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Behind the Throne

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

March 12, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

A few months ago, there was a meme going around asking folks how much they thought about the Roman Empire. Rome has been kind of a curiosity to a whole subset of men this generation. As sea levels rise, fascism marches, and prices gouge, men tend to be more conservative and look to the “old ways.” They conveniently leave out the fact that homosexuality was widely practiced, as well as a fact that their odds of being a slave were substantively higher than being a […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Augustus, caligula, Emperor of Rome, Heliogabalus, Mary Beard, Nero, roman empire, Rome, Vespasian

Jake's CBR16 Review No:23 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Augustus, caligula, Emperor of Rome, Heliogabalus, Mary Beard, Nero, roman empire, Rome, Vespasian ·
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