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Re:American Mercenaries Were Hired to Assassinate Politician... by gnulinux on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:29PM (#18233458)
It's not clear to me why Roman Empire would be relevant in this case. Society, economy, politics, military, culture, technology, wars, the life of soldiers... a lot of things were different back then.
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Re:American Mercenaries Were Hired to Assassinate Politician... by Balgair on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:51PM (#18233613)
Roman Republic, not the Empire.

There are always lessons in history, even accounting for the differences between an agrarian and digital society. Private militaries have proven to be rather fickle when it comes to rights v. might.

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Re:American Mercenaries Were Hired to Assassinate Politician... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:54PM (#18233629)
> Roman Republic, not the Empire.

The fall of the former and rise of the latter seems to be the issue being raised, so either equally applies.

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