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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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Remember that even the greatest men do not always become great in their youth (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 hours ago by PugJesus to c/roughromanmemes

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[–] ccunning 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, but what about 45?

[–] PugJesus 32 points 8 hours 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 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like a lot of work.

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

Well you're probably related to Khan so get out there n make great²⁰granpa proud

[–] PugJesus 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] ccunning 4 points 7 hours ago

I think I’ll just have another donut instead…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Whistler's Mother

[–] ccunning 2 points 5 hours ago

I guess this was not a Sneakers reference.