The feeling when your Ceaser is just a Sulla.

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There must have been some madness going on beyond rancher-farmer wars and land shortages, but the mist is too thick this far back for us to perceive ideas and beliefs.

You don't bother transporting victims to a specific place of slaughter unless there are truly huge numbers involved combined with a formidable organisational structure.

Or, the there is more going on than just killing.

Not only was Herxheim a site for ritualised mass-murder, but for the sake of the spectacle they had feasts and pottery manufacturing; with all the infrastructure that this implies.

It lasted for weeks! Think of how much effort it took to transport the captives! The dedication to keep it up!

That doesn't explain why they were peaceful for centuries and then immediately went for weeks long festivals of mass human sacrifice.

Why am I reminded of Aung San Suu Kyi?

Bidenism in a word, Starmer's only lesson from that was: "more social reaction".

Amerifats just cutting an entire loaf of bread in half to make a snack.

It's irresistible at the moment, but it remains a fact that by 2030 we could be staring at a completely reversed situation.

One might detect a smidgen of sarcasm here.