Breezy Kanzaki Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Fuck driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Nepos Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hello, and welcome to Roman history with Hattusili I. Today, I will be giving brief summaries of the Roman Emperors of the 11th century (except for Isaac II and Alexius III; who cares about them?). Alexius I: good emperor. John II: excellent emperor. Like, Marcus Aurelius levels of good. Manuel I: good emperor. Alexius II: an incompetent little shit. Andronicus I: initially not as incompetent, but a giant shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Nepos Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 what's the general ratio of good to bad emperors? 3:2 ? I think it's more likely to be the other way around. Good emperors tend to rule for a long time, while bad emperors tend to be deposed, assassinated etc. So there are more bad emperors than good emperors, but good emperors rule longer than bad emperors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hello, and welcome to Roman history with Hattusili I. Today, I will be giving brief summaries of the Roman Emperors of the 11th century (except for Isaac II and Alexius III; who cares about them?). Alexius I: good emperor. John II: excellent emperor. Like, Marcus Aurelius levels of good. Manuel I: good emperor. Alexius II: an incompetent little shit. Andronicus I: initially not as incompetent, but a giant shit. So you consider Byzantine Emperors to be Roman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Nepos Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 So you consider Byzantine Emperors to be Roman? Yes. "Byzantine" is a nice term for practical usage to refer to a historical period, but juridically (and culturally) speaking, the Byzantine Empire was simply the Roman Empire. The term is comparable to terms such as "Weimar Republic" and "Nazi Germany"; they're used by historians to refer to a certain period in a nation's history, but do not reflect the juridical status of the state nor do they reflect how people viewed those nations in their own time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Autumn Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) Yes. "Byzantine" is a nice term for practical usage to refer to a historical period, but juridically (and culturally) speaking, the Byzantine Empire was simply the Roman Empire. The term is comparable to terms such as "Weimar Republic" and "Nazi Germany"; they're used by historians to refer to a certain period in a nation's history, but do not reflect the juridical status of the state nor do they reflect how people viewed those nations in their own time. They did still change somewhat culturally. What with the different styles of dress, differences in architecture, how prevalent latin/greek was in the empire, prevalence of different cultures (some say Constantinople was more cosmopolitan than Rome ever was), differences in religion, etc. But yeah they did see themselves as Romans, did Roman like things like chariot racing and following Roman law. (of course I know you know this better than I do but I just thought it's a nice tidbit to add) Edited September 27, 2016 by Autumn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Nepos Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 They did still change somewhat culturally. What with the different styles of dress, differences in architecture, how prevalent latin/greek was in the empire, prevalence of different cultures (some say Constantinople was more cosmopolitan than Rome ever was), differences in religion, etc. But yeah they did see themselves as Romans, did Roman like things like chariot racing and following Roman law. (of course I know you know this better than I do but I just thought it's a nice tidbit to add) True. But of course they changed culturally. Cultures keep developing. Look at the Empire of the 8th century BC; I assure you that you will find its culture is just as different from the Empire of the 1st century AD as the culture of the 9th century AD is. And it was only natural for the Empire to hellenize and have its center moved to Greece; not only did the Romans consider Greece the only civilized nation besides themselves, they consider it to be the very start of civilization! Greece and Rome were of the same, superior civilization, according to the Romans themselves. What is most striking about how the Empire changed was its change in religion. I see that as the most radical breaking point in its history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 True. But of course they changed culturally. Cultures keep developing. Look at the Empire of the 8th century BC; I assure you that you will find its culture is just as different from the Empire of the 1st century AD as the culture of the 9th century AD is. And it was only natural for the Empire to hellenize and have its center moved to Greece; not only did the Romans consider Greece the only civilized nation besides themselves, they consider it to be the very start of civilization! Greece and Rome were of the same, superior civilization, according to the Romans themselves. What is most striking about how the Empire changed was its change in religion. I see that as the most radical breaking point in its history. Yeah exactly. And funnily the adoption of 'barbaric' pants when they went north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Julius Nepos Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 >Start writing a history of Roman constitutional law. >"The Constitution of the Roman Kingdom (753 - 509 BCE)". >Write 3 pages. >Still haven't gotten to the founding of Rome. Ah, perfectionism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Julius Nepos Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 What anime is your avi from Hatt??? It's this really great anime called Imperium Romanum. The protagonist is this cute girl called Justinian I who does typical girly stuff like go on a bunch of conquests, promulgates thousands of laws and restore the decaying Roman Empire to its former glory. She's so cute shes my waifu i'd totally do her XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 It's this really great anime called Imperium Romanum. The protagonist is this cute girl called Justinian I who does typical girly stuff like go on a bunch of conquests, promulgates thousands of laws and restore the decaying Roman Empire to its former glory. She's so cute shes my waifu i'd totally do her XD //approves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Balcerzak Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I think it was a different version last time, so you're safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Julius Nepos Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 That reminds me, Chen, we still need to do that twin battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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