NationStates Jolt Archive

We have been told, on leaving our native soil, that we are going to
defend the sacred rights conferred on us by so many of our citizens
settled overseas, so many years of our presence, so many benefits
brought by us to populations in need of our assistance and our
civilization.

We were able to verify that all this was true, and, because it was
true, we did not hesitate to shed our quota of blood, to sacrifice
our youth and our hopes. We regretted nothing, but whereas we over
here are inspired by this frame of mind, I am told that in Rome,
conspiracies are rife, that treachery flourishes, and that many
people in their uncertainty and confusion lend a ready ear to the
dire temptations of relinquishment and vilify our action.

I cannot believe that all this is true and yet recent wars have shown
how pernicious such a state of mind could be and where it could lead.

Make haste to reassure me cousin, I beg you, and tell me that our
fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we
ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.

If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached
bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware of the anger of the
legions!

Marcus Flavinius

Centurion of the 2nd Cohort of the Augusta Legion

Letter to his cousin Tertullus in Rome, 20 B.C.

Rome was a war mongering republic whose only industry that brought real economic prosperity and its eventual downfall was war. Also decadence and Christianity.

This letter is more relevant than the poster probably thought.

Rome was a war mongering republic whose only industry that brought real economic prosperity and its eventual downfall was war. Also decadence and Christianity.

This letter is more relevant than the poster probably thought.
By 20 BC Rome was no longer a republic.

War makes the world go around.

War makes the world go around.
Not money?

By 20 BC Rome was no longer a republic.


This is true. Wow. That letter just keeps getting more and more relevant.

Well, the people of Rome were better off and had more rights than any one else at the time. He was fighting a better war than even Marcus knew. As for the barbarians, well they were just diehards for their primitive way of life, and just refused to embrace the wave of civilization and liberty that Rome brought.

We have been told, on leaving our native soil, that we are going to
defend the sacred rights conferred on us by so many of our citizens
settled overseas, so many years of our presence, so many benefits
brought by us to populations in need of our assistance and our
civilization.

We were able to verify that all this was true, and, because it was
true, we did not hesitate to shed our quota of blood, to sacrifice
our youth and our hopes. We regretted nothing, but whereas we over
here are inspired by this frame of mind, I am told that in Rome,
conspiracies are rife, that treachery flourishes, and that many
people in their uncertainty and confusion lend a ready ear to the
dire temptations of relinquishment and vilify our action.

I cannot believe that all this is true and yet recent wars have shown
how pernicious such a state of mind could be and where it could lead.

Make haste to reassure me cousin, I beg you, and tell me that our
fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we
ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.

If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached
bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware of the anger of the
legions!

Marcus Flavinius

Centurion of the 2nd Cohort of the Augusta Legion

Letter to his cousin Tertullus in Rome, 20 B.C.

Well it won't be in vain in Iraq. They have served the ruling class well, albeit for delusional reasonings on their part.