Today is the first day of Brumalia. The festival honors Saturn, and is celebrated until the days start getting longer again after Saturnalia. I find it rather fitting that Brumalia starts on Black Friday this year, but that is a coincidence, and not always the case. #Paganism #Rome #grownostr
1739 years ago today, Diocletian became emperor. He ended the crises of the 3rd century, lost a prolonged fight again inflation, established the tetrarchy, reorganized the political and legal structure of the empire, transformed the legions, and tripled the size of the Roman State. He is primarily remembered for his attempted genocide of the Christians. Constantine I lead the Christians to victory a single generation later. #History #Rome #grownostr
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No, sats are finite; 1 BTC = 100,000,000 sats. There will only ever be 21,000,000 BTC. You 'mint' them by mining BTC, which requires you to pay for electricity. You can also buy them anywhere that BTC is sold.
Today is the first day of what was a three day annual trade fair in ancient Rome. According too legend, the tradition was established by King Numa. #Rome #history #grownostr
1668 years ago today, Julian was promoted to the office of Caesar or Jr Co-Emperor. #History #Rome #grownostr
Today is the first day of the Ludi Plebeii, a two week long celebration in honor of Jupiter. The Ludi Plebeii celebrates Jupiter's liberation of the people from monarchy and his championing of a republican form of government. #Rome #Paganism #grownostr
1662 years ago today the philosopher- emperor Julian became sole emperor of Rome. He was the last pagan emperor, initiated visionary reforms to re-libralise the Empire, and his reforms were all rolled back after he died in battle, fighting a war against Iran. #history #Rome #Paganism #grownostr
Happy Halloween/Samhain/Bacchanalia/White Paper Day! This is the anniversary of the ascension of Romulus Augustulus, who is generally considered the final Western Emperor. Also, 15 years ago today, Satoshi released the white paper for what will generally be considered the final form of money.
According to legend, today is the anniversary of the death of the Greek Hero Antinous, beloved of the Emperor Hadrian. #grownostr
1711 years ago today the emperor Maxentius lost the battle of the Milvian Bridge to Constantine. The loss was the beginning of the end of Pagan Rome. #Paganism #History #Rome #grownostr
2066 years ago today the battle of Philippi brought about the de facto end of the Roman Republic. In the aftermath of the battle Brutus feel on his own sword. #Rome #history #grownostr
2224 years ago today Rome defeated Carthage in the battle of Zama and established itself as the dominant power in the western Mediterranean. #History #Rome #grownostr
History of Rome ... What does /his/ think about this podcast? Is it a decent primer to Roman history?
Thread: https://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/15751634
Yes, it is good. It starts slow, but had the best coverage of the 3rd century that I've found anywhere. I recommend a listen if your interested in diving into Roman History. Mike Duncan, the podcaster, also has a book on the late Republic which covers that period in much more depth, and had a solid premise: Storm Before the Storm the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic.
Today is the Equus October, which marks the end of the campaign season. If we followed ancient Roman rules, there would be no more military activity until March. The Equus October was celebrated with a horse race in which the winning horse was sacrificed to Mars. #Rome #history #paganism #grownostr
I've reached a similar conclusion by different logic. Might not be the textbook definition, but Fascism is a fork of Marxism in which the Marxist economic classes are replaced with demographic classes based on anything other than economics, and the economics are removed. Instead of capitalists and workers, you get nobles and commoners, or Jews and Germans, or white and black, or straight and gay, or whatever. That's why it's "national socialism" rather than "economic socialism". "Woke" seems to be fascist by this understanding.