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The Roman Empire: an early example of globalization.
The most popular themes on Storyexpe about the Roman Empire focus on its multiculturalism. The Roman Empire is often considered the first large globalization, similar in many respects to current models, and in some other aspects even more evolved. Of course, numerous different facets that compose the real complexity of these themes are discussed here on Storyexpe, in particular:
Political and administrative: the Roman Empire united a vast expanse of geographically distant and culturally diverse territories under a single administration. Factors contributing to its success included preserving cultural identity and granting broad religious freedoms to the conquered territories.
Trade: Being part of the Roman Empire was a great advantage from a commercial standpoint, allowing access to an extensive trade network.
Multiculturalism: With the extension of citizenship to large parts of the Roman Empire, people of very different ethnic groups had the possibility to be part of a whole empire.
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The fall of the roman empire (*spoiler alert). Lessons for today.
Empires, like individuals and societies, can fall from within when virtue is lost. The patterns of power and corruption remind certain dynamics we are experiencing today. ...The only difference seems to be that we don't have to wait for barbarians to invade us: this time, we are perfectly able to destroy everything by ourselves.
Roman stoicism: how Marcus Aurelius ruled with philosophy. He was emperor of the world-and yet, Marcus Aurelius wrote about humility and self-discipline. What can we learn from his stoic mindset (without having to rule the world)?
Well, we know that Roman emperors were ambitious. So much so that they weren't satisfied with a single day dedicated to their memory. Some of the most important emperors wanted an entire month dedicated to them.
...Guess who the months of July and August are named after?
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"Et tu, Brute?"
"Ehm... eeeh... ehm... ... . No, no! There's a misunderstanding. My real name is Jerry W. Winterbottom".
"OK, sorry, my mistake".
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The murder of Caesar.
Julius Caesar / Virgil
"Virgil, you were born Sub Julio, but I died before I could hear your most sublime verses. Could you compose a poem in remembrance of my deeds, that I may reflect in the verses of the most supreme poet my remote splendors, of which only scattered ruins and lost ideals remain?"
"I wrote about your origin, beginning from Aeneas, over a thousand years before you were born. You don't remember, but we met over a thousand years after your death, when I led a poet more sublime than me, Dante, on his epic journey through hell, purgatory and paradise".
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"Oh! sad misfortune! that you, Scorpus, should be cut off in the flower of your youth, and be called so prematurely to harness the black steeds of Pluto. The chariot race was always shortened by your rapid driving; but O why should your own race have been so speedily run?"
Martial (Roman poet)
Epigrams 10.50, about the death of Scorpus, the most successful charioteer in history with 2048 victories, who died at the age of 26 / 27, arguably in the course of a race.
About life in the Empire of Rome
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."
"You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire."
"They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn."
"Associate with people who are likely to improve you."
"Rare is the union of beauty and purity."
"Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised."
"Who will watch the watchers?"
"Never does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another."
"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price."
"Dedicate one's life to truth."
"Sit mens sana in corpore sano."
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."
"You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire."
"They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn."
"Associate with people who are likely to improve you."