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Relevant: Dan Carlin just came out with a new episode of Hardcore History called "The Celtic Holocaust," which deals with the subject of the Roman subjugation of Gaul and the Celtic people. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-60-the-cel...
I tend to ignore people who call something a Holocaust that wasn't the actual Holocaust.
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I tend to ignore people who call something a Holocaust that wasn't the actual Holocaust.
I agree. The term holocaust is more contemporary. Back in roman times enslavement and extermination seems to have been relatively common.
As far as I can tell, you've hit on exactly the distinction he's trying to make in the episode. There's a running theme of highlighting the difference in attitude towards war/death from the Romans to the modern era, especially with respect to things like civilian extermination.
The name might be unfortunate, but he's pretty open about acknowledging that it's an intentional juxtaposition.
Relevant: Dan Carlin just came out with a new episode of Hardcore History called "The Celtic Holocaust," which deals with the subject of the Roman subjugation of Gaul and the Celtic people. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-60-the-cel...
I tend to ignore people who call something a Holocaust that wasn't the actual Holocaust.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree. The term holocaust is more contemporary. Back in roman times enslavement and extermination seems to have been relatively common.
[Disclaimer: I've only listened to the first chunk of the episode. It's 6 hours long, and I have other things to do with my brain] As far as I can tell, you've hit on exactly the distinction he's trying to make in the episode. There's a running theme of highlighting the difference in attitude towards war/death from the Romans to the modern era, especially with respect to things like civilian extermination. The name m…
Hannibal crushed the Romans several times, it didn't matter. Carthage still got wiped off the map.
Relevant: Dan Carlin just came out with a new episode of Hardcore History called "The Celtic Holocaust," which deals with the subject of the Roman subjugation of Gaul and the Celtic people. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-60-the-cel...
I tend to ignore people who call something a Holocaust that wasn't the actual Holocaust.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
[Disclaimer: I've only listened to the first chunk of the episode. It's 6 hours long, and I have other things to do with my brain] As far as I can tell, you've hit on exactly the distinction he's trying to make in the episode. There's a running theme of highlighting the difference in attitude towards war/death from the Romans to the modern era, especially with respect to things like civilian extermination. The name m…
I have never heard of Dan Carlin and it might be an intentional juxtaposition, but the title feels like clickbait.
If anyone wants to crunch numbers and determine a per capita "death as a result of state action" for various empires over time I think it would be really interesting.
How does a bad year in the roman empire compared to a purge year in the USSR? Average year vs average year? What about the great leap forward?
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I agree. The term holocaust is more contemporary. Back in roman times enslavement and extermination seems to have been relatively common.
[Disclaimer: I've only listened to the first chunk of the episode. It's 6 hours long, and I have other things to do with my brain] As far as I can tell, you've hit on exactly the distinction he's trying to make in the episode. There's a running theme of highlighting the difference in attitude towards war/death from the Romans to the modern era, especially with respect to things like civilian extermination. The name m…
You should not compare ancient post-war extermination events with a modern, civilized state exterminating a section of the population in an organized manner. It just dilutes the extremity of what the Nazi's did.