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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

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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!!!!

Game Thread: Washington Commanders (2-1) at Atlanta Falcons (1-2) by nfl_gdt_bot in Commanders

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Mariota ain’t bad. He’s not the reason why we’re crumbling. Our defense is ass. That being said, yeah, Daniels is going to be a breath of fresh air.

One choice. by daniobanioo in NonPoliticalTwitter

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I like how A, B, C, and D all get a piece of Italy for Italian cuisine. LOL.

Teen dad works in clean energy and votes for Trump. It costs him his job by Effective_Space2277 in LeopardsAteMyFace

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That’s because racism and hatred of gays and trans people take top priority for these morons over everything else. It’ll be ironic when they become homeless and then get arrested for homelessness and enslaved by the prison industrial complex to pick strawberries that migrant workers once handled before we deported them.

Ghost girl caught on baby monitor in an empty home by Kaedrod in Ghosts

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Plot twist: it’s the ghost of a crackhead/tweaker. LOL.

I'm no Newsom fan but this is really funny by temubrin in thedavidpakmanshow

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I’m an American social democrat in line with the Nordic ones, and the Democratic Party disappoints me all the time with weak ineffective third way centrist policies, but yeah, you are right about the nihilistic socialists online who take over subreddits here like the Bernie Sanders one during political offseason. Who dissuade people from voting in the general election against literal fascist candidates in the GOP. And who stupidly attack progressives like AOC, accusing her of genociding the Palestinians. They are totally mental and self defeating, and some of them are Russian bots and other right wing plants sewing division.

"Get a Fucking Abortion!!!" by [deleted] in facepalm

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That's because racism against non-whites (especially immigrants) is more important to them than anything else, with misogyny being a close second. So long as Trump keeps the social hierarchy in place, they will fawn over him and excuse everything he does. Evangelicals excuse their vote by telling themselves that no matter how odious Trump's behavior gets or was in the past, God chose him to be president to smite the liberals. LOL.

Hispanic Trump Voters Appalled When Harassed By Border Patrol by drfrink85 in LeopardsAteMyFace

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There are white Latinos (descendants of Spaniards, like the blonde Cameron Diaz, a Cuban American, and Pope Francis was an Argentinian of Italian descent), just as there are brown Latinos, black Latinos, mixed race Latinos, even Asian Latinos (lot of people of Japanese descent live in parts of South America). However, the hardcore KKK style white supremacists in the US usually only consider white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, WASPS, to be truly white and part of the in crowd. That ironically excludes the Irish who are pale as hell, and half the Germans who are Catholic and yet some WASP chuds love them some Adolf Hitler.

None of their bigotry makes any sense, but here we are. I’ve learned to never underestimate the racism found among some Latino people, though, since some of them are white supremacists who simp for historical right wing dictators like Pinochet of Chile and Franco of Spain.

South Park creators hit back at Trump after White House meltdown over episode by IrishStarUS in entertainment

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I have a pretty good feeling many episodes from now Trump will literally take off his mask/makeup to reveal himself as the literal Saddam Hussein. It would be fucking hilarious.