Also, I'm seeing so many parallels with ancient Rome, it's making me dizzy! I almost posted as my status update (and perhaps I still will, it's deliciously clever if I do say so myself ;) God I'm a self-satisfied geek! -- "The Gracchi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi) are proud of you, Nancy!" Tribune = Speaker of the House. Agrarian Reform = Health Care Reform. Optimates = Republicans, Populares = Democrats. Rome *was* a republic (originally) and not a pure democracy, just like America, and both times those were deliberate choices by the Founding Fathers.
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Date: 2010-03-22 08:11 pm (UTC)