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True Roman Memes For True Romans

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks also to Cicero for his great acting in Skyrim.

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 9 months ago

Ok but they would appreciate the idea of putting toast, anchovies, and hard cheese on something

[–] Ostrichgrif 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One thing I always loved when taking Latin in school was how succinct the insults are. Are you an idiot simply boils down to stultus es, a common insult was fur meaning thief which in practice was used for many circumstances. My favorite was bustirape (pronounced Boos-te-ra-pay) which meant grave robber, but roughly translates to lowdown son of a bitch. Maybe it was because they had to chisel so much of their language into stone, but the Romans really were champions of brevity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

They did love their abbreviations too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I thought Cinnabons came from condemned slaves working in cinnabar mines?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Well, Cinna was the one who pioneered the cinnabar-cinnabon conversion process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago