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Alicorn comments on How would you take over Rome? - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: Yvain 14 March 2012 04:24PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 15 March 2012 03:29:40AM 8 points [-]

I don't actually think seducing an emperor would be a snap, it just seems more doable for an early-twenties female than raising an army.

Comment author: Vaniver 16 March 2012 10:32:39PM *  3 points [-]

Early twenties? You realize that you're almost a spinster, right?

Comment author: Alicorn 16 March 2012 11:12:59PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I'd have to figure out how to lie about my age or work around it.

Comment author: Bugmaster 17 March 2012 01:15:44AM 3 points [-]

As far as I understand, you would look younger than your actual age to the average Roman, due to the vastly superior health care and nutrition that you'd enjoyed in modern times. So, you should be good on the age front.