But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend and mentor Polybius approached and asked why Scipio was crying.
"A glorious moment, Polybiius; but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country." Scipio then quoted a line from Homer: "A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, And Priam and his people shall be slain."a
If Scipio Africanus could take a cryo-nap and wake up in the 3rd century A.D. around the time of Elagabalus and the Gordians would he not echo my sentiments regarding his own society?
On a more rhetorical note, would it be fedposty to wish for an American Diocletian?
Personally I want an American Maximinius Thrax, but Diocletian was pretty based. Everyone likes to say Trump is Caesar, but he's actually Marius. The worst is yet to come. Also, Elagabalus was worse than Nero imo.
I will not fedpost, but it is clear to me that like 3rd century B.C. Carthage, American civilization has run its course.
But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend and mentor Polybius approached and asked why Scipio was crying.
"A glorious moment, Polybiius; but I have a dread foreboding that some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country." Scipio then quoted a line from Homer: "A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, And Priam and his people shall be slain."a
If Scipio Africanus could take a cryo-nap and wake up in the 3rd century A.D. around the time of Elagabalus and the Gordians would he not echo my sentiments regarding his own society?
On a more rhetorical note, would it be fedposty to wish for an American Diocletian?
Personally I want an American Maximinius Thrax, but Diocletian was pretty based. Everyone likes to say Trump is Caesar, but he's actually Marius. The worst is yet to come. Also, Elagabalus was worse than Nero imo.