this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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Illustrations of history

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I love how it has two armed soldiers standing at attention in front of the gateway. "Let none pass who wish ill to our bold ~~empire~~ ~~city~~ pair of huts, lest the might of our ~~legions~~ ~~army~~ handful of kids with sticks fall upon you!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

They're defending the entire population of Rome, gathered in that meeting!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Flyover country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Makes you wonder why the sabines would even show up to a party there.

Who was like, yeah let's go share the one bottle of wine they were able to produce at the settlement of rapists and thieves ran by a psychotic brother murderer in their mud huts, what could possibly go wrong.