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Perhaps the more, um, hip version speaks to you? “On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” That includes you, me, emperors and
by igravious 9y ago
Perhaps the more, um, hip version speaks to you? “On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” That includes you, me, emperors and empires.
- abiox 9y agoi imagine that many romans could never picture an proper end to the empire (perhaps just as many modern citizens presume their own national perpetuity), but this artifact doesn't seem to embody any particular sentiment of hubris. referencing ozymandias with respect to any old artifact seems to miss the point of the poem. imho, at least. in a thousand years, will someone quote ozymandias whilst sifting through the ruins of a forgotten toronto housing subdivision? would it be apropos?
- igravious 9y agoI take your point – I guess not, no.
- njharman 9y agoThe Roman Empire is glorified, with some justification, as one of the greatest empires that ever existed and the source (with classic Greece) of western civilization. In a way that Toronto or Canada never will be. Qualitative differences, sometimes matter. Also, from what I've read, Romans were complaining that catastrophe was about to happen all the time.