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Were the ancient Romans fundamentally a shit people?

The Roman armies conquered large territories, sure, but Roma...
Motley den place of business
  05/04/12
If you walked through ancient Rome you had to watch out for ...
Massive Cruel-hearted Dysfunction
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sanitation standards were worse in Europe for about 1000 yea...
flesh hairraiser stead headpube
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True.
Massive Cruel-hearted Dysfunction
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What you're saying isn't true of the Romans, but VERY true o...
flesh hairraiser stead headpube
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The wealthiest parts of the Roman empire were in north Afric...
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  05/04/12
Rome itself was not shitty and poor. The colonies in Western...
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During its prime, Roman army had min height of 6'0" for...
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only to completely debase their currency to prop up their MI...
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They made all the buildings and roads and aquaducts and stuf...
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they had baths in every two-bit town and garrison. which wer...
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i always picture roman citizens in togas drinking wine and e...
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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:53 PM
Author: Motley den place of business

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614794)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:02 PM
Author: Massive Cruel-hearted Dysfunction

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: flesh hairraiser stead headpube

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=2锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614868)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:04 PM
Author: Massive Cruel-hearted Dysfunction

True.

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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:06 PM
Author: flesh hairraiser stead headpube

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614885)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:10 PM
Author: Motley den place of business

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614908)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: flesh hairraiser stead headpube

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614946)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:16 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater

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

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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater

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: diverse pungent theater

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50013260)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:17 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater

superior anglo culture

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Date: July 20th, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:07 AM
Author: diverse pungent theater



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Date: July 27th, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:29 PM
Author: diverse pungent theater



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Date: July 29th, 2026 5:34 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 7:35 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: August 4th, 2026 9:51 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: May 4th, 2012 4:59 PM
Author: flesh hairraiser stead headpube

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614849)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:08 PM
Author: Buff Disgusting Digit Ratio Police Squad

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614888)



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:17 PM
Author: crystalline factory reset button indirect expression



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Date: May 4th, 2012 5:15 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Site

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#20614933)



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Date: July 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: thirsty round eye turdskin

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锞兾告触锟界锟絇HPSESSID=962c303388ae8b5678383d002493727e#50013269)