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Were the ancient Romans fundamentally a shit people?

The Roman armies conquered large territories, sure, but Roma...
Motley misanthropic office roommate
  05/04/12
If you walked through ancient Rome you had to watch out for ...
deep gold legal warrant
  05/04/12
sanitation standards were worse in Europe for about 1000 yea...
soul-stirring piazza
  05/04/12
True.
deep gold legal warrant
  05/04/12
What you're saying isn't true of the Romans, but VERY true o...
soul-stirring piazza
  05/04/12
The wealthiest parts of the Roman empire were in north Afric...
Motley misanthropic office roommate
  05/04/12
Rome itself was not shitty and poor. The colonies in Western...
soul-stirring piazza
  05/04/12
TRIGGERED cumskin shitmods literally deleting threads about ...
boyish citrine dysfunction
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During its prime, Roman army had min height of 6'0" for...
boyish citrine dysfunction
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only to completely debase their currency to prop up their MI...
boyish citrine dysfunction
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superior anglo culture
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They made all the buildings and roads and aquaducts and stuf...
soul-stirring piazza
  05/04/12
they had baths in every two-bit town and garrison. which wer...
Orchid national security agency lay
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fear-inspiring home mother
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i always picture roman citizens in togas drinking wine and e...
Ocher bateful church mad cow disease
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they made their bones of of initially being way more product...
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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:53 PM
Author: Motley misanthropic office roommate

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614794)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:02 PM
Author: deep gold legal warrant

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#20614859)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:03 PM
Author: soul-stirring piazza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#20614868)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:04 PM
Author: deep gold legal warrant

True.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#20614873)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:06 PM
Author: soul-stirring piazza

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614885)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:10 PM
Author: Motley misanthropic office roommate

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614908)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: soul-stirring piazza

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614946)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: boyish citrine dysfunction

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50013257)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: boyish citrine dysfunction

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

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2223505&mc=15&forum_id=2



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50013259)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: boyish citrine dysfunction

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=2ГѓЖ’#50013260)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: boyish citrine dysfunction

superior anglo culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50013262)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: boyish citrine dysfunction



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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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1940422&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50028409)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:59 PM
Author: soul-stirring piazza

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614849)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:08 PM
Author: Orchid national security agency lay

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614888)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: fear-inspiring home mother



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:15 PM
Author: Ocher bateful church mad cow disease

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=2ГѓЖ’#20614933)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: bearded state idea he suggested

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=2ГѓЖ’#50013269)