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There’s something very Ozymandian about their invoking SPQR for a future-proof protocol
by ricksunny 1y ago
There’s something very Ozymandian about their invoking SPQR for a future-proof protocol
- snthpy 1y agoTIL Ozymandian. Great word. Love it. Thanks!
- vasco 1y agoDidn't that empire last over a thousand years? Why is it ozymandian? More than we can say for the current one
- zeristor 1y agoDon’t forget the Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire. I’m not sure if they still SPQR’d though. Update: it appears to have fallen out of favour by 300 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jdrpz/did_the_byzantine_empire_use_the_phrase_spqr/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jdrpz/did_t... From a comment from a 12 year old Reddit post, 12 years being 0.5% of the span of the Roman Empire.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoPre-dictatorship, the Roman Republic was one of history's longest-lasting democracies: https://www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-democratic-institutions-of-the https://www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-democratic-institutions-o...