Thus the Romans, foreseeing difficulties, always remedied them. And they never allowed them to persist in order to avoid a war, for they knew that wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others. Therefore they chose to go to war against Phillip and Antiochus in Greece in order to avoid having to deal with them in Italy. For the time, they could have avoided both dangers, but they chose not to. Nor were they ever pleased with the sort of advice that is always on the lips of our present-day wise men: that is, to enjoy the benefits of time. Instead, they were pleased to use their strength and prudence. For time bears all things out and may produce good as readily as evil, evil as readily as good.

Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513

and look where that policy got them in the long run. Nothing quite as entertaining as watching someone use the failed foreign policy of a long dead culture as some sort of misguided patriotic justification.

Oh well, at least they helped spread the semite poison.

Their language is the basis of the words that comprise the very drivel which pours out of your cranial orifice like diarrhea. Their aquaducts are still in use in many parts of Europe, as are many of their roads. Their philosophy, their political structure, their military structure -- all of these form at least most of the foundation, and indeed more often than not, the very model for the institutions which exist in our modern society.

A failed, dead culture?

You are hopelessly ignorant.

Reading comprehension has never been your strong point.

The failed foreign policy of a long dead culture is what I said.

Thank you for the abbreviated halfwits guide to Roman contributions to humanity. It is about as relevant as me listing off the remnants of ancient Greek, Celt, and Chinese cultural contributions to humanity.

In short, their foreign policy failed, and you are a fucking mongoloid.

Labret, glad to see you survived Amsterdam!



How long did the Roman society last?

I could be wrong, but......

My muddled memory tells me that the Roman culture failed not because of its foreign policy, but because of it's internal indulgences and petty bickerings.....

just my guess.... :zoinks: