Great line "rome wasn't sacked in a day"https://twitter.com/nishaspillai/status/829803059215683584 …
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Replying to @vgr
@nishaspillai imo the real liminal period was the crisis of the third century, when it transformed from the successor of the republic..1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
...to the predecessor of what we call the byzantine empire. sacks by visigoths/vandals were shocking less for what...
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...they did in themselves but more for the demonstration of how far rome had already fallen
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Replying to @alicemazzy @nishaspillai
just like Trump sacking DC when capital has already moved to San Francisco.Shocking how much DC has already fallen
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are you making a pun about "capital" there?
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Das Capital was never in DC anyway.
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fun fact, hamilton was more than happy to move the capital for jefferson in exchange for his support...
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...for federal assumption of state debts because the way he saw it as long as the financial apparatus...
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Replying to @alicemazzy @nishaspillai and
...remained in new york it would continue to be the true seat of power regardless
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