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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Memes must be Rome-related, not just the title. It can be about Rome, or using Roman aesthetics, or both, but the meme itself needs to have Roman themes.
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Explanation: To the irritation of his son Titus, the Emperor Vespasian instituted a tax on urine, which was collected for a variety of uses in Ancient Rome. From a famous exchange between them on the issue, we also get the phrase "Pecunia non olet" - "Money doesn't smell".
Titus? More like tight-ass, amiright?!?
Loosen up Titus. The world isn't all lavender and silphium. Sometimes you just need a potent source of ammonia.
Funny enough, before becoming Emperor, Titus was renowned as something of a party boy, especially compared to his father.
Is that where piss-poor comes from?
I've heard that connection made before, but I think piss-poor is more recent than that. Don't quote me, though.