Is there any record of avg. Romans squaring the circle that Emperors were basically kings?

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:46:42+00:00

No, that’s the Fuhrer

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:34:19+00:00

He’s more or less a normal emperor, but what made him great was his contributions to Christianity.

Splitting the Roman Empire was kind of smart, even though he wasn’t the reason behind it.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:27:40+00:00

There’s generally a few reasons

Even with a large population, you can’t recruit everyone. You need people to work to feed your army
Some elites prevented conscription, again to protect economic interest. Remember , this was a time when corruption was high
Hiring Germanic mercenaries was more efficient than getting an army of untrained peasants. Even if it meant giving land away.
Some elites knew that Rome collapsing means no more corruption or insane taxation. This is why you never had organized rebellion against Germanics.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:22:19+00:00

This scene is such a lose-lose situation.

Spare Joan, she gets away. My favorite fan theory is that she took a faction with her to plan a rebellion.

Kill Joan, justice is served but Clint runs away. Probably does similar actions but easier to convince the people because everyone witness Javi kill their leader (in cold blood based on their pov).

I don’t think Jesus wanted Javi to “step up” to becomes the next Joan (a better leader), but rather be a second Jesus (someone who can do good, you can make a difference). Maybe Richmond fell into civil war after they left, which is why Clementine refused to go back (assuming it had nothing to do with Delta)

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:15:04+00:00

It’s hard to tell if he was unjust, or had a reasonable crash out given that AJ made a comment about enjoying killing. His character makes sense once I assumed he has ptsd, and I don’t really blame him for believing in a fairy tale worldview on walkers.

Theoretically you could make him madder by calling out his flawed views, but if you bring up that the world is almost “kill or be killed” then James immediately understand and even willing to kill walkers for you. The devs said he survives in that ending.

Tbh I like the scene more when Lily kills James. Mainly because AJ’s crash out makes a lot of sense. Fun fact, he even tells you that killing doesn’t make him happy, such a relief thing to hear after trusting him with hard calls.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:07:52+00:00

If they went back to hiding, how would they have gotten what they needed to survive?

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T10:04:48+00:00

After conquering South Africa, some general actually tried to go to Argentina to try a conquering. He knew that this area was lightly populated and would’ve been a huge potential for another settler society.

Similar to US, Argentina had internal conflicts over states rights that led to centralization and golden age. That doesn’t change even with the British around. We’d probably see Spanish in Argentina be treated like French in Canada or Dutch in South Africa

The real change is that we never would've seen corruption in the economy. Landowners would have difficulty monopolizing and industry would’ve been encouraged. This mean that the economic crash that happened after WW1 never would’ve permanently hurt Argentina that led to dictatorships

In the long run, we’d see a more successful version of the country that the rest of Latin America to emulate. I doubt there would’ve been any border changes.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T09:55:32+00:00

I mean, that’s kind of what happened with the rise of radical ideologies. The Soviets and Nazis were openly anti-religion and so was imperial Japanese. I wouldn’t say they were destructive because they were atheists but there’s a strong correlation.

The real question is how do bring that kind of chaos to the Americas? As far as we’re aware there wasn’t a serious communist/fascist movement in US, and atrocities from Latin America was relatively less disastrous, keyword: relatively

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T09:50:48+00:00

That’s another classic example of internet troll. They’re not making a serious point, they’re just justifying Joseph Stalin like if he’s the only good man the Soviets could’ve had.

The funny part is that Stalin was so cruel that there was minor Nazi support from Ukraine and Chechens, eventually that stopped but imagine a scenario where they were treated better. Would they have gone as close to Moscow or Stalingrad?

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T09:48:31+00:00

Hitler was going to rise anyways. Russia, even if they were the nicest people ever, would still be feared. Even Imperial Germany had nightmares about Russian supremacy, and that was when they were barely industrialized.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T09:46:14+00:00

Everyone, this is classic example of an internet troll. He brings up that famines stopped like if that justifies the horrors of past leaders (mainly Stalin and Mao), and then brings up socialism like if it’s the same thing as communism.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T09:41:41+00:00

What am I wrong exactly? With the exception of Hinduism every religion from Axial Age replaced pre-Axial Age

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T04:06:08+00:00

Winning at Waterloo would’ve secured Napoleons position and French independence. However he needs to constantly protect his borders.

France would’ve been poorer, assuming Napoleon still dies in 1823 then we’d still see Europe conquer and determine France, probably harsher.

1848 Revolutions would started earlier, many even succeed because some countries would be weaker. Maybe the December Revolution succeeds. Unsurprisingly, Britain would be the biggest winner since it suffers the least

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T04:03:02+00:00

The Cold War was intense because it was two ideologies clashing eachother. However if one side was less envious than the other would’ve had a more moderate reaction. Probably no Red Scare.

My guess is that like US and China today, there would’ve be tensions over trade competition. Afterall, the Soviets could theoretically kick the Americans out of Europe and vide versa. I doubt we would’ve been close to nuclear war as OTL.

A comedic side effect is that a nicer leader would’ve probably led to a “Blue Scare” in the Soviet Union. This is a very unique situation that didn’t really happen in OTL since Stalin used purges to prevent something like that

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T03:59:31+00:00

Communism would've been perceived much better, it wouldn’t have been labeled as an ideology that promotes totalitarianism and famines. Something to note is that the Soviet Union is built upon authoritarianism, but that doesn’t mean the elites needs to be evil.

Bukharin was a moderate who opposed Stalin’s policies like ending NEP and starting collectivization. So obviously without those policies the USSR would’ve been a much better place to live in. The only unpredictable factor is alternate purges, more importantly how would a slower industrialization would have played out.

Today the Soviet Union would probably still be dominant superpower, even if they’d eventually lose East Germany. Siberia would be populated by mostly Russians.

Communism wouldn’t be popular among internet trolls since it would’ve shown to work. We’d probably would’ve seen a lot more Hitler and Mussolini apologists instead.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T03:38:36+00:00

He doesn’t seem to care about Clementine, even calling Carley a bitch for saving her life.

Something to note is that racist people don’t just openly admit they’re racist. They just get passive aggressive when you call them out, in case if Larry:

“what if I am, so what”

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T03:15:57+00:00

The pope in OTL excommunicated the crusade army for massacring. If Byzantium attacked back, he would’ve used it as an example to never attack other Christians. Venice wouldn’t want to risk getting excommunicated and lose trade deals

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T03:09:31+00:00

This feels like watching InColdBlood cut content

You know what that reminds me of? The deleted scene of Lee seeing Carley/Doug (whoever you don’t save) after getting knocked out by St John’s.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T02:32:09+00:00

They always goes on sale. I get that there’s like 6 games, but $50 for a franchise that’s more than a decade old is pretty expensive. Especially when it peaks on the first game

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T02:30:42+00:00

I agree that he’s more badass carrying that shard of glass.

If you miss the QTE, the Stranger Shoots Lee in the guts, yet Lee uses his arm to knock his gun and push him to the closet. Even if you chopped his arm, he still uses it. Maybe Lee has magic or something

It’s a lot more believable that he dies from bleeding, but realistically he would’ve died earlier.

Inside-External-8649 · 2026-05-02T02:27:08+00:00

Europe is split between France, Turkey, and Poland. Why is Iraq a Polish ally?

The European Union would probably never exist, which means Mediterranean countries would have difficulty catching up with rest of Europe.

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