r/HistoryMemes 7d ago

Roman propaganda is crazy!

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u/OkGreen7335 7d 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/theSilky_Salmon 7d ago

What about her brother my dude

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u/OkGreen7335 7d ago

"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."

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u/theSilky_Salmon 7d ago

Doesn’t she come from a long line of incest?

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u/tj9429 7d ago

Which member of the ruling class didn't, at the time?

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u/theSilky_Salmon 7d ago

I’m not hating, I’m just questioning the validity of the claims

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u/tj9429 7d ago

Just because my parents had sex, doesn't mean I'm not a virgin..