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10. At the end, Rome depended on mercenaries to fight its wars......

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:04 PM

Apr 2015

...and the mercenary Huns and other Germanic groups such as the Vandals, Lombards, Alamanni, Goths, Franks, and Burgundians -- all now seeing how weak Rome truly was (and how rich), turned on them and brought down the rotting carcass and devoured it.

- And as Santayana warned: ''Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.''

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K/R marmar Apr 2015 #1

What they do to others overseas, they always come back to do at home. Octafish Apr 2015 #3

You are the voice calling out in the darkness. Thanks for this Octafish! riderinthestorm Apr 2015 #2

You are most welcome, riderinthestorm! Octafish Apr 2015 #4

Great post, Octafish Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #5

Just yesterday... CanSocDem Apr 2015 #6

Blackwater, torture and US imperialism Octafish Apr 2015 #8

At the end, Rome depended on mercenaries to fight its wars...... DeSwiss Apr 2015 #10

Chalmers Johnson warned us. Octafish Apr 2015 #12

K&R DeSwiss Apr 2015 #9

Democracy is an Enemy of the Elite Octafish Apr 2015 #11

The war comes home. JEB Apr 2015 #13

Back in the Iran-Contra days... Octafish Apr 2015 #14