ANZIO- Panorama DALLA VILLA MARCOCCHIA

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https://fotografia.cultura.gov.it/iccd/item/FFC036176

Rome wasn’t built in a day – and neither was the Queensland school exam crisis

“Stay calm, don’t panic” flashed across Ella Crabb’s phone. The email from her parents — tacked onto an…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/221192/

How #Rome Destroyed Its Own Republic

#Augustus told Romans he was the only one who could save Rome. And they believed him.

by Becky Little, Nov 5, 2018, Last Updated: June 30, 2025

"Imagine a world in which political norms have broken down. Senators use bad faith arguments to block the government from getting anything done. An autocrat rigs elections and gives himself complete control over the government. Even stranger, many voters subscribe to the autocrat’s personality cult and agree that he should have absolute control.

"Welcome to Rome in the first century B.C.E. The republic that had existed for over 400 years had finally hit a crisis it couldn’t overcome. Rome itself wouldn’t fall, but during this period it lost its republic forever.

"The man who played the biggest role in disrupting Rome’s republic was #AugustusCaesar, who made himself the first emperor of Rome in 27 B.C.E. By that point, the republic’s political norms had been breaking down for about a century, and Augustus was in a position to take advantage of that.

"Before that century, 'there had been a really long period where the republic functioned,' says Edward J. Watts, author of the new book Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into #Tyranny. Political norms were heeded; and when the government ran into a new problem, it would amend itself to keep working. For over 300 years, the republic operated this way. There was no political violence, land theft or capital punishment because those went against the political norms Rome had established.

"Then, in 133 B.C.E., Rome experienced its first political murder in the history of the republic. Senators were angry that Tiberius Gracchus, an elected official who had tried to #redistribute land to the #poor, was seeking a second term as tribune of the plebs. During a fight that broke out between Tiberius’s followers and opponents, senators beat him to death with wooden chairs and helped murder nearly 300 of his followers.

"Political violence increased in the 80s B.C.E. when political factions started stealing people’s land and killing their enemies. In 44, senators murdered Augustus’ great-uncle Julius Caesar after he #unconstitutionally named himself #dictator for life.

"Non-violent political dysfunction increased during this time, too. During the 60s B.C.E., a senator named Cato the Younger had constantly and unnecessarily used #ProceduralDelays to block the senate from voting on legislation he did not like for years. Other senators went along with this because they considered Cato a moral leader.

"In 59 B.C.E., one of the consuls working with Cato even tried to shut down all public business for the entire year by declaring each day of the year a religious holiday. (In the Roman Republic, saying the gods were angry was an acceptable reason to declare a holiday and postpone voting.)"

Read more:
https://www.history.com/articles/rome-republic-augustus-dictator

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/YufxA

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#HistoryRepeatsItself #GovernmentShutdown

Contrary to what you see on TV shows and in films, there is no historical evidence of Ancient Romans using the Hitler salute.
The closest thing is this classic statue of Augustus pointing at something with his elbow bent and his fist mostly closed.

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