The long stretch of Roman chronology. The Roman Republic lasted 478 years, the Empire in the west lasted 507 and in the east 1,484.
Consequently, events which basic textbooks place very close to each other were often generations, sometimes centuries apart.
Consequently, events which basic textbooks place very close to each other were often generations, sometimes centuries apart.
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Peter Sagal
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Not everything you think should be said out loud.
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Another thousand years earlier and Rome as a single city wasn't even a concept.
Rome lasted for centuries, and every year someone said disaster is nigh, and it never happened and then the Gauls sacked the city
So next time someone says, such and such has never happened . . .
You may be thinking instead of the *Gothic* sack of Rome in 410 AD.
But, like, the space between the two events here is 30ish generations. Thirty!
George Washington, inspired by Cincinnatus, did not start his career by running for the quaestorship.
1492 to today, roughly same timescale as Augustus to Romulus Augustus!
In my view, another underestimated emperor is Severus Alexander, although he was a bit of a mama's boy - and everything well to hell after his reign.