10-18-2006, 10:50 PM
Quote:Robert wrote:
Quote:The Romans with with their "after all we did for you, you still rebel, you ungrateful lot" was downright sanctimonious,I think that would have been exactly their attitude. In fact the very same comment was made in another BBC documentary this week on the Suez crisis by a British soldier regarding the Egyptians. It is just our modern view of Empires that has changed.
Can we really compare the British' conduct in Egypt with the occupation of Judaea, samaria and Galilea by the Romans??
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
