1. The Tyrells were rebels right up to the Battle of the Blackwater, so it’s not like they have any leg to stand on w/r/t that topic.
2. They’re rather ignorant and dismissive of the North in general, so that’s another reaosn why they don’t care.
3. Tywin’s not exactly that good on the issue either, given what he thinks about the Night’s Watch and Mance Rayder. 

Given that all the knights in the Watch we meet were knights before they joined the Watch, I’m guessing it would violate the oath. 

Ned didn’t, as far as I can tell. Robert pardoned him out of his own sense of mercy:

“Robert could be merciful. Ser Barristan was scarcely the only man he had pardoned. Grand Maester Pycelle, Varys the Spider, Lord Balon Greyjoy; each had been counted an enemy to Robert once, and each had been welcomed into friendship and allowed to retain honors and office for a pledge of fealty. So long as a man was brave and honest, Robert would treat him with all the honor and respect due a valiant enemy.” (Eddard XII, AGOT)

“You may take my head,” he told the king, “but you cannot name me traitor. No Greyjoy ever swore an oath to a Baratheon.” Robert Baratheon, ever merciful, is said to have laughed at that, for he liked spirit in a man, even in his foes.

“Swear one now,” he replied, “or lose that stubborn head of yours.” (WOIAF)

1. She’s the mother of the undisputed heir to Jon Arryn, so loyalty to House Arryn runs through her.
2. She’s the Regent of the Vale, so the Vale’s rigid adherence to honor means obedience even if you disagree with the Regent’s actions (such as the desire to send out knights either to repress the mountain clans or to fight for Robb). 
3. She’s a widow with a widow’s use-rights and ambitious Vale lords want to marry her. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolsey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praemunire

The only example I’ve seen is Daemon Targaryen, and that was something of a crisis, because conquering other lands raises the issue of alter rex.

Up against Barristan Selmy, I think, since Roose Bolton was there when Barristan was brought before Robert. 

elanabrooklyn:

racefortheironthrone:

Infinity Gauntlet is followed up by Infinity War, which is followed up by Infinity Crusade. They’re something of a case of diminishing returns. 

Yeah just read Infinity Gauntlet. If you’re intrigued check out my podcast episode about the original Jim Starlin Infinity Gauntlet series and Marvel’s cosmic comics of the 70s.

Not particularly. 

Augustus had the advantage of being personally incredibly wealthy, combining his inheritance from Julius Caesar with what he gained from the proscriptions of the assassins and his plundering of Egypt. He then added to that by sweeping reforms of Rome’s taxation system, shifting from a system of provincial tax farming to direct taxation based on population censuses and carried out by civil servants, which increased and stabilized Rome’s revenues enormously.

And Augustus was able to turn that wealth towards shoring up the capacity of the state in everything from expanding the bureaucracy to massive public works, to expanding the empire…which helped him deal with the enormous number of men under arms by the end of the civil war (the Battle of Phillipi saw as many as 410,000 participating):

The yellow represents the Roman Empire at the time of Augustus’ accession, the greens represent conquests made in his reign, and the pink represents kingdoms which became clients/allies of Rome during his reign. However, Augustus was always careful to avoid conflicts with Parthia, the only power that could rival that of Rome. 

Towards the end of his reign, Augustus started running into problems of over-extension – notably his defeat at Teutoberg Forest – and had to abandon his ambition of conquering Germany in favor of holding the Rhine/Danube border and “pacifying” the German tribes through a combination of military raids and bribing client kings so as to divide and conquer the tribes of Germania.