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I'm a Roman soldier fighting another Roman in the numerous civil wars. Do I feel remorse for fighting and killing my countrymen rather than the "barbarians"? Or is the concept of "countrymen" anachronistic during Antiquity?

by /u/Legitimate_Twist in /r/AskHistorians

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