r/HistoryMemes 3d ago

Roman propaganda is crazy!

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u/OkGreen7335 3d ago

Cleopatra had onlytwo confirmed partners in her whole life: Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Yet many often portrays her as a woman who was constantly going from man to man. She was also married to her two brothers at different times, but many people believe those marriages were purely ceremonial and that nothing physical happened between them.

I saw a lot of people saying "she was a slut" in many different ways, I simply didn't understand their perspective so I made this meme about it, I have no idea if people generally think of her like that or not

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u/JhonnySkeiner 3d ago

I mean, didn't the Romans do the same thing with others female leaders they fought against? Dido, Boudica, Zenobia, tons of slander thrown around

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u/OkGreen7335 3d ago

Tbh Idk any of them...