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Many people believe that Sulla and Caesar are responsible for the collapse of the Roman Republic, but this is far from the truth. The two dictators only exposed a rot that had existed in the state for decades before them.
Roman writers like Appian and Plutarch believed the Republic began to decline with the deaths of the Gracchi brothers, when political fracture and violence spread across Rome.
The historian Sallust dates the decline to the fall of Carthage in 146 BC, when Rome no longer feared any external enemy and replaced that fear with internal rivalries.
Instead of serving the common good, the Republic fractured and all power became concentrated in the hands of the elites, who cared more about their personal wealth and preserving Republican institutions than about passing laws that benefited common citizens.
An unhappy people and a lawless state became a perfect breeding ground for ambitious men, who exploited the rot and used it to take power: Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, and Antony.
Eventually, the Republic was replaced by Octavian’s Principate.
Today we will dive deeper into Roman Republican history to find out why the Republic eroded, and how the fall of Carthage and the deaths of the Gracchi brothers started a spiral that destroyed it.
Read on The Modern Caesar newsletter:
themoderncaesar.substack.com
Why should we teach younger generations our history? So they would understand what they are fighting for.
In 280 BC Romans decided to accept peace offer of Pyrrhus, cousin of Alexander the Great. During Samnite Wars Italian states asked Pyrrhus to assist them against the Romans. Pyrrhus had crushed the Romans but with heavy casualties.
Because of it he sent an envoy to the Senate offering peace. Only demanding an alliance with the Romans.
The Senate full of younger generations who haven’t fought in previous wars expected to be crushed and were keen to surrender. Until Appius Claudius Caecus showed up.
He was a consul, dictator and leader of former Samnite Wars. But now Caecus is aged and blind man. He was carried on a litter through a Forum. When Caecus reached the Senate his sons had to take him up in arms to bring him inside.
Blinded and barely standing Caecus reminded Romans that this treaty was a disgrace to Romans. To people who have told themselves they would have defeated Alexander if he came west instead of east. Caecus spoke of Roman victories and their dominance in Italy. He insisted that Roman domination depended on upon fear of betraying Rome. If they stopped fighting their entire empire would crumble.
The speech was so powerful that Romans immediately discarded any peace offers. Instead they marched to win. And in 272 BC Tarentum fell and Rome emerged as dominant power in Italy.
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction.”
— Augustus
Modern man does not understand principled leadership, because modern world is full of dishonest politicians.
Sulla never clinged on power, he was betrayed by Marius and decided to fight this injustice.
After he restored order he retired, as he accomplished what he intended.
Just like Romans, who hated monarchy and bypassed laws to fight against it, ended up with a monarch.
So will the leftists and the media, who fight "fascism" on daily basis, will end up with a fascist.
In Roman Republic senatorial class were so afraid of the return of a monarch they did everything in their power to prevent it. They rejected popular laws, launched campaigns against populists and encouraged violence against "potential kings".
At the end, people got so fed up, they begged Augustus to stay and rule Rome as a monarch.
There is a lesson here.
In Roman Republic senatorial class were so afraid of the return of a monarch they did everything in their power to prevent it. They rejected popular laws, launched campaigns against populists and encouraged violence against "potential kings".
At the end, people got so fed up, they begged Augustus to stay and rule Rome as a monarch.
There is a lesson here.
Many people believe that Sulla and Caesar are responsible for the collapse of the Roman Republic, but this is far from the truth. The two dictators only exposed a rot that had existed in the state for decades before them.
Roman writers like Appian and Plutarch believed the Republic began to decline with the deaths of the Gracchi brothers, when political fracture and violence spread across Rome.
The historian Sallust dates the decline to the fall of Carthage in 146 BC, when Rome no longer feared any external enemy and replaced that fear with internal rivalries.
Instead of serving the common good, the Republic fractured and all power became concentrated in the hands of the elites, who cared more about their personal wealth and preserving Republican institutions than about passing laws that benefited common citizens.
An unhappy people and a lawless state became a perfect breeding ground for ambitious men, who exploited the rot and used it to take power: Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, and Antony.
Eventually, the Republic was replaced by Octavian’s Principate.
Today we will dive deeper into Roman Republican history to find out why the Republic eroded, and how the fall of Carthage and the deaths of the Gracchi brothers started a spiral that destroyed it.
Read on The Modern Caesar newsletter:
themoderncaesar.substack.com
After the Punic Wars, much of the ager publicus (public land) was occupied by the wealthy. Many held far more land than the legal limit of about 300 acres. The nobles filled their estates with slaves, who were cheap labor, while small farmers and the citizen soldiers of Rome, were pushed off their land.
Sound familiar?
Many people believe that Sulla and Caesar are responsible for the collapse of the Roman Republic, but this is far from the truth. The two dictators only exposed a rot that had existed in the state for decades before them.
Roman writers like Appian and Plutarch believed the Republic began to decline with the deaths of the Gracchi brothers, when political fracture and violence spread across Rome.
The historian Sallust dates the decline to the fall of Carthage in 146 BC, when Rome no longer feared any external enemy and replaced that fear with internal rivalries.
