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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @11:35AM (#36405559)
> exactly like 90% of modern politicians

Roman politics, one could even say culture, had a fundamental flaw in equating military competence with political savvy. (Our modern analog is commercial and governance.)

Sulla and Marius and Pompey and Caesar personally raised armies, legitimately and then otherwise. This gave every Roman commander a practical veto unthinkable in modern politics.

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Re:Square where Julius Caesar was killed opens to the public... by joycian on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @03:52PM (#36409559)
Actually, I think it could be said that Pompey did it illegitimately before he did it legitimately (legitimately meaning: with the support of the sitting government in Rome), raising troops in support of Sulla's invasion force. Of course, legitimacy is a bit strange in the Sulla-Marius years.
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