this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024
231 points (97.5% liked)

Rough Roman Memes

950 readers
29 users here now

A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.

RULES:

  1. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, bigotry, etc. The past may be bigoted, but we are not.

  2. Memes must be Rome-related, not just the title. It can be about Rome, or using Roman aesthetics, or both, but the meme itself needs to have Roman themes.

  3. Follow Lemmy.world rules.

Not sure where to start on Roman history?

A quick memetic primer on Republican Rome

A quick memetic primer on Imperial Rome

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
PugJesus@lemmy.world
PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
231
Remember that even the greatest men do not always become great in their youth (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Explanation: Caesar, at the age of 32, was still a relative no-one, a minor Roman politician from a well-established family, and mourned this fact, weeping at a statue of Alexander because he felt that, at 32, he had achieved nothing, while Alexander, by 32, had performed massive and glorious deeds.

Your life isn't over at 32. You got a long road ahead of you.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

let's not forget that Alex was a favoured son of a great king himself. one could argue that the pedestal he'd been given allowed him to "succeed" faster.

that should give some perspective on Xander's achievements, great as they are, even if it should not take away from them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

that should give some perspective on Xander's achievements, great as they are, even if it should not take away from them.

Buffy, on the other hand..

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

Most "great men" have a backstory like that. The world's not meritocratic, and the ancient world didn't even pretend to be.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yup this. The great man theory is so overblown imo. They only did what they can because they inherit a good situation.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your life isn't over at 32. You got a long road ahead of you.

Tell that to J.H. Christ, from Nazareth.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Tell that to Alexander himself, who died at 32 lmao

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but what about 45?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Antoninus Pius didn't become successor to the position of Emperor until he was 52. Genghis Khan didn't embark on his first major conquests until he was 48. You got time to become the most powerful man in the world.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like a lot of work.

I may have a motivation problem; not an age problem 🤔

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried being born into power? I'm told that works wonders

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I think I’ll just have another donut instead…

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whistler's Mother

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I guess this was not a Sneakers reference.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Unless you die at the age of 32.