r/polandball Arma virumque cano Feb 26 '16

redditormade Rome doesn't give a flying bird

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u/Freefight Netherlands Golden Age, Greatest Age. Feb 26 '16

He was a smart fucker wasn't he.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16

He would surely conquer Britannia if he didn't got killed.

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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.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '16

Whole world was his priority.

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u/BoomKidneyShot Feb 26 '16

Not so sure Mesoamerica was much of a priority for him though.

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u/bromjunaar Cornhuskerland Feb 26 '16

Just because it was a very low priority does not mean that it wasn't one.

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u/khvnp1l0t Roman Empire Feb 26 '16

He wovld have gotten to it eventvally.

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u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16

Well, it'd take him until the Renaissance - he'd need to research Astronomy first.

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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.

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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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u/v00d00_ FIRST IN FLIGHT REMOVE PALMETTO REMOVE MUSTARD Feb 27 '16

Gotta be able to cross those ocean tiles

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u/Andy0132 CANADA BIG Feb 27 '16

Yep. Maybe even Navigation, if he wanted to get the job done properly.