Theos-Talk Archives (October 2011 Message tt00089)

Yes, those five. 

One can always compare the eras, civilizations and leaders of history with some glorious standard against which they fail to measure up. 

They were part of a tyrannical legacy, and gave people a period of relative peace and prosperity. 

Is the glass half empty or half full?



 
 
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, John W <JohnWW@...> wrote:
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> "The five good Roman Emperors, including Hadrian." These would presumably be Nerva, Hadrian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Antoninus Pius, who ruled from about 64 to 180, after which the Roman Empire reverted to persecution of religious and other minorities (such as Christians) and rampant corruption and brutality. The most notable of their writings is Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations", of which I have a copy. However, none of their other writings are well-known.
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> But in spite of them, the Roman Empire was the original Fascist state, which Mussolini sought to emulate from the 1920s to WW2, with ultimately disastrous results.
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> --- On Sun, 23/10/11, libertyson11 <libertyson11@...> wrote:
> From: libertyson11 <libertyson11@...>
> Subject: theos-talk RE; politics and various Quests of the ION
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 23, October, 2011, 6:06 PM
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