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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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[–] PugJesus 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Explanation: Romans believed it was right and manly to top another man. However, being a bottom for another man was EFFEMINATE and SHAMEFUL. Just goes to show how arbitrary social sexual standards can be. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] j4k3 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Was the boys thing real or was that a bad youtuber myth or something. The wild ass boys take it at a certain age or something like that, as a way to put them in their place. Not my jam. They had the whole slaves thing too.

[–] PugJesus 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Definitely not amongst the Romans. It was considered shameful at any age for a citizen to 'submit' his body to another. Roman men generally preferred non-citizens as same-sex partners for this reason.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Thank Jupiter barbarian bussy existed!

[–] Stovetop 4 points 1 month ago

Might be thinking of the ancient Athenians

[–] kamenlady 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In Brasil it somehow is like that.

[–] PugJesus 4 points 1 month ago

Following the ancient ways, it would seem