorified goombahs who leached off their colonial subjects and eventually got their shit pushed in by hulking germanic types?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614794)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:02 PM
Author: Black Organic Girlfriend

If you walked through ancient Rome you had to watch out for pots full of piss and shit being dumped out of windows.

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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:03 PM
Author: chartreuse regret place of business

sanitation standards were worse in Europe for about 1000 years after Rome's demise though. At least SOME Roman buildings had sewage systems.

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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:04 PM
Author: Black Organic Girlfriend

True.

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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:06 PM
Author: chartreuse regret place of business

What you're saying isn't true of the Romans, but VERY true of the Arab caliphates.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614885)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:10 PM
Author: cracking deep public bath jewess

The wealthiest parts of the Roman empire were in north Africa/Asia minor though. The western empire's shittiness and poverty caused it to fail 1000 years before the eastern empire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614908)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: chartreuse regret place of business

Rome itself was not shitty and poor. The colonies in Western Europe were not technologically or agriculturally advanced prior to being colonized, so they were less valuable, but it's not Rome's fault they were backward. If anything their crime was taking too many colonies in the West that weren't really worth it to them in terms of what they could produce.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614946)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: twisted insanely creepy field mood

TRIGGERED cumskin shitmods literally deleting threads about ancient rome again, 180000000000

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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: twisted insanely creepy field mood

During its prime, Roman army had min height of 6'0" for 1st Coho

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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: twisted insanely creepy field mood

only to completely debase their currency to prop up their MI complex, gradually replace native romans with barbarians, and annihilate their middle class in favor of Feudalism?

certainly nothing like what happened in america, that's for sure

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2223505&forum_id=2#49987213

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50013260)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: twisted insanely creepy field mood

superior anglo culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50013262)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: twisted insanely creepy field mood



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:07 AM
Author: nyuug



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Date: July 27th, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:59 PM
Author: chartreuse regret place of business

They made all the buildings and roads and aquaducts and stuff. Their colonies probably produced more food or whatever, but the Romans were responsible for the technological advances of the day. Also, there were emperors like Tiberius who brought in socialistic reforms favoring the poor, even circumventing the senate to do so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614849)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:08 PM
Author: Spectacular Geriatric Really Tough Guy

they had baths in every two-bit town and garrison. which were extinguished upon rome's fall and still haven't been fully reintroduced to europeans today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614888)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: Swollen Vigorous Keepsake Machete Pit



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:15 PM
Author: garnet shivering personal credit line mediation

i always picture roman citizens in togas drinking wine and eating grapes on a pleasant day while the germanic barbarians were wearing bear skins and living in the woods at dusk by a campfire, but i have no idea if this is accurate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20614933)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: Adventurous pozpig

they made their bones of of initially being way more productive, Romans could field an army of 50k, lose the entire thing, then rinse and repeat but the med advantage in grain production went down over time and they got lazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#50013269)