Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "How They Did It - Declaring War in Ancient Rome" video.

  1. How "enslaving of all the enemy population" sounds?
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  2. They were a form of diplomacy. Mind that those practices were developed when Rome was one of the city-states of Latium. To resort to the priest embassy was the way to say to the neighbour "we are serious on that matter. We involved gods. If nothing changes, it will be war in 33 days".
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  3. It was a form of diplomacy. Mind that those practices were developed when Rome was one of the city-states of Latium. To resort to the priest embassy was the way to say to the involved neighbour "we are serious on that matter. We involved gods. If nothing changes, it will be war in 33 days". At the same time, it reassured the other city states that Rome didn't attack without warning (a thing that could have persuaded the others to start a prehemptive war without warning).
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  4. It was a form of diplomacy too. Mind that those practices were developed when Rome was one of the city-states of Latium. To resort to the priest embassy was the way to say to the neighbour "we are serious on that matter. We involved gods already. If nothing changes, it will be war in 33 days".
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