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A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Explanation: The last pagan Emperor of Rome, Julian the Apostate, a gud boi and PRIMVS INTER PARES, was killed by some Arab skirmisher in the employ of the P*rsian menace, all because he was in such a hurry to support his men that he failed to put his armor on. While it's unlikely that Julian could have, all by his lonesome, reversed the tide of Christianity, I think it's fair to say that the big pagan reformer getting merked before he could fully implement his reforms was at least a moderate boon to Christians.

SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS, IMPERATOR! You live forever in our hearts!