13 posted 1 year ago by Lethn 1 year ago by Lethn +19 / -6 48 comments share 48 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The Second Punic War was Rome's Vietnam.
It destroyed the Republic. They were running out of citizens, so they started conscripting slaves and criminals, who came home as citizens and wanted land.
I thought the German barbarians were Rome's Vietnam in that the trees spoke barbarian..
Germany was Rome's Afghanistan.
Rome won their Vietnam because of Scipio.