I suspect the Roman "war machine" really developed as an accident. The Romans are trying to solve social problems in the fourth century and the reforms had the mostly unintended byproduct of making them really good at war. 🧵1/

alice maz @alicemazzy · Feb 19, 2023

really interesting thread

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