Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

11. Julius Caesar tried and got the ziggy for it.

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2013, 11:55 AM

May 2013

Michael Parenti analyzed how the late Republic crashed due to greed and Caesar tried to prevent it through fiscal policies that would benefit the 99-percent.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

16 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"Rome was bankrupted by wealthy landowners using control of the senate to shift taxation downward" [View all] HiPointDem May 2013 OP

The transformations of the Empire in late antiquity were complex phenomena ... Recursion May 2013 #1

your professor's comment is a simple description. everything is simple, and everything is complex. HiPointDem May 2013 #2

Military expansionism mick063 May 2013 #3

Too late. Ikonoklast May 2013 #7

K&R Sherman A1 May 2013 #4

Very interesting. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth May 2013 #5

oh damnit i hate learning stuff early on a saturday morning but well worth the read dembotoz May 2013 #6

Reminds me of the beginning of "Capitalism: A Love Story": marmar May 2013 #8

Exactly, I see it happening here also gopiscrap May 2013 #9

Rome fell because of the number of slaves, about one-third of the population. Coyotl May 2013 #10

i doubt it. this is like saying rome fell because there were too many workers. slaves produced HiPointDem May 2013 #12

Slaves produced value for their wealthy masters, but not for the general welfare of the community. Coyotl May 2013 #13

if a master had 400 slaves, odds are a large percent of them were producing agricultural HiPointDem May 2013 #15

Wikipedia! Coyotl May 2013 #16

Julius Caesar tried and got the ziggy for it. Octafish May 2013 #11

ROFL... SidDithers May 2013 #14