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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Latin is hate speech :((((

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, tbh, Romans were pretty xenophobic

[–] FightLikeACrow 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Xenophobic, not racist. They considered any non Roman or Greek culture to be uncivilized barbarian or at least weird and wrong and in need of romanization