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2024-06-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Crisis of the Third Century in Rome mirror those in America today.

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-06-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [129 views ] Top

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-06-26 12:48|| 2024-06-26 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, we're currently in third century America, so ...

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-26 13:04|| 2024-06-26 13:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Key thing in that ancient Roman crisis was the tendency of the Emperor's security detail and even of his extended family to murder the incumbent to substitute someone they liked better. Poison provided plausible deniability to the perps.

Posted by Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-06-26 13:10|| 2024-06-26 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 It's more like the end of the Roman republic. Fake trials, execution of political rivals, use of private mobs in the streets.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-26 17:26|| 2024-06-26 17:26|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Plus recruitment of non-Roman cits for the army.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-06-26 17:40|| 2024-06-26 17:40|| Front Page Top

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