• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean didn’t this just pave the way for Rome to be ruled by one unaccountable autocrat or another for the next several hundred years?

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      Yeah, Caesar is a bad comparison. Sulla fits better, although at least he was legitimately successful before his coup.