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N-no... that can't be true... (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
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And yet... it is (Gordian III, Valerian, and Julian)

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago

How often did Persian Kings show up for battle in person?

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Clearly, because Roman emperors, being absolute inept morons gigachads, didn't fear the enemy and always charged head on alongside their troops.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago

    So brave 😭

    (One might point to that the position of Emperor was, until the late 4th century AD, much more predicated on military leadership than hereditary right, meaning that an Emperor who didn't take to the field with The Boys was asking to be couped)

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