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.
Follow Lemmy.world rules.
Not sure where to start on Roman history?
A quick memetic primer on Republican Rome
A quick memetic primer on Imperial Rome
Explanation: At the Battle of Carrhae, Marcus Licinius Crassus, the richest man in Rome and governor of Syria, was in command of hard-pressed Roman forces under attack from Persian horse archers and lancers. Seeing no way out of it, his troops forced him to negotiate for surrender with the Persians.
The Persians ended his subscription to life, and then dressed up a Roman prisoner who looked like Crassus to humiliate him.
You failed to mention the bowels of gold in the last panel, lel.
Basically they poured molten gold down his anüs to make fun of the fact he was so rich.
