[Verginius Rufus]

The conquest of Gaul may have cost a million lives and caused a lot of Gauls to become slaves, but it made Caesar very wealthy, gave him the chance to built up an effective and loyal army, and set the stage for his hostile takeover of the Roman government.

What's not to like? And he did it without a single Dominion machine.

[BiglyCommentary]

Learning the full history of the Roman empire gave some new insights into previously read passages from the New Testament. Like I think at that time, half the population of Rome were slaves, hence Paul’s admonitions how to treat them well. His appeal to Caesar, ...