Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if he set the buildings on fire himself.
I’m surprised we don’t see this happening again today in the American States United (ASU).
Does this go in !latestagefeudalism@lemmygrad.ml?
See what? Setting buildings on fire to buy land cheap? I know for a fact it was a thing in Russia after USSR fell. In fact, plenty of historical wooden buildings in my own city went that way. I’ve never heard of anyone being prosecuted for it, too.
For USA and Britain, I’ve only seen such acts in fiction. So perhaps it was a thing, perhaps in the XX century - the notion had to come from somewhere
He was also the richest man in Rome, and a member of the first triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey whom he funded.
Politically he started as Sulla’s supporter and build his political career and wealth on it (meaning brutal supression of populars)
He is also infamous for drowning the Spartacus uprising in blood and crucifying all captured rebels in a purest show of slaveowner cruelty ever (with Pompey). He also decimated his own army at some point of that war.
And what ultimately doomed him was envy and hubris, when both other triumvires proven their great military talent he wanted to outtalent them and went on a campaign against Parthia. It ended disastrously since Parthian tactic based on horse archers hit and run attacks proven extremely successful against Roman legions of mostly heavy infantry. He died during the tumultous ceasefire negotiations and after that Parthians allegedly poured molten gold in his throat so he would finally get sated.
Summarising, a fitting patron of today billionaires.
Landlord rule
I love to learn about how Romans lived their lives. Some stories are so aloof from our perspective, as if from some alien world
