These are vague as fuck but I thought they are worth sharing from a political theory standpoint, as sort of a philosophy of thought about the public self and the public whole. Not a long read; single-sentence definitions at the link below Real clear overview http://www.crystalinks.com/romanvirtues.html Some of my top picks from the two categories: Pers. Comitas, Gravitas, Humanitas, Industria, Veritas Publ. Aequitas, Concordia, Salus, Justica, Virtus Mostly for the history dorks maybe
They prided themselves in their laws but tht rlly only lasted until like the 2nd century bc before all those dictatorial emperors (see future of U.S.) The Byzanties... or is it byzantiums?? whatever their demonym was they probably did a better job and the whole being ruled by law rather than men thing after they separated from the slowly decaying western Roman empire In fact one of the Byzantiary(???) emperors wrote a book, or had a book written, which served as a compilation for the many, many, many Roman law books edit:I mention the Byzantine empire because their laws were heavily influenced by the Romans and did a better job at being Roman than the Romans btw Byzantine is relevant because it was part of the Roman empire before evolving into the eastern roman empire and finally becoming an autonomous empire. you probably knew this as opposed to every other blade on GC someone should fact check all of this ^
That sounds about right.. just one thing to remember. They considered themselves to be Romans. They didn't name themselves Byzantine.. that name came from historians after their fall. Being that they considered themselves to be Romans, it is easy to see why they were so similar. Way I remember it, they were like a stepping stone between Roman and Greek cultures.. which is probably why they were more successful than their predecessors.
Yeah.. I didn't know until I posted the Rome episode of "What the Ancients Knew" on YouTube. People email me about them like I am the one that produced them and ask me questions.. and some dude wrote me about Byzantine and I was like 'dude.. I have no fucking clue what you are talking about' so I looked into it. Apparently that raises confusion cause it makes people think they too considered themselves the Byzantine empire.. when they considered themselves to be Romans. I don't know all the details of their laws and such.. but I think it was 2 brothers who created the major split. One took west, one took east.. then the west fell. Then when historians looked back, they wanted to be able to distinguish between the two and named the empire something else. I don't know too much about the details, but just another example of historians shaping history to me. Speaking of..
Great upload. Everything about them is so awe inspiring and admirable. Except for one thing; public latrines lol