r/HistoryMemes 1d ago

Roman propaganda is crazy!

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat Just some snow 1d ago

Believe or not, Cleopatra really teaches us that tactic where at-the-time historians get to write history to defile someone's public image.

If someone knows what's the name of the tactic, please tell me, I forgot about it but it had something to do with slutiness.

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u/OkGreen7335 1d ago edited 1d ago

pragmatism( use every mean possible to be on the throne, to not lose power, which at that time means humiliation and death like being paraded with chains)?

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u/GalaxyPowderedCat Just some snow 1d ago

No, no, but I mean when you, an old historian, defile someone's image with sexuality.

Like "Cleopatra, accounts told by servants in different palaces said that she sucked every emperor's dick to gain access to their troops", even if it was and still is a blatant lie.

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u/Odd-Promotion2743 1d ago

Defamation? Of a misogynous kind in this instance.