>>1287154It is a very long lasting empire, and all of history between the fall and 1945 people have been trying to live up to its glory.
In 410, it is true, the mother of the world has died.
It lent us out script, most European people speak a language derived from latin, or have so many Latin loanwords it's ludicrous. Latin is the language of science and until the last 100 years or so, education. The Romans gave us Christianity, directly in that crucifixion is synonymous with Rome, and that Jesus was born a Roman subject, living only 5 miles or so from Sepphoris. Constantine made it the state religion.
It gave standardized laws, allowed peaceful trade, and improved the way people lived through better access to education, roads, and hygiene. Romans had running water, the best roads in Europe for 1000 years, and easily the greatest art and design the world had ever seen. I might be romanticizing but damn it it's Rome, it deserves it. And I'm aware of the irony.
I am just madly in love with the Republic and Empire. It's like a woman reaching out through a crowd; our eyes meet, and you feel butterflies and warmth and infatuation. The world before and after seems cold and unwelcoming, but Rome, the mother of the world, seems so inviting, prosperous, and /right/.
