this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
11 points (100.0% liked)

RoughRomanMemes

674 readers
144 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 Piefed.social rules.

MORE COMMS ON THE HISTORYVERSE:

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
top 1 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Explanation: While the Romans were very fond of reading omens into events, especially after the fact, Julius Caesar's assassination was probably not entirely unexpected, even by Caesar. By legend, he was warned by a seer, his wife had a prophetic dream, and he himself noticed some of his old enemies talking in furtive and hushed tones when they thought he wasn't looking.

Now, while we may not place much weight in such things today, they make sense as a broader atmosphere of tension from a conspiracy which was both large and not particularly disciplined. In that sense, religious figures friendly to Caesar warning him of trouble approaching, and his wife feeling nervous after weeks of talk about the town, are not warnings to be dismissed lightly.

Ultimately, Caesar's toxic masculinity killed him. He, in order to soothe the anxiety of his wife, Calpurnia, agreed to stay home from the Senate on the day of his assassination... but one of the conspiring Senators came to his house, and when he found out why Caesar's wasn't attending, asked him if he was really going to let a WOMAN'S fears dictate HIS actions?

He went to the meeting place of the Senate that day, and was promptly assassinated.

... should've listened to his wife. ¯\(ツ)