A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.
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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.
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Explanation: A rare, if older, bit of OC from me!
Due to the Empire falling to pieces, Roman forces in the 5th century AD, the final century of the Western Roman Empire, were severely degraded. While well-equipped Roman troops continued to exist, typically accompanying the Emperor, most were, at this time, literal barbarians ('foederati', or 'allies') or 'limitanei' - ill-equipped border troops of the kind shown here. Fallen quite a ways from the professional legions of the old days!
The modern degraded empire in its final stages is starting to have troops that look like this ...
That's more Gravy SEAL energy.
For all of the many, many faults of the American polity, a poor standard of soldiery has not yet popped up. For better and worse, I suppose.
It's nice of the emperor to give each one a wrist watch
He better be or else....
