A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.
RULES:
No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, bigotry, etc. The past may be bigoted, but we are not.
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.
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
Explanation: The Roman Emperor Carus died after prosecuting a promising campaign against Sassanid Persia. Depending on what story you want to believe, he was either assassinated by Diocletian, who would take power after him, or struck by lightning.
I prefer the struck by lightning explanation. Statistically speaking it had to happen to at least ONE major world leader in history, right?
I prefer the struck by lightning explanation. Statistically speaking it had to happen to at least ONE major world leader in history, right?
Did we have to waste our chance on Carus, of all people?
