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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
The biggest destructive event during the Roman Republic may well have been the razing of Carthage and Corinth in 146 at the end of the Punic Wars. The modern correlate year, 2001, saw both the biggest destructive event inflicted on the modern analogous Republic, the 9/11 attack, (turning tables?) and over a longer period the Gulf Wars between the US Republic and a hegemonic challenger.
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I'm sorry this comparison doesn't make any sense at all.
On 146 bc, a republic (Rome) won a war and destroyed a clear rival, a enemy state (Carthage).
On 2001, a republic (U.S.A.) was the target of an attack rather than launching an attack, the attack itself wasn't fatal nor decisive like the destruction of Carthage and last but not least, the republic's enemy wasn't a rival power, a state, it was an underground organization, a network of cells and individuals living and working in several countries.
If you're going to try to convince us that there are some kind of cycles or patterns in history, then you should look for better matches.