> It doesn't look quaint now and it didn't look quaint 2,000 years ago when Romans believed that going to war with anyone and everyone around them in order to u

> It doesn't look quaint now and it didn't look quaint 2,000 years ago when Romans believed that going to war with anyone and everyone around them in order to unify everyone under Rome's banner was for "the greater good". Rome never really justified her wars using a concept of the greater good. The Roman justification for all her wars was defense. To Roman eyes, the entire empire was conquered through a series of defensive wars.