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"For the Romans, the putting down of Jewish rebellions, or the persecution of Christians, was all part of empire-maintenance. They were equal-opportunity oppressors. In the National Museum of Damascus is a replica of Trajan's Column, built in second-century Rome by Apollodorus, who hailed from Damascus. The friezes on the column depict Trajan's conquest of Dacia - modern-day Romania. In blood-loving detail, the sculptures depict the carnage of battle, even the mass suicide of Dacians, unwilling to be enslaved by the Romans. Trajan, not satisfied with that conquest, went on conquer Mesopotamia - our Iraq. "
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