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The Startup City | No Republic Was Ever Greater, Ep. 3

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The Sabien's War

There's a bunch of tribes that are very, very displeased and worried about the Romans. And in that war, we get the famous story of Tarpaia. They bribe her with gold to let them into the fortress, into the citadel of Rome. But then they're like, you're a traitor to your own people, and they kill her. Romulus appeals back to that kind of pre-legal origin story for the city.

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