• sasquash@sopuli.xyz
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    27 days ago

    I would try to save the roman republic and prevent the roman kindgom. It would also be interesting to see what would have happend if they never switched to christianity.

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      26 days ago

      But the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) happened after the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC).

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      26 days ago

      The kingdom was before the republic. I assume you want to prevent the empire?

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      26 days ago

      To prevent the empire would be more complicated than it looks like, since you got multiple rebellions and civil wars popping up as early as 135 BCE. They ultimately boiled down to

      • plebeians and/or slaves pissed due to poor living conditions
      • local peoples rebelling against Roman oppression
      • some patrician family wanting a larger slice of the pie

      And those are all problems that are damn hard to address without leading to plebeians being manipulated, local peoples being suppressed, and cutting down the power of the patricians by a central, strong government. That’s basically what Caesar tried to do, and Octavian achieved.