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WarGamer

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3. Some see this day as a reaction to tyranny...

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:23 PM

Sunday

In reality, Caesar was the man of the people and Brutus and Cassius were only interested in restoring their own power and the power of the Senate... it was an oligarchy...

And never forget...

The Ides of March gave us Augustus

The French Revolution gave us Napoleon

The Russian Revolution gave us Stalin.

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