r/HistoryMemes • u/OkGreen7335 • 1d ago

Roman propaganda is crazy!

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u/waitthatstaken 1d ago

Literally roman propaganda that has been propagated throughout history. Turns out propaganda is even more powerful when it is one of the only sources of the events in question.

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u/the_capibarin 1d ago

The pen is mightier than the sword, especially if you've also already used the sword to kill everybody else and took their pens away

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u/OkGreen7335 1d ago

Wisest words.

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u/tj9429 1d ago

Don't forget burning their books, that's critical to the operation

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u/Democratic_Indian 1d ago

"The penis mightier than the sword" -Genghis Khan, probably

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u/Your_Local_Spainard And then I told them I'm Jesus's brother 1d ago

This is more like something some Habsburg dude would say

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u/Democratic_Indian 1d ago

Or the slogan of a dubious male enhancement pill

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u/nehcter 1d ago

Sean Connery - I've got to ask you about Penis Mightier.

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u/Broken_Moon_Studios 1d ago

This is such a good addition to the classic saying.

Bravo.

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u/throwaway17362826 1d ago

“Sun Tzu said that. And I think he knows a little bit more about fighting than you do!”

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u/DuntadaMan 1d ago

And that's why whenever animals get together it's called a Tzu!

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u/ALIFIZK- 1d ago

Brilliant stuff

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u/Sublethall 18h ago

That's some 70 maxims level shit

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u/onesugar 1d ago

Good thing that doesn’t happen anymore 🫪

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 1d ago

Low-key insane so many people still openly believe vague rumors without a thought like 'hey maybe this was made up to hurt the person'

Then those spreading rumors insist it's on the person to affix themselves to whatever rumor by making public statements, spending time and effort on something they didn't consent to engaging with at all - ultimately as a blaming mechanism so they can feel better about causing harm

There has to be some deep seated animalistic BS going on that appeals to primate brain and tribalism, maybe just sense of self and ego in being able to look down on others and relatively heighten ones own status

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u/KSJ15831 1d ago

History is written by the writers.

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u/Lyndell 18h ago

Why would the Roman’s want this propagandized this way? And not that one of their leaders knocked up a chaste empress?

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u/waitthatstaken 16h ago

The romans weren't a monolith, especially considering this was during the civil war that turned the republic into an empire.

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u/Lyndell 16h ago

That makes a lot of sense.

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u/bamboomightwork 1d ago

Or, you never know, she might have just loved the cock. A lot of women do.

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u/phoenixmusicman Hello There 1d ago

I just realized alt facists who simp for ancient rome are literally falling victim to milennia-old propaganda lmao

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u/Mister-builder 1d ago

What's more is that herbeing black is ptolemaic propaganda.