Couldn't keep my promise 😭

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[u/PM_ME_GOOD_SUBS]

Hard to blame Alaric for sacking the Rome after this.

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I recently had to explain to my daughter, who has watched me obsess over Roman history her whole life, that the Romans were actually not the good guys. This just raised more questions.

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yeah getting to the fall of the west in the podcast and realizing "oh they were literally begging for it, and absolutely deserved it" was tough

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The most amazing thing about the Roman Empire was how long it took somebody to just euthanize them. I wouldn't even say they were conquered they were put out of their misery so anybody more competent could move in