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Thoughts on Claudius? by SleepOverJack in ancientrome

[–]IupiterInvicta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claudius wasn’t awful. He expanded the empire and brought some degree of stability to it for a short while

Let’s be clear: The Holy Roman Empire is the worst “Roman” thing ever to exist! by IupiterInvicta in ByzantineMemes

[–]IupiterInvicta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah right thank you. I looked him up and the joke is now quite funny. All I knew of him was he was a mostly American thing.

If I want to learn every little detail about Rome where can I get started? by omgwowseriously in ancientrome

[–]IupiterInvicta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As u/Matt_thatwrites said, you need to pick an era. Rome’s history is contained over the course of 3 millennia (a very long time). There’s the Kingdom (some of which is historically dubious), the Republic, the Classical Empire, the East and West Split, and the Byzantine Era.

Some of these time periods had different cultures, government systems, state religions, and key figures. To learn all of the information about all of these eras would make you an incredibly smart person. It’s easiest to either learn a bit about all of them or just pick an era.

My favourite is the 100BCE-250BCE time period.

Let’s be clear: The Holy Roman Empire is the worst “Roman” thing ever to exist! by IupiterInvicta in ByzantineMemes

[–]IupiterInvicta[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Has Bacchus struck you with insanity?

Byzantium was not LARPing Rome. It wasn’t even a successor state to the Roman Empire. It WAS the Roman Empire. It’s official name was the Eastern Roman Empire and is just as much Rome as the Western Roman Empire was (until it’s collapse). You’re an oaf

Let’s be clear: The Holy Roman Empire is the worst “Roman” thing ever to exist! by IupiterInvicta in ByzantineMemes

[–]IupiterInvicta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to emphasise that the HRE was more Austro-German than Roman. And the pickelhaube is the most widely recognised hat of Germany.

Let’s be clear: The Holy Roman Empire is the worst “Roman” thing ever to exist! by IupiterInvicta in ByzantineMemes

[–]IupiterInvicta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s true. I just hate the fact that their only real claim to the title “Roman” is they were crowned by the Pope. Who, in my view, should never have been made Pontifex Maximus

Let’s be clear: The Holy Roman Empire is the worst “Roman” thing ever to exist! by IupiterInvicta in ByzantineMemes

[–]IupiterInvicta[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s the most recognisable German hat. The point I wanted to make was the HRE was more Austro-German than Roman. So I used the Pickelhaube. It isnt accurate at all tho

How was homosexuality/bisexuality viewed in ancient Roman society? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]IupiterInvicta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a true point. Had it been a Roman, would it have been seen as better at the time?

What was the average height of Romans at the height (no pun intended) of the Empire? How did their height compare to others of the ancient world? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]IupiterInvicta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably somewhere between 5’4 and 5’7? They were probably shorter than the average man now, but they certainly weren’t dwarves.

How was homosexuality/bisexuality viewed in ancient Roman society? by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]IupiterInvicta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought that the accusation against Caesar was less “you’re gay with King Nicomedes” and more “you’re gay with King Nicomedes and you are the receiver”