Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Were The Ancient Romans Evil?" video.

The difference with the others is that the Romans asked themself those questions. The Romans had been the ones that, more than any other classical civilization, tried to adopt the point of view of their enemies. They did for Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Vercingetorix, Arminius... the Romans had been the first to say "those people had their reasons".
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The difference with the others is that the Romans asked themself those questions. The Romans had been the ones that, more than any other classical civilization, tried to adopt the point of view of their enemies. They did for Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Vercingetorix, Arminius... the Romans had been the first to say "those people had their reasons".
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@funkmaster2258 I was talking of historical accounts written after the facts. There was nothing to exploit and the war was over.
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@funkmaster2258 Why not physics or medicine at this point?
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 @funkmaster2258 The "news lately" ceased to have something to do with Roman history several centuries ago.
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@boygriffin5764 Like it or not, they historically did. "They make a desert and call it peace" had been written by a Roman (a Roman historian and a Senator). Not a Greek in Roman time. That had been written by a Roman for a Roman public.
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