this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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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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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago

In my alternate history, Claudius makes his son Britanicus Emperor and retires to Alexandria.

Rich and bored, he spends time at the Library and starts puttering around with all sorts of silly toys.

He and his tech bros invent the glider, the hot air balloon, and the steam engine. They are all useful for the great games in the Coliseum

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How are there still barbarians on the map that late in the game?

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago

They spawn on isolated strips of land at the poles where nobody bothers sending land units.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

If you are looking for real world inspiration for late game barbarians, I think it represents Somalia pirates and organizations like Boko Haram, Taliban, ISIS etc.

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

*Anon thinks they'll be making decisions and not just another Imperator making slave.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine having a job worth doing. Already a step above most of the work I've done in current society, tbqh

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Did you just try to moralise slavery?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Apologies, my mistake. The Internet has killed my faith in humanity. Thanks for breathing a bit of life back into it.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

No worries! It's good to be vigilant about these things!

[–] Lyre@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Society if Germanicus became emperor.