I spent some time in the Roman Empire. [He says it the way other people might say "I spent some time in Utah."]
They were orderly, had a good appreciation for proper bureaucracy, but were otherwise primitive and barbaric. Nevertheless it seems that every other petty dictator wants to pretend that his or her autocratic nation is New Rome.
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They were orderly, had a good appreciation for proper bureaucracy, but were otherwise primitive and barbaric. Nevertheless it seems that every other petty dictator wants to pretend that his or her autocratic nation is New Rome.