Bella Punica

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This account will be an outlet for me to vent my fascination with the Punic Wars. I will try to tweet out a little piece of the wars each day.

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@kojmngle @SababaUSA @Wilson__Valdez @magi_jay probably the cheap gay joke

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@Wilson__Valdez @JHN917 @jmegerian27 @jbouie oh cool a gay joke thats awesome bro

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@willmenaker his majesty's skin flakes

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@KevinMKruse @RichAndHistory Awesome! Congrats to them and you!

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@SenhorRaposa McCaskill did an interview where she explicitly blamed Kavanaugh and the Caravan as the issues that killed her.

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@ConnorSouthard I thought it was actually a pretty bad sign for him when he had his boom back in like march and april; just remembering all the republicans who boomed at the same time in previous cycles made me think he would have about the same chance as herman cain lol

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@ConnorSouthard Seems pretty unlikely that he has an actual chance of winning though, no?

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@chick_in_kiev You're not a true author until you spend 4 hours tracking down the right page number of a source to put in a footnote.

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Let's take a look at Rome's position in the lead-up to the wars. In the 5th & 4th centuries, Rome, recently ridded of its monarchy, engaged in various wars with its neighbors--with Veii, southern tribes, Clusium, and Gauls, the latter of which ended with the sack of Rome.

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@SenhorRaposa it has a tragic beauty

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Again, Katheryn Lomas has been my guide for this, although I've distilled quite a bit. If there are any error's, please let me know! #twitterstorians #Rome #Italy #history

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Let's take a look at Rome's position in the lead-up to the wars. In the 5th & 4th centuries, Rome, recently ridded of its monarchy, engaged in various wars with its neighbors--with Veii, southern tribes, Clusium, and Gauls, the latter of which ended with the sack of Rome.

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It established a crucial pattern as well, that of strategic territorial management that used both punishment and reward to discipline its members. Gifts of citizenship were both a blessing and a curse: you got the perks of Roman citizenship, but your local autonomy was curtailed.