But it was possible to sneak in daggers (the proverbial weapon for political violence; see sicarius). Since Julius Caesar’s assassination occurred outside this boundary, the senatorial conspirators could not be charged with sacrilege for carrying weapons inside the sacred city.
Seems banning weapons didn’t work back then. Gee, it surely wouldn’t happen today either. And only some people were charged with the crime while politicians could escape charges of literal murder.
If anything you’ve shown that we’ve done this before and restricting weapons only allows certain people to have weapons. No thanks, I’ll hold onto my rights before ICE tries to take them.
Yup, not as good of an argument as they think it is. They seem to miss the point you made and the other that even the military and state forces weren’t allowed to be armed either within the Pomerium. All I hear of gun control advocates are allowing the state to continue having arms but not individuals. Sounds vaguely authoritarian to me. As well I’m not sure I’d consider Rome of all historical places one of actual enlightenment.
Wow they broke the rules, snuck daggers in and political violence skyrocketed. Surely there is a lesson to be learned here… Nah guns good, always have been.
Obviously almost anything can be used as an improvised weapon but they will never be as effective as weapons designed with the specific purpose of killing people. There is a huge difference between a cleaver and a gladius that’s why the Romans didn’t arm their soldiers with kitchenware.
What?
How did they not have weapons in cities? If you can have a cleaver or boning knife then a gladius or dagger isn’t much different?
You sure youre not talking about armies within the city limits?
This reads as someone who say an AI overview over the subject and didn’t bother to read actual articles stating this was armies, not civilians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomerium
“Weapons were prohibited inside the pomerium”
It applied to everyone
Seems banning weapons didn’t work back then. Gee, it surely wouldn’t happen today either. And only some people were charged with the crime while politicians could escape charges of literal murder.
If anything you’ve shown that we’ve done this before and restricting weapons only allows certain people to have weapons. No thanks, I’ll hold onto my rights before ICE tries to take them.
Yup, not as good of an argument as they think it is. They seem to miss the point you made and the other that even the military and state forces weren’t allowed to be armed either within the Pomerium. All I hear of gun control advocates are allowing the state to continue having arms but not individuals. Sounds vaguely authoritarian to me. As well I’m not sure I’d consider Rome of all historical places one of actual enlightenment.
Wow they broke the rules, snuck daggers in and political violence skyrocketed. Surely there is a lesson to be learned here… Nah guns good, always have been.
Not good. Just a form of power, and they work sometimes, and not others.
Yeah check the wiki for Pomerium.
Obviously almost anything can be used as an improvised weapon but they will never be as effective as weapons designed with the specific purpose of killing people. There is a huge difference between a cleaver and a gladius that’s why the Romans didn’t arm their soldiers with kitchenware.