http://mrsilence.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mrsilence.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-03-20 01:40 am (UTC)

Oh much further back than that even.

Don't mistake the Imperium as the fundamental essence of Roman civilisation - in a way, the imperium was simply a adaptation to, and manifestation of, the pre-existing imperial (in the modern sense) manner and aspirations of Rome.

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