apocalypse has always been a hopeful idea because assumes the moment everything goes to hell can be pinpointed and you'll be around to see
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and when less sober and competent men found themselves at the head of such a thing the land fell to chaos
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by this logic trajan's rule would be the height of the empire in the same way that 2007 was the height of the mortgage industry
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hell, blame the marian reforms for making the legions a political bloc and the feminizing influence of greek culture eroding mos maiorum
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a young culture may emerge from the ashes of our civilization but we probably won't be around to see it
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If you're looking for inflection, I think it was before Hadrian. Instinctively, I say at or near after Nero.
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Third derivative was probably Gracchi. They, then Caesar, broke norms and provided precedent for subsequent breaking for less noble reasons.
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What did C. do that Sulla hadn't done first? Rome fell when it ground Carthage into dirt—after 3rd P.War, inevitable. W/out, impossible.
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I greatly respect what sulla tried to do, but the fact that he set the precedent and that everything he instituted..
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...was rolled back immediately after his death makes him an unmitigated failure
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And we will be fortunate to have 1% of his success.
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