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16 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Did too many serious-ish history post.
So...
TAG YOURSELF - ANCIENT ROMAN EMPERORS EDITION
(I'm 115% Julian) Image
I WON'T FOLLOW UP EXPLAINING THE JOKES BUT I SO WANT TO
Anyway, if you want more history and a few memes I did a link thingie: linktr.ee/Malvagio
Ok I'll make at least a boring note or I won't sleep: NERO DIDN'T ACTUALLY BURN ROME THAT'S BULLSHIT
Totally built his palace on the smoking ruins though

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Due to the christian dominance in the West, the persecution of Christians in early Rome has a massive presence in popular imagination.
Time for an entirely unbiased thread about the roman persecution of early christians.
🔥✝️DIOCLETIAN DID NOTHING WRONG✝️🔥
(CW: violence, persecution, making fun of christianism)
How people imagine the roman persecution of christianity:
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⚛️A THREAD ABOUT ROMAN SHIPWRECKS AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS⚛️
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This story begins a real, real long time ago. About two minutes after the birth of the universe.
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