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[Frederick22]

Eh, that kinda falls flat when you realize that the Allagans took the peoples indigenous to Meracydia, forced them to summon their Primals, then trapped them and their gods in stasis for thousands of years just as a battery.

And as for the summoning in Othard...we have no information about that event other than the fact that it happened. And it obviously happened before the events of 1.0 (or could be retconned to be so). For all we know, their tactic of brainwashing conquered people might have been devised as a Primal countermeasure after huge losses sustained in Othard. The Garlean Empire might have been more pragmatic before the threat of Primals was made evident to them.

Not exacly.

Roman was the biggest empire that ever exited and that lasted most than anyone. They were the most advanced civilisation of those times. In culture, military power and economy. They had no rival that could matched.
Infact despite we are now really much more advanced, it is said that when Rome falled, a lot of the informacion they had was destroyed, so in some small way there was a "regresion". We dont know how it would be if we had recover all, ethier we know if we re-discover it withouth knowing.

So yea, the Allagans look more like the Romans than the Garleans on my opinion.

There's Varis' quote from the encounter in the Sea of Clouds.......

Ok, so your entire point of Garleans are good and they are doing this for the sake of Hydaelyn is based on a vague talk that Varis said?
Varis an emperor and dictator.. yes sure