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A Distant Mirror: May 2016

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Monday, May 30, 2016. How to destroy an empire. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Cassandra's Legacy. On May 15, 2016. In 408 CE, Emperor Honorius ordered the execution of the "magister militum," Flavius Stilicho, commander in chief of the Roman Army. Stilicho was the man who had stopped several times the invading Goths. He had commanded what Gibbon defined "the last army of the Republic" that had defeated the Goths at. The battle of Faesulae. By Sou of the Hot Whopper. MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016.

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A Distant Mirror: January 2015

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Thursday, January 1, 2015. The Great Technological Wall. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on March 22, 2011. Hadrian's wall in Northern England, as depicted in an illustration for the original edition of Rudyard Kipling's " On the Great Wall. Fortifications, that were abandoned in early 5th century A.D., so it may be for some of our infrastructures, such as nuclear energy or manned space exploration . Chapter XXXI book V). The fortifications may have improved the effectiveness of the Roman Army ...

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A Distant Mirror: August 2016

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Thursday, August 4, 2016. Power is nothing without control: lessons from the failed coup in Turkey. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Cassandra's Legacy on 25 July 2016. The solution to the problem came from a man of exceptional military and political skills: Gaius Julius Octavianus. And it was a straightforward solution: the system had become unstable because it was too complex, it had to be drastically simplified by having only one. Born in the purple"), people on whom the Roman Gods (and la...

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A Distant Mirror: November 2015

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Tertullian was a conspiracy theorist: propaganda and irrationalism in Roman times and in ours. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on "Cassandra's Legacy" on 26 Oct 2015. The Romans knew well the dark art that we call "propaganda" today. As an example, this image, from the Trajan column in Rome, shows Dacian women torturing naked Roman prisoners; it was part of the demonization of the enemy. Quintus Septimius Tertullianus (anglicized as "Tertullian", ca. 150 -. Them famil...

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A Distant Mirror: June 2015

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Monday, June 1, 2015. A tale of a powerful empire and of a riotous kingdom. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Aug 7, 2014. It is said, doesn't repeat itself, but it. In particular, the times of the Roman Empire are a remarkable source of events rhyming with those of modern times. For instance, the ancient Romans had developed a number of propaganda technologies which were remarkably similar to the ones we use today. The image above ( source. Details are described here. The situation was clear:...

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A Distant Mirror: Chemistry of an Empire: the Last Roman Empress

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Monday, October 5, 2015. Chemistry of an Empire: the Last Roman Empress. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Dec 22, 2011. A 5th century medallion showing what is perhaps the only portrait we have of Galla Placidia (388-450 c.e.), the last (and the only) Western Roman Empress. The inscription says "Domina Nostra, Galla Placidia, Pia, Felix, Augusta," that is "Our Lady, Galla Placidia, Pious, Blessed and Venerable.". Introduction: chemistry of an empire. The fall of Rome. Now, I am asking you to ...

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A Distant Mirror: Power is nothing without control: lessons from the failed coup in Turkey

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Thursday, August 4, 2016. Power is nothing without control: lessons from the failed coup in Turkey. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Cassandra's Legacy on 25 July 2016. The solution to the problem came from a man of exceptional military and political skills: Gaius Julius Octavianus. And it was a straightforward solution: the system had become unstable because it was too complex, it had to be drastically simplified by having only one. Born in the purple"), people on whom the Roman Gods (and la...

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A Distant Mirror: Tertullian was a conspiracy theorist: propaganda and irrationalism in Roman times and in ours

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Tertullian was a conspiracy theorist: propaganda and irrationalism in Roman times and in ours. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on "Cassandra's Legacy" on 26 Oct 2015. The Romans knew well the dark art that we call "propaganda" today. As an example, this image, from the Trajan column in Rome, shows Dacian women torturing naked Roman prisoners; it was part of the demonization of the enemy. Quintus Septimius Tertullianus (anglicized as "Tertullian", ca. 150 -. Them famil...

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A Distant Mirror: How to destroy an empire

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Monday, May 30, 2016. How to destroy an empire. Posted by Ugo Bardi. Originally published on Cassandra's Legacy. On May 15, 2016. In 408 CE, Emperor Honorius ordered the execution of the "magister militum," Flavius Stilicho, commander in chief of the Roman Army. Stilicho was the man who had stopped several times the invading Goths. He had commanded what Gibbon defined "the last army of the Republic" that had defeated the Goths at. The battle of Faesulae. By Sou of the Hot Whopper. MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016.