Why does Caesar not wear purple?

Probably because he used Roman culture as a basis, but not a copy. He wanted to use all the militaristic, nationalist and manliest shit in the Roman Empire, rather than carry everything over.
 
Dr Fallout said:
Probably because he used Roman culture as a basis, but not a copy. He wanted to use all the militaristic, nationalist and manliest shit in the Roman Empire, rather than carry everything over.
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So why do they wear Pre-War football gear? It's clear that Lanius had his armour forged, so why can't the legion at least make some armour that would better suit legionaries
 
The notorious OVB said:
So why do they wear Pre-War football gear? It's clear that Lanius had his armour forged, so why can't the legion at least make some armour that would better suit legionaries
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Easy to scavenge and make. You don't need Blacksmiths or dedicated forges, also I think that armour fits better for the more tribal fighting style the Legion has. Hit and Run, infiltration, wave attacks and the like. Caesar compromised and compromised in every regard of the legion to ensure it was better suited to the Wasteland.
 
Dr Fallout said:
Easy to scavenge and make. You don't need Blacksmiths or dedicated forges, also I think that armour fits better for the more tribal fighting style the Legion has. Hit and Run, infiltration, wave attacks and the like. Caesar compromised and compromised in every regard of the legion to ensure it was better suited to the Wasteland.
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But still, wouldn't the veterans at least have armour that resembled Lorica Hamata, anything better than the same football gear but with a couple of tire irons sticking out of it?
 
Dr Fallout said:
I guess Caesar is of the mind that the skills make the Veteran, not the gear. The Legion Veterans might also be pretty common considering in how many conflicts the Legion has been.
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That is a good point actually, but that's also...pretty damn stupid, I mean, stabbing the water stupid, for God's sake man, skill AND equipment matter.
 
Rome was a cosmopolitan state with a functioning Republican system which had a serious problem with deifying individuals--even though Julius and Augustus were. They also had a paternal sexism which was devoted to protecting "their" women.

Actual Romans would be horrified by the mockery Caesar created.
 
Dr Fallout said:
It was a joke, an oligarchy that included a strange military dictatorship in times of crisis. There was almost no democracy, and suffered from being controlled by generals multiple times.
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One might argue functioning oligarchy is the definition of a Republican system. :)
 
CT Phipps said:
One might argue functioning oligarchy is the definition of a Republican system. :)
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Hmm, how do you feel about the fact that your post was ridiculously American-centric? The Republican party in the US are far and away from being the only Republicans in the world and our history.
 
Dr Fallout said:
Hmm, how do you feel about the fact that your post was ridiculously American-centric? The Republican party in the US are far and away from being the only Republicans in the world and our history.
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That wasn't a joke about Republicans. It was a joke about the tendency of functioning "democratic" governments being systems which concentrate power in the hands of the wealthy under the auspices of them being best equipped to rule.

I'm not honestly all that troubled by Republicans, mainstream at least, versus Democrats who I consider not much better.
 
CT Phipps said:
That wasn't a joke about Republicans. It was a joke about the tendency of functioning "democratic" governments being systems which concentrate power in the hands of the wealthy under the auspices of them being best equipped to rule.

I'm not honestly all that troubled by Republicans, mainstream at least, versus Democrats who I consider not much better.
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Oh, the Parliamentarians.
 
Also, roman Empire was less about systematic assimilation. They were quite much influenced by the cultures they conquered.
 
CT Phipps said:
Really, I can't help but wonder if Caesar had planned for the White Glove Society to become his version of the patrician class.
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That is... possible, and it fits if he's planning to turn the Legion into a more metropolitan Rome with it's culture, rather than base influences.
naossano said:
Also, roman Empire was less about systematic assimilation. They were quite much influenced by the cultures they conquered.
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But you can argue that the practice of giving certain people who worked the Empire citizenships made them turn more into Romans, as they valued Roman architecture and society by being closer to it, as assimilation.
 
It was more like mutual influence.
The people from the subject regions became more romans, but the roman legions stationned there were also influenced by the locals, and brought back that influence home or on their next assignment. The influence was on many fields. Language, religion, technology etc... They spread their culture but took a lot from other cultures.
 
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