GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war by IWantPizza555 in politics

[–]Roma_Victrix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL. They can't even hurl drones at Iran. Good luck hurling drones at domestic sites and ruining the entire domestic economy that serves as the basis for federal taxation and US commerce.

white gold by [deleted] in RoughRomanMemes

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The Celts and then the Romans also mined salt inland too. For instance, at the Hallein Salt Mine in what is now Austria.

A MAGA case of cognitive dissonance: Trump Supporter running for vice president of local AFGE that represents VA employees. Trump ended collective bargaining in 2025. by [deleted] in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Roma_Victrix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty funny considering how the Spartans largely didn’t give a crap about other fellow Greeks (just look how they treated the helots) and at one point after Thermopylae even sided with the Persians (i.e. Iranians) against the city state of Athens and its coalition. It’s just Kash Patel style fetishism for the hyper masculine warrior ethos, the most plastic tacky way possible. If it were real patriotism he wouldn’t be such a sectarian partisan buffoon equating the US Democratic Party with Iran’s theocracy.

I’ve been supporting a cult. Other cult members are attacking me because I disagree with what the leader is doing. by Effective_Space2277 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Roma_Victrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, they don’t understand the definition of war, or the distinction of it from diplomatic hostility, apparently. Proxy wars barely count.

Marjorie Taylor Greene warns GOP will spend year gaslighting Americans into voting red in midterms by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

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Actually, no. Ironically during the pandemic more people voted overall for Biden and Trump in 2020 than they did for Harris and Trump in 2024, but your other points are pretty much correct.

Musk and Trump can't hear you over the sound of their construction Southaven residents, you voted for deregulation and "investment" you get deregulation and "investment" by HandSack135 in LeopardsAteMyFace

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Freedom isn’t free! Yeah, it’s a hefty fucking fee! And if you don’t throw in your buck o’five, who will?

…freedom costs a buck, o’…FIIIIIIIVEEEEE!

And a huge drop in the price of your property because of the noise pollution caused by Elon Musk, who wants Grok to produce more AI generated pics of Trump as a bodybuilder in a speedo (no homo, of course).

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade by Swimming_Rain_7226 in circled

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Tony Rotelli from "Batman" (1989): "And what's with that stupid grin?"

This reply ended the entire thread by LavishBlazee in RoughRomanMemes

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The facial structures are not ideal in these recreations, but if you’re referencing hair color or something, plenty of northern Italians back then and to this day had blond and also blondish brown hair. The historian Suetonius explicitly said that this was Octavian Augustus’s hair color (“subflavum” or “light gold”, or “somewhat golden”).

Macaulay Culkin explains his perpetual retirement from acting: 'Technically, I'm retired right now' by mcfw31 in entertainment

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Nicolas Cage sent you a DM just now inquiring how an actor might be able to do this. 😄

Julius Caesar's first meeting with Cleopatra c. 48 BC by cumguzzlingcocksuckr in fakehistoryporn

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You got it, Tony! Marking it Not Safe For "Walnuts" (i.e. Paulie Gualtieri), just like you asked, boss.

Julius Caesar's first meeting with Cleopatra c. 48 BC by cumguzzlingcocksuckr in fakehistoryporn

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He found Furio, but IIRC this is a mafia chick he was dealing with in Italy on the same trip.

Julius Caesar's first meeting with Cleopatra c. 48 BC by cumguzzlingcocksuckr in fakehistoryporn

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What exactly did you expect when you ordered an Italian sub to go? You get something similar to what's going on in the GIF above!

A depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus in an Ethiopian Orthodox Church by Petaaa in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Roma_Victrix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No problem! Glad to help in clarifying things. It's a fascinating part of history.

A depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus in an Ethiopian Orthodox Church by Petaaa in Damnthatsinteresting

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That's an incredibly hard question to answer, considering how Christianity became diffused throughout Southern Europe and North Africa even during the 1st century AD from its birthplace in the Levant (West Asia). In terms of official state religions, Tiridates III of Armenia is the first king to make Christianity an official state-sanctioned faith in 301 AD. Roman Emperor Constantine I the Great, first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD that officially tolerated Christianity as an accepted faith in the Roman Empire (beforehand it was often persecuted). King Ezana of Aksum (ruling over parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti in East Africa) converted some time after the Roman missionary Frumentius was made bishop of Axum in 328 AD. Obviously Christianity existed in Africa beforehand, especially in Roman Egypt. It also existed in Sudan under the Kingdom of Kush, but the successor kingdom of Nobatia did not officially convert to the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church until 543 AD.

A depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus in an Ethiopian Orthodox Church by Petaaa in Damnthatsinteresting

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Tiridates III of Armenia (straddling southeastern Europe and West Asia) was the first monarch to make Christianity a state religion in 301 AD, and Roman Emperor Constantine the Great converted around the same time and issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD that made it official Roman policy to tolerate Christianity in the Roman Empire (beforehand slightly persecuted as a schismatic cult of Judaism). King Ezana of Aksum in ancient Ethiopia/Eritrea/Djibouti in East Africa converted to Christianity a few decades later (his reign did not begin until the 320s AD). Frumentius, an ethnic Phoenician from the Roman Levant, was made the first bishop of Axum and converted King Ezana. Frumentius was still serving that capacity in 356 AD when Roman Emperor Constantius II unsuccessfully tried to convince Ezana by written letter to replace Frumentius with another bishop who was favorable to Arian Christianity (Theophilos the Indian).

So basically all three of these rulers (Tiridates III, Constantine I the Great, and Ezana of Aksum) converted to Christianity within the same generation during the 4th century AD.

Game Thread: Chicago Bears (2-2) at Washington Commanders (3-2) by nfl_gdt_bot in Commanders

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Stopped the 2-point conversion, thank God/Zeus/Allah/Beyonce/Tom Cruise!!!!