General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Barry Poppins]

He had no problem enslaving or having his soldiers kill fellow Romans, but he did not like the idea of killing Roman politicians, even as he celebrated their deaths in his triumphs.

 

[Chris]

Yeah but back to the Gaul thing, he was horribly hypocritical to them lol

 

[Chris]

His own writings make Vercingetorix look like a hero

 

[Chris]

Ambiorix too really but less so

 

[Chris]

It's really one of the most modern aspects of him, "these Gauls just need a bit more Roman influence and liberty, one more strike"

 

[Barry Poppins]

The Gauls were already basically Diet Romans at that point too lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Gaulois are my peeps

 

[Chris]

That was his argument really, he was like "they're becoming too much like Rome so we need to take out the threat now" while also arguing they needed to be made more like Rome lol

 

[Barry Poppins]

Classic Roman Defense

 

[Barry Poppins]

"They're not a threat now but they will be! Better conquer them now!"

 

[Chris]

The defensive conquerors, there's always a new border to protect preemptively

 

[Comrade Khan]

They had magic potion

 

[Barry Poppins]

Really what did them in was getting too big, obviously, but I wonder how things might have turned out if the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires stood strong, or the Tetrarchy actually worked lol

 

[Barry Poppins]

Alas.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I watched n read alot of Asterix n Obelix sorry lol