the Ukrainian Question

[Lilith7]

Considering some of the habits of the Romans along with their social values, 'wasn't so sinister' is not the descriptor I would have used for their treatment of the local populations.

 Indeed. 
But the thing is though that we didn't have to behave like that; we didn't have to invade other countries & subjugate other people.

There are two sides to human nature, one of which is none too keen to diminish others & have power over them, but sadly, the side which is hell bent on doing exactly that has too often been to the fore in our past. Discovering 'new' countries & brutalising the population in order to nick anything not nailed down has taken precedence.