Are you interested in history?

@Elessar Actually the whole story is a real tragedy. The most amazing commonwealth of antiquity destroyed itself. The thing that followed SPQR, the "Roman Empire", was based on slavery and violence. 😕

@helenS Slavery and violence were a huge thing also during the republican era, tho. (Late) emperors were extravagant for sure, but it's not that 100 B.C. Rome was, say, 2022 (a.D.) Rome. Also, even without Caesar's takeover the republic was on the trajectory of falling, under the heavy weight of corruption - essentially the same fate that the empire would succumb to, four centuries later.

Remember how little popular support the assassination of Caesar had received - the caesaricides had to flee. The early empire, especially under Octavian, was definitely a better period for the Romans as a whole than the late-republic. Even now, in hindsight, Augustus is considered one of the greatest leaders in human history, and the pax romana the most prosperous period in Roman history.

@Elessar The social base of the SPQR (when it was still healthy) consisted of small farmers, not slaves. Slaves were not welcome because "big" farmers could produce cheaper commodities than small farmers, using inexpensive slave labor.
These free farmers, conservative and stubborn, were not rich but they could live from their own work, and feed their families. Their main political intentions consisted of avoiding abuse of power, and avoiding sole reign (which is, for example, why SPQR had two consuls who could veto each other).
The wars against Carthago (especially war #3) destroyed small farming when Rome became the dominant power in the Mediterranean world – the peasants had to sell their property and were replaced by slaves. They went into big cities and their children became a parasitic mob which depended heavily on social welfare. That mob was the social base of the tyranny that followed after the destruction of the SPQR. Slavery was welcomed by the mob now because it meant bread was cheap. Wars of agression were also welcome because it meant new slaves. And it was that demoralized mob which supported warlords such as Pompeius, Crassus, Caesar and Octavian, super-rich criminals who hired the mob to build private armies which were loyal only to their warlord, not to the SPQR. Tyranny was the adequate form of rule for the mob. They wanted authoritarian leaders, and they got them.
Pax romana was as peaceful as a cemetary. It rested upon the blood and bones of millions of slaves.

@Stereoguy Would suggest you Google Lyudmila Pavlichenko the world most successful Woman Sniper, Lydia Litvyak the worlds first Female Fighter Ace, The Night Witches an all woman Bomber Regiment to name a few 🙂🐼🥢

@Stereoguy It really is. I’m fascinated with the mid evil times as well as all of military history as I’m prior military.

@Stereoguy Nope, but it's on the travel list 😉

@Stereoguy Inside Diners with fountains for sodas and jars of candy; there was also outside Drive in Diners and theaters.
it was a totally different environment to socialize. .

@Stereoguy Beard wrote An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Economic_Interpretation_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States

It basically said hey guess what those guys who supported the Constitution, did not do it out of the kindness of their hearts, the good of all people or whatever else you hear as a kid. They did it because they made a financial killing doing so. Hamilton most of all.

@Stereoguy https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Chartist-Movement/
The March on Newport is a significant event in British history

And this long gone pub was half a mile from me.
The Upper Cock pub still exists

https://cwmbranhistory.blogspot.com/2017/03/chartists-at-lower-cock-inn.html?m=1

@helenS She is one of many unsung heroes of that war. She was truly a godsend to those women who were undoubtedly petrified about what was happening. I cannot even imagine the horror. It sickens me to the core.

@Stereoguy I have often wondered the same thing. Tragic.

@sirenofthesea Apparently they colonized most of Europe at one time, and had a little colony down in Spain.

@Stereoguy it may sound strange but this october is the sixtieth anniversary of the cuban missile crisis . the closest the world ever came to a east west nuclear exchange . it must of been a very scary fortnight to of been around in. as one wrong move by either the russians or americans could of sparked a conflict and a nuclear exchanged would of been fearful days