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The Roman Empire Isn't an Expansionist Evangelical Empire, Is It?
The Romans of imperial structure isn't a expansionist evangelical empire. They're, first of all, keen on stability. All people really want is improved quality of life, high living standards and more of the good stuff,. silks, gold, et cetera. And if you can keep on providing that, then fine. The problem is for the Roman Empire, as the Ottomans start to rise, is you have the kind of equivalent of our recent, I was going to say, dear to part of it, Prime Minister Liz Truss.