@PugJesusM to A Comm for HistorymemesEnglish • 2 months agoThe Romans were a bit bullheadedimagemessage-square8arrow-up194arrow-down12cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
arrow-up192arrow-down1imageThe Romans were a bit bullheaded@PugJesusM to A Comm for HistorymemesEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square8cross-posted to: roughromanmemes
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish12•2 months agoExplanation: The Roman Republic had not one, but MULTIPLE fleets completely destroyed during the First Punic War with Carthage. Not quitters, those Romans. Eventually they managed to win the war.
minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish6•2 months agoCurrently relistening to Punic Nightmares, and yeah… The Romans, in modern parlance, had no chill.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoTends to happen when your second, most prominent religion is the cult of Mars.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish4•2 months agoCould also say “When EVERY god is a god of war (and agriculture)”
Explanation: The Roman Republic had not one, but MULTIPLE fleets completely destroyed during the First Punic War with Carthage. Not quitters, those Romans. Eventually they managed to win the war.
Currently relistening to Punic Nightmares, and yeah… The Romans, in modern parlance, had no chill.
Tends to happen when your second, most prominent religion is the cult of Mars.
Could also say “When EVERY god is a god of war (and agriculture)”