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> The Roman Empire had a solution to this. If a province became too rebellious, they went in with the legions and killed everybody. Today this is considered ove
by douche 10y ago
> The Roman Empire had a solution to this. If a province became too rebellious, they went in with the legions and killed everybody. Today this is considered overkill.
Bingo. Then they mustered out the veteran legionaries there on the now-mostly-depopulated land, simultaneously exporting their own restive, landless population, and installing both a colony of Roman culture, and a permanent garrison.