Comment by thaumasiotes
5 months ago
> For the Romans, winning wars was the main source of elite prestige. So the Empire had to expand to accommodate winning more wars.
That's almost 100% backwards. The Republic expanded. The Empire, not so much.
5 months ago
> For the Romans, winning wars was the main source of elite prestige. So the Empire had to expand to accommodate winning more wars.
That's almost 100% backwards. The Republic expanded. The Empire, not so much.
Isn't that burying the lede on a technicality?
GP appears to be using "empire" as in "imperalistic" instead of as in "emperor".