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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3055313, member: 81887"]You don't create an empire by being nice to people. While not every ancient ruler would qualify as a psychopath by modern standards, even the good ones (e.g. Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, etc.) had flaws. I happen to be a fan of Vespasian, and overall he was on the "good" side of Roman emperors. He was modest and temperate in his lifestyle, was even-handed in applying justice, and Suetonius reports that he was so tender-hearted that he would weep when he had to condemn a man to death. Of course, he did go ahead and condemn those men, and he had no qualms in killing tens of thousands in Judaea; but after all, they were rebels who had murdered their legitimate Roman overlords and committed impious acts against the gods, so I'm sure Vespasian didn't lose much sleep over their fate.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, and how many empires did he rule? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3055313, member: 81887"]You don't create an empire by being nice to people. While not every ancient ruler would qualify as a psychopath by modern standards, even the good ones (e.g. Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, etc.) had flaws. I happen to be a fan of Vespasian, and overall he was on the "good" side of Roman emperors. He was modest and temperate in his lifestyle, was even-handed in applying justice, and Suetonius reports that he was so tender-hearted that he would weep when he had to condemn a man to death. Of course, he did go ahead and condemn those men, and he had no qualms in killing tens of thousands in Judaea; but after all, they were rebels who had murdered their legitimate Roman overlords and committed impious acts against the gods, so I'm sure Vespasian didn't lose much sleep over their fate. Yes, and how many empires did he rule? ;)[/QUOTE]
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