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 Simon bar Kokhba thought the same.

His war crimes motivated a country with a real army to get involved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_bar_Kokhba 
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 I have read that the Roman Senate re-naming a calendar month after Julius Caesar - with the support of the Opposition - was likely an act of sabotage and "malicious compliance",  deliberately sowing the seeds of overreach and resentment that led to the events of the Ides of March.

That's about the best we can hope for for America....