[Discuss] Regional Loyalty

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 5/20/07, Matt Runyon <m.runyon at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Roman nationalism did, indeed, exist.  I've written a few papers on
> Rome, and this is pretty clear.  Easiest example is in one of the
> Carthagian Wars.  In summation: Carthagians smash Roman fleet.
> Carthagians head back to Carthage, start partying before sacking Rome.
> Romans (from the Patricians down to the peasants) donate everything of
> value they have to the rebuilding effort (entire palaces were stripped
> bare, and peasants would donate all the metal they had).  Voluntarily.
> Yes, there was some aspect of "They're going to kill us" but no one
> tried to make a deal with Carthage, as we might expect.  Romans lined up
> to help rebuild the fleet and man it.  Fleet is rebuilt in record time,
> fleet sails in, lands infantry, destroys Carthagian fleet and armed
> forces while they are all drunk.
>
> That's pretty nationalistic to me.
>
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Yes but it all involved the Romans who lived in Rome, rather than the people
in the provinces. Analogy would be if all the people in say, Sirion City,
were to donate materials needed to build an army.
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