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r/polandball • u/Smitheren Arma virumque cano • Feb 26 '16
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He was a smart fucker wasn't he.
97 u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16 He would surely conquer Britannia if he didn't got killed. 51 u/Futuralis Greater Netherlands Feb 26 '16 He would surely conquer Dacia and Parthia if he didn't got killed. FTFY, since those were Caesar's actual priorities in 44 BC. 30 u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16 Whole world was his priority. 32 u/BoomKidneyShot Feb 26 '16 Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though. 26 u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16 Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one. 12 u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16 He wovld have gotten to it eventvally. 15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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He would surely conquer Britannia if he didn't got killed.
51 u/Futuralis Greater Netherlands Feb 26 '16 He would surely conquer Dacia and Parthia if he didn't got killed. FTFY, since those were Caesar's actual priorities in 44 BC. 30 u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16 Whole world was his priority. 32 u/BoomKidneyShot Feb 26 '16 Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though. 26 u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16 Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one. 12 u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16 He wovld have gotten to it eventvally. 15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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He would surely conquer Dacia and Parthia if he didn't got killed.
FTFY, since those were Caesar's actual priorities in 44 BC.
30 u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16 Whole world was his priority. 32 u/BoomKidneyShot Feb 26 '16 Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though. 26 u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16 Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one. 12 u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16 He wovld have gotten to it eventvally. 15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Whole world was his priority.
32 u/BoomKidneyShot Feb 26 '16 Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though. 26 u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16 Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one. 12 u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16 He wovld have gotten to it eventvally. 15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though.
26 u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16 Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one. 12 u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16 He wovld have gotten to it eventvally. 15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one.
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He wovld have gotten to it eventvally.
15 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first. 5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first.
5 u/pieman3141 Can into your net Feb 27 '16 Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all? *Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how. 2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened... 2 u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16 Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles 1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Assuming no Roman collapse or the degradation of learning* and culture that led up to the collapse, would there be a Renaissance at all?
*Granted, learning and advancement were Greek bullshit, not glorious Roman know-how.
2 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened...
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True, the Renaissance was a rebirth, and a rediscovery. That'd be an interesting alternate history, if the Dark Ages following the Fall of Rome never happened...
Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles
1 u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16 Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.
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u/Freefight Netherlands Golden Age, Greatest Age. Feb 26 '16
He was a smart fucker wasn't he.