Well, everyone who wins eventually loses. And the Romans were like those people that have obscene amounts of money and fame and just go crazy and lead to their own downfall.
It amuses me when people immediately take ancient writing at face value. As if the fact that they're ancient makes their sources more reliable, or something. People are people no matter what era they're in. All the bad, the good, the boring and everything else that's part of human nature. Thinking that someone didn't twist events to suit their own views or outright lie is rather naive.
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Re: "Even babies lie, and the stars don't cry."
Date: 2008-01-06 03:50 am (UTC)It amuses me when people immediately take ancient writing at face value. As if the fact that they're ancient makes their sources more reliable, or something. People are people no matter what era they're in. All the bad, the good, the boring and everything else that's part of human nature. Thinking that someone didn't twist events to suit their own views or outright lie is rather naive.