RT ShadowsOfConstantinople (@RomeInTheEast)After the Romans had conquered the Greek world, the Hellenes became very well-integrated:“By the end of the first century BC, under the emperor Augustus, Roman rule had become a comparatively frictionless process. While prejudices remained stubborn - The Romans ridiculed the lack of fighting qualities among the Greeks, the Greeks saw the Romans as boorish and uncultured — the elites of both recognized the advantages of collaboriation…The more educated Romans were a ...

RT Eltigre9 (@matt42069i)@elonmusk The “Roman Empire” template is 🔥 🔥 ⚔️ https://t.co/cfikQXateB ...

RT Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole)At its peak, the Roman Empire operated on slave labour at a scale that is almost incomprehensible. Estimates suggest that slaves comprised somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of the population of Roman Italy.They built the roads, worked the mines, staffed the great agricultural estates, served in the households of the wealthy, and kept the entire economic machinery of the ancient world turning. Without them, Rome as we understand it doesn't exist.These people were fed. Kept alive a ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Yes. I was making fun of the original post. Although a lesser issue, it also becomes chaotic if countries start demanding artifacts "back" that were made by cultures they conquered. The tetrarch statue depicts four Roman imperial leaders. It was made by the Roman Empire and was taken by Italians (the Italian penninsula being where the capital of the Roman Empire was when the statue was made) from Greek-speaking and Christian Constantinople. It was not taken from what the conquerin ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Yes. I was making fun of the original post. Although a lesser issue, it also becomes chaotic if countries start demanding artifacts "back" that were made by cultures they conquered. The tetrarch statue depicts four Roman imperial leaders. It was made by the Roman Empire and was taken by Italians (the Italian penninsula being where the capital of the Roman Empire was when the statue was made) from Greek-speaking and Christian Constantinople. It was not taken from what the conquerin ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Yes. I was making fun of the original post. Although a lesser issue, it also becomes chaotic if countries start demanding artifacts "back" that were made by cultures they conquered. The tetrarch statue depicts four Roman imperial leaders. It was made by the Roman Empire and was taken by Italians (the Italian penninsula being where the capital of the Roman Empire was when the statue was made) from Greek-speaking and Christian Constantinople. It was not taken from what the conquerin ...

RT cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander)This is what happens when you don't teach the history of the Roman Empire. ...

“I think about the Roman Empire everyday." Elon Musk. https://t.co/St0FT7TNiK ...

Historical Claims - The tweet claims that the original Roman bloodlines gradually disappeared and were replaced by foreign populations who adopted the Roman identity [1] - The tweet suggests that ancient Roman leaders like Augustus lamented the declining birth rates of their own bloodlines [1]

Historical Perspective - The tweet suggests that all of history is a footnote to the Roman Empire, similar to how all of philosophy is a footnote to Plato [1]