/mlpol/ - My Little Politics

There has been many empires and civilizations in the past but I don't think any of them had nowhere near the giant impact the Romans had. It seemed when they were in their prime, they could do anything (except conquering the Picts, Germanians, and some others I can't remember), they would take the tactics and systems others had and put a mix on it in their own way that was often brought better success and in giant military blunders, they would often learn their lesson and bounce right back. In a time of tribes, kingdoms, and city states, these guys went above and beyond and introduced concepts that were way above their times. They had a full centralized government that resembles the blueprints of how modern nations would have. Their culture was of one of superiority and they built works that still last to this day. Organization and order was their key values and they did it to the point where people would be able to recreate it until many years later. Of course they fell just like a lot of civilizations do, corruption and disorder though this was much later after their prime.

There's all sorts of things they did but how did they do it? Was it because of their white genes? Was it due to right circumstances that taught them to adapt the polices they did? What promoted them to go beyond the comfort zone of survival and conquer and spread their ideals and culture far beyond what they could see? Better yet, what can we learn from them to improve society of today? Granted Roman society was far from perfect and there was many cases of degeneracy but they always had order in the end. I know Fascism is based on many of the ideals the Romans had but is it possible for a nation to have a grasp like the Romans did?

Also Classical Age thread I guess.