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History
fromMedievalists.net
1 week ago

The Trapezuntine Twenty+ Years' Anarchy: The Least Known Roman Civil War - Medievalists.net

A twenty-year 14th-century civil war of assassinations, coups, and betrayals transformed medieval Trebizond, revealing how chaos and ambition reshaped one of Rome's last outposts.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
6 months ago

How Rome's Senators Got Robbed of Their Republic

The fall of the Roman Republic teaches contemporary societies about the dangers of political overreach and the erosion of democratic values.
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