Its interesting to me as we look at history how often some of the greatest events in time have happened seemingly by accident. The punic wars, which initially were just two different sides rushing into the same area to help a friend started a whole chain of events that lead to the utter ruin of the republic of Rome and lead to the more renowned imperialist Rome. Of course once the ball was rolling there were plenty of men to keep up the momentum from Tiberius, to Marius, to Julias Cesaer, and many in between. It it also interesting to note that nearly all of these men who changed Rome did so with the intention of preserving their beloved home and people.
It seemed so many times that these men could have done even greater things for the people of Rome, Italy, and her provinces had it not been for the ineptitude and intervention of a lousy Senate. Yet the Senate alway seems to blame 'the guy in charge.'
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