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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Tale as old as time, just ask Nero and Caligula.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Huh? Caligula and Nero were emperors during the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Principate, literally the first dynasty of Roman emperors. How would they know anything about the decline of an empire? That came 400 years after their reigns. The year of the four emperors was tumultuous and violent, but it wasn't even remotely "the empire is crumbling and being sold for parts".

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