I do need a history tag. I have to think up something appropriately snarky and indirect to call it, though.
One of my biggest pet peeves is the whitewashing of Roman history.
Yeah, it's totally projecting modern ideas about (the) nation and the nation-state (and the national empire) back onto the ancient past. So annoying and incorrect.
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regna
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Date: 2010-03-04 01:56 (UTC)One of my biggest pet peeves is the whitewashing of Roman history.
Yeah, it's totally projecting modern ideas about (the) nation and the nation-state (and the national empire) back onto the ancient past. So annoying and incorrect.