this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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Rough Roman Memes

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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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[โ€“] PugJesus 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Explanation: Emperor Aurelian was a key part of restoring the Roman Empire after it split during the Crisis of the Third Century. Because of his (successful) efforts to reunite the break-away states back into the imperial fold, he received the title Restitutor Orbis - the restorer of the world. Queen Zenobia and Tetricus II were the leaders of the two largest breakaway states, and both were spared by Aurelian after he defeated them, despite Aurelian having a somewhat infamously firm sense of justice.

Therefore, here he is, in his everlasting benevolence, granting his mercy to these lowly traitors ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] Kyrgizion 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude pulled a Caesar on his enemies and got the exact same treatment as him in return. Other emperors took that lesson to heart...

[โ€“] PugJesus 7 points 4 weeks ago

A single corrupt secretary can change the course of empires...

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

First time I've seen a punchable face on an aureus BTW

[โ€“] teft 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Give us Emperor Aurelian

Best I can do is an El-Aurian: