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But as he stood watching Carthage burn, Scipio Aemilianus reflected on the fate of this once great power. Overcome with emotion, he cried. His friend and mentor Polybius approached and asked why Aemilianus was crying—what better outcome
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This will happen to every superpower. One day, we shall fall and we will be talked about from historian 1000 years from now.
“Ptolemy arranged to have himself declared king in Egypt in 305 BC. All his male successors bore the name Ptolemy,”
― The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
― The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
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