• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    2 months ago

    NOTE: While there were widely-recognized iconographies for representations of imperial power (the eagle, Jupiter’s thunderbolt, SPQR), there was no standardized flag. as we would recognize the concept, for the Roman Empire.

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    There’s an old saying in Gallia. I know it’s in Dalmatia, probably in Gallia: Si vis bellum, para bellum