A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.
RULES:
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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Not sure where to start on Roman history?
A quick memetic primer on Republican Rome
A quick memetic primer on Imperial Rome
Explanation: The Roman Emperor Valentinian I died during negotiations with some Germanic tribes because the famously hot-tempered Emperor finally blew one fuse too many! When the Quadi tribe insisted that the conflict was the fault of the Romans, and that the Quadi were not bound by any treaties they made, Valentinian had a stroke while shouting at their envoys.
Man Literally Too Mad To Live
Did people hold this against Carus, in a superstitious way?
Yes, it was suspected that he had in some way offended the gods by stretching too far into Persia.
Blasphemy. My Iupiter would want the Persians pushed to the Pacific and a little further yet!
^I^ ^regret^ ^that^ ^there's^ ^not^ ^more^ ^surviving^ ^Persian^ ^sources.^