Instead of serving the common good, the Republic fractured and all power became concentrated in the hands of the elites, who cared more about their personal wealth and preserving Republican institutions than about passing laws that benefited common citizens.
An unhappy people and a lawless state became a perfect breeding ground for ambitious men, who exploited the rot and used it to take power: Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, and Antony.
Eventually, the Republic was replaced by Octavian’s Principate.
Today we will dive deeper into Roman Republican history to find out why the Republic eroded, and how the fall of Carthage and the deaths of the Gracchi brothers started a spiral that destroyed it.
Read on The Modern Caesar newsletter:
themoderncaesar.substack.com
Called it.
If he was a nationalist or right-wing extremist, he would have gone for the migrants and lefties, not fellow Poles. But lefties would never dare attacking them, only their own people.
Simple logic is enough to see through the lies of Western media.
🇵🇱 | ÚLTIMO: En Polonia, acaban de descubrir que el atacante de Cracovia, Michał Oksiński era un activista de izquierda radical, antifascista y anarcocomunista, que se burlaba del cristianismo. El gobierno de Tusk y los medios quisieron vincularlo con grupos de derecha, pero hoy se sabe que no es así. Todo se pudo filtrar de las cuentas de Oksinski qué ahora están eliminadas, la pregunta es, ¿quién eliminó las dos cuentas del atacante en Facebook, si a sus dos padres y a su hermana los encontraron muertos en su vivienda?
Guys, I began reading Evola's Revolt Against the Modern World. This is my first time reading him.
And I think he is into something...
Ancient sources are more accurate than anything written by 20-21st century scholars.
For example, Plutarch even starts his Life of Numa by stating that many Roman records were lost during Gallic sack of Rome and were replaced by false records so Roman aristocrats could falsify their linage.
In many of his biographies Plutarch even gives several versions of the story for the sake of accuracy.
Ancient writers were more concerned with truth than we give them credit to.
What surprises me the most is that even after millennium simple Roman houses and infrastructure still stand intact.
Whereas modern architecture starts to decay after 2 years since the building gets finished.
Roman philosopher St. Augustine believed that beauty is a reflection of God:
"Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked."
But because we are ruled by the wicked, we lost it...
Otto von Bismarck almost worked himself to death.
Instead of working regular hours, he often worked more. Instead of sleep he preferred late night work because during that period he was most creative.
Because of this intense and inconsistent routine, doctors made him to take mandatory break throughout his day.
Napoleon Bonaparte worked 16 hours a day.
He never ate more than he needed, often spending less than 15 minutes on a meal so he would not waste time. Multiple secretaries opened and read his letters for him, so he would not waste his own energy. The emperor also slept in intervals, waking in the middle of the night to work on reports, letters, and orders.
Napoleon also did several tasks at once. He read reports in the bath, just to squeeze in extra working hours and get a little more done.
The French Emperor was obsessed with work, and because of his work ethic, Napoleon became the most powerful man in Europe.
But Napoleon was not the only workaholic. Almost every Great Man in history, from Caesar to Isaac Newton to Bismarck, had intense working sessions, often spending nearly all their waking hours working.
Today we will dive deeper into why Great Men work with obsession, how it builds their success, and how we can crush our goals like they did.
Read on The Modern Caesar Newsletter:
themoderncaesar.substack.com
They should stop allowing stupid people to comment.
The Republic was dead after Gracchi brothers were killed. The rule of law turned into the rule of power. Oligarchs concentrated their power in the Senate and political disputes were no longer solved with speeches but with knives on the streets.
Even this glaze of Marius is funny.
Had it not been for his military reforms and his envy to Sulla, which led this old commander to use personal ties with the tribune to strip Sulla of his legal command, the Civil War and Sulla's dictatorship would have never happened.
So yeah, imagine being this stupid about Roman history.
Caesar dictated letters while riding his horse into enemy territory.
Several at once, to different people, on different subjects, while his army marched behind him. Plutarch wrote about it like it was a normal work day for the Caesar. And this multitasking did help him to save time, to act with speed.
That's the whole secret.
Rivals in Rome and enemies in Gaul were still debating what to do while Caesar had already prepared and moved three steps ahead.
Speed was his weapon before the sword ever left the sheath.
Napoleon Bonaparte worked 16 hours a day.
He never ate more than he needed, often spending less than 15 minutes on a meal so he would not waste time. Multiple secretaries opened and read his letters for him, so he would not waste his own energy. The emperor also slept in intervals, waking in the middle of the night to work on reports, letters, and orders.
Napoleon also did several tasks at once. He read reports in the bath, just to squeeze in extra working hours and get a little more done.
The French Emperor was obsessed with work, and because of his work ethic, Napoleon became the most powerful man in Europe.
But Napoleon was not the only workaholic. Almost every Great Man in history, from Caesar to Isaac Newton to Bismarck, had intense working sessions, often spending nearly all their waking hours working.
Today we will dive deeper into why Great Men work with obsession, how it builds their success, and how we can crush our goals like they did.
Read on The Modern Caesar Newsletter:
themoderncaesar.substack.com