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| Senatus Populusque Romanus The Senate and the People of Rome |
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330 BC Tokugawa had demanded tribute.
The Senate and the people of
Rome refused to pay. Audentes fortuna
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HADRIAN -- Sir Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
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30 BC
Iacta
alea est!
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Later, another Great Leader, Hadrian, built the Forbidden Palace in the old Japanese capital of Kyoto. Veni,
vidi, vici. |
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next to enslave the State Shall be son, no son, of this hairy last. He shall have hair in a generous mop. He shall give Rome marble instead of clay And fetter her fast with unseen chains And shall die at the hand of his wife, no wife To the gain of his son, no son. Sibylline
Curse from I, Claudius |
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370 AD
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
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430 AD Rome was now a world power. And at peace. The Americans were under continual attack by an alliance of Germany, Japan, Babylon and Aztecland. Nihil tam munitum quod |
Instead, Caesar attacked to avenge the insult. 
Under Hadrian's reign, "the empire flourished in peace and prosperity. He
encouraged the arts, reformed the laws, asserted military discipline, and
visited 
all his provinces in person. His vast and active genius was equally
suited to the most enlarged views, and the minute details of civil policy. But
the ruling passions of his soul were curiosity and vanity. As they prevailed,
and as they were attracted by different objects, Hadrian was, by turns, an
excellent prince, a ridiculous sophist, and a jealous tyrant. The general tenor
of his conduct deserved praise for its equity and moderation. Yet, in the first
days of his reign, he put to death four consular senators, his personal enemies
, and men who had been judged worthy of empire.; and the tediousness of a
painful illness rendered him, at last, peevish and cruel. The senate doubted
whether they should pronounce him a god or a tyrant."
Out
of the Fog of War, a Great Leader emerged, Trajan. Trajan would unite the
Legions to smash Tokugawa and his thugs.
350 AD
Trajan now
faced Samurai. But it was too little, too late. In the Peace Treaty,
Caesar let Tokugawa govern one last city, Nagoya. In return, Japan would
give Rome scientific parity with the rest of the world.
