>>6283425>>6283329Roman assimilation and incorporation from their Etruscan rivals, to their greek idols to Gaelic enriches the Roman *ahem* state because it is not an intact alternative to the Latins of Rome. One of the main contentions between Romans and the early Christians is their refusal to pay lip service to roman gods, who are themselves a hodgepodge of deities stolen from Gaul to North Africa, threatening the cohesion of their pantheon. Migration into the empire on the Danub frontier was migrants forced to disarm, being shown the might of the roman legion with drilling exercises, then transferred, separately, to various parts of the empire is currently trying to build up, and at the time before the goths broke through the Danube frontier, it was... uuh, Anatolia I believe.
Point being. Not all diversity is the same and there are ways to be inclusive of everyone without not destroying the structures of the old that spawned it in the first place. Allowing everyone in is iconoclasm and destroys the bedrock on which the hobby is built. Now, it doesn't mean I share the views of the other poster on the nature of the gate or what should be retained, but Gatekeeping has its uses.
