• @PugJesusOPM
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    22 days ago

    Indeed. Romans certainly had their fair share of xenophobia and cultural chauvinism, but the racist anti-immigration chuds would balk at Rome’s actual attitudes towards folk-who-aren’t-lily-white.

    African-born Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, his Syrian wife, and their mixed-race children (one of whom was posthumously erased by his brother when he came to power - family squabbles!)