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Those rebellions in those provinces start after Romans export half of the population as slaves and send the rest to work in the local mines. There's the catch.
by unity1001 4y ago
Those rebellions in those provinces start after Romans export half of the population as slaves and send the rest to work in the local mines. There's the catch.
Actually, its worse - even if you were a saintly society neighboring Rome or within the reach of Rome, Rome would invent a 'reason' to invade you if you had something they wanted or they lacked enough slaves. Like how the Syracuse invasion was done on literally manufactured consent by disguised legionnaires committing acts of atrocities against the Romans. All the wars of Rome from Early Republic and on were done on such manufactured consent and false flags.
At the end of the Republic period, everything changes - they stop needing to manufacture 'reasons' for invasions. By this time, the empire is already nascent as a social and political format and the slave-reliant economy is already dominant so there is no need to manufacture consent for the need for acquiring slaves.
- thrown123098 4y agoOnly half? That's so civilised. Inter tribal wars ended with all the men dead or in slavery, all the old women murdered and all the young women taken in as sex slaves. Same for the children too.
- unity1001 4y ago> Only half? That's so civilised. Inter tribal wars ended with all the men dead or in slavery Well yes, that's true. But one could consider the central Italian unification wars as even nastier affairs. However yes, its not like Romans were not as brutal in other periods as they were in social wars...