01-20-2009, 11:59 PM | #1 |
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Today was historic
A Helot was elected head of Sparta.
Has this ever happened before in the history of the world? That an "untouchable" rose to become the head of the most powerful nation/empire in the world? America today, showed the rest of the world, that this is the land where anyone can be anything. Not just in theory. But in practice. Let us celebrate today. Tomorrow, however, is a different story. |
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01-21-2009, 04:14 AM | #3 |
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Not if immigration continues the way it has. They'll have a Muslim Prime Minister in Britain, and maybe one in France too.
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Gaius Marius
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Novi Homines, both of them. A Novus Homo was the first man in his family to serve in the Senate. Both became consuls of Rome. Gaius Marius was reelected six times-- a thing absolutely unheard of in the Republic to that point. The only other consul who had been reelected was Quintus Fabius Maximus, the general who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War. Cicero saved the Republic from the Catilinarian conspiracy.
Two "untouchables" that rose to become the head of the most powerful nation/empire in the world.
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Here's a good little speech of Marius, from Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum:
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If you don't see the significance, then you should read past wikipedia.
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