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The stories of Achilles and Musius illustrate Jiang's pagan ethic: fortune is made through action rather than deliberation, cleverness, or waiting.
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Musius
A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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"And that is the truth. Okay? So, the intention of God is the truth. The plan is the truth. Whereas in the pagan worldview...."
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"...the Romans. Okay? In their legends, they have a name named Musius. Remember? At the beginning of the Roman Republic. The Romans are besieged..."
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"...back another day. Or let me be more patient. But for Musius, it's fortune favors the bold. So he's like, 50 -50 is great...."
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"...they are under siege. And there is a Roman nobleman named Musius. And Musius decides to offer a proposal to the Senate. He says..."
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"And so the Senate is like, sure. So Musius swims across the Tiber and he sneaks into the enemy camp. And he sees it..."
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"...will come. If he fails, someone else will come back. And Musius will come as well. And then the king says, are you telling..."
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"Musius. As an enemy, I wish to kill an enemy, and I have as much courage to meet death as I had to inflict..."
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"Look, Musius cried, and learned how lightly those regard their bodies who have some great glory in view. Then he plunged his rod with..."
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"So they take these myths. So the death of Lucretia, Musius burning his hand, the rape of the Sabine woman, and they use it..."
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"...Why are Achilles... Why is Achilles fighting in Troy? Why is Musius sacrificing himself for Rome? Because they want to be remembered by their..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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Byzantium survives for a thousand years because it solves Rome's political problem.
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