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Average Roman power struggle (infosec.pub)
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The emperors of the late fourth and fifth centuries then proceeded to invite people into the house, promising its shelter, if only they would help them light one more fire – and then when the house was burned down and everyone was left on the cold ground, they tried to shift the blame onto the very guests they had invited.

https://acoup.blog/2022/02/11/collections-rome-decline-and-fall-part-iii-things/

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When you pay barbarians to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to fight the barbarians you paid to...

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

American foreign policy? Who put that there?