• @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    Hey man I just want you to know you’re appreciated. Seeing this shit on my feed just makes me happy. Fantastic work

    • PugJesus
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      41 year ago

      Thank 🙏 Mostly I just share the ‘best of’ I’ve found over the years, but it’s nice to know that my meme stash of obscure historical trivia brings a little entertainment to others as well!

    • @HKPiax
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      31 year ago

      Hell yeah, these memes are fire, and the fact that there is an explanation below each one is double fire. I always visit this community CVM MAGNO GAVDIO

  • PugJesus
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    1 year ago

    Explanation: Octavian, later the Emperor Augustus, had a tendency to miss or be out of command for major battles. He was a sickly lil’ guy and usually wore a sunhat when outside. During one of the final battles of Julius Caesar’s civil war, he was too sick to attend (I am sure he had a doctor’s note). During one of the most important naval battles of his life, the Battle of Naulochus, he sent his right-hand man and best friend, Agrippa, to fight while he remained on shore.

    Later, he personally intervened to spend an enormous sum on a raven that could say “Hail Caesar!” Which, tbf, is pretty fuckin’ cool.

    • @HKPiax
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      21 year ago

      Agreed, that’s pretty fucking rad

    • @Lopoloma
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      11 year ago

      Cleopatra should have done the same.
      Pretentious bitch fled the scene “out of womanly anxiety” so we hear.
      Her wing of the naval for e followed and from then on the battle went in favour of Anthony Agrippa.

  • @HKPiax
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    21 year ago

    I require the explanation. I come here everyday to educate myself on Roman history by reading the explanations. I demand them.

    • PugJesus
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      11 year ago

      Sorry, had to double-check some things to make sure my memory wasn’t jumbling up battles of Octavian’s life XD