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       Re: What did the Romans think about Race?
       By: rp Date: September 2, 2024, 10:30 pm
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       Rare Vivek W. Wignats seething:
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       Vivek is mostly right. In Roman Empire, race mattered very
       little. Curious to see the outrage from Western left and right
       Rome had non-white emperors like Elagabalus the Syrian, Philip
       the Arab and Lucius Septimius the Libyan.
       If Romans had black slaves, they also had white slaves. In just
       one Gaulish campaign in today's France, Julius Caesar enslaved
       around 1 million whites.
       Once conquered, Romans tried to integrate the conquered
       territory and build establishments therein. Which is why we see
       so many expensive Roman projects in conquered territories. It is
       because of these integration attempts that a descendant of local
       language of Rome is spoken across Mediterranean today
       supplanting many languages.
       Romans were not fans of extreme blondism. Some Romans perceived
       eastern white tribes like Scythians and Slavs as 'milk drinking
       barbarians'.
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       “Racism” didn’t really exist in ancient Rome. Emperors were
       white, black, Arab, didn’t matter. The color of your skin was
       like the color of your eyes. *Citizenship* is the distinction
       they drew. It wasn’t just about what you got in return, it was
       about your duty to your nation.
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       Re: What did the Romans think about Race?
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 2, 2024, 10:59 pm
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       [quote]'milk drinking barbarians'.[/quote]
       See also:
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       Wider context:
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       Re: What did the Romans think about Race?
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 29, 2024, 5:07 pm
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       Enemy article:
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       [quote]when modern leftists celebrate Roman Britain as “diverse”
       and “multicultural,”  they don’t explain why the empire had a
       policy of stationing troops from distant provinces in Britain.
       What is the explanation? It’s simple: the Romans knew that those
       foreign troops had no kinship with and would feel no sympathy
       for the indigenous Celts of Britain[/quote]
       This is competent statism. Troops are supposed to be loyal to
       the state, not to an ethnotribe. If Romans had used Celtic
       troops in Britain, Britain would probably not have been Roman
       for long.
       [quote]In other words, leftists are celebrating imperialism,
       colonialism and enslavement when they celebrate Roman
       Britain.[/quote]
       Imperialism, yes. Colonialism, no. Individuals of Celtic
       ancestry were welcome to become Roman citizens. A better example
       of colonialism would be British Empire colonies, whose
       indigenous populations were not welcome to become British
       citizens. As for enslavement, at least Romans enslaved without
       regard for ethnic background, unlike the British and other
       Western colonial empires which never enslaved "whites" but had
       no scruples about enslaving "non-whites".
       [quote]Queen Boudicca led the native British in rebellion
       against the foreign invaders who had imposed “diversity” and
       “multiculturalism” on them at sword-point. The rebellion was
       bloodily suppressed: Tacitus reports that 80,000 Britons were
       slaughtered in the final and decisive battle. By leftist
       standards, the imperialist enslaving Romans were guilty of
       horrible crimes against the indigenous Celtic natives of
       Britain.[/quote]
       Absolutely not. The Romans did not force existing inhabitants of
       Britain to move. Roman conquest merely meant that taxes
       previously payable to Boudicca etc. were now payable to Rome
       instead. And the existing inhabitants got the additional benefit
       of migrational access to all Roman provinces. Welcome to
       integrationist imperialism! (In contrast, could Nigerians paying
       taxes to the British Empire choose to migrate to Australia?
       Hint:
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