How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate

Re:How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate by verve_rat on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:16PM (#37617890)

But everyone tries to wear the clothes of Rome. The Russians, the Ottomans, unified Germany all played Roman dress up.

Edit: also Catholicism.

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Re:How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate by Detrytus on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:50PM (#37618256)

For Catholicism it wasn't a "dress up" - it was the official religion of Rome in the last couple centuries, and the Catholic Church was the only main institution of (Western) Roman Empire surviving its fall.

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