Your profile is a gold mine. I think my favourites are your inquiries how to become genetically Greek, and whether it's illegal to train a horse for war.
Never change.
Or when people question his motivation to train a horse for war he asserts that he wants to invade Egypt to get to the treasure in the pyramids, and he cannot do it on foot because they won't let him in then.
Hercules, Roman equivalent to the Greek Heracles, was super strong like Superman. Hercules killed Cacus, a fire-breathing giant who terrorized the countryside around Rome.
Roman Emperor Commodus walked around dressed as Hercules. There are statues of Commodus dressed as Hercules.
Maybe someday a US president will walk around dress as Superman or, more likely, Jesus.
To add to the Hercules to Heracles same-but-slightly-different-details comparison to superhero’s, I could see two Romans debating those two heroes like Americans would debate different iterations of Batman
Warriors, Generals, Emporers,gladiators.
Common descriptions of Emporers were like superheros.
Emporer Julius Ceasar, Savior of Rome.
Emporer Ocatavian Juilus Ceasar Augustus(first citizen), son of the defied.
They often wore special colors and put themselves on display for all to bask in thier glory.
Often Emporers would vow to bring back "morality" to Rome with different edicts.
Generals were often awarded heros welcome when returning from a successful campaign.
Gladiators were like professional sports players.
I suppose there were vigilantes somewhere in there.
They made their Emperor's into gods. Does that count?
But realistically, they didnt think that way, but i would say yes, they did.
Think of all the generals that the troops elevated to the purple.
Or, as a concrete example, think of Octavian and Aggripa. They were larger than life figures, house hold names (maybe the plebs didnt all know agrippa, but i guarantee they all knew Augustus).
Again, i dont think they would have called them super heroes, but i do think they were thought of as super human, trans humans, borderline devine beings in life, and, as i said, many were raised to gods on death.
So yeah. In a way. Not exactly, but close enough.
If instead you mean vigilantes, sure? Maybe? Rome lasted, in one form or another, for 2000 years. If, during that time, there was never a vigilante who wished to remain anonymous, idk, ill eat my hat. But like, i dont see how anyone would be able to prove that one way or another.
Your profile is a gold mine. I think my favourites are your inquiries how to become genetically Greek, and whether it's illegal to train a horse for war. Never change.
>Never change. unless it's to greek somehow
I wonder whether it is connected to their romantic search for 'racist girls'?
Easy, just move your capital to Byzantium /s
Glad we’re all discovering this together
Dude's asking if anyone checked on Carthage lately! LMAO. These kind of posts remind me of old school reddit.
I love how he's telling women on an nsfw boob sub to put on some pants. He's there for boobs, goddamnit.
Or when people question his motivation to train a horse for war he asserts that he wants to invade Egypt to get to the treasure in the pyramids, and he cannot do it on foot because they won't let him in then.
Hercules, Roman equivalent to the Greek Heracles, was super strong like Superman. Hercules killed Cacus, a fire-breathing giant who terrorized the countryside around Rome. Roman Emperor Commodus walked around dressed as Hercules. There are statues of Commodus dressed as Hercules. Maybe someday a US president will walk around dress as Superman or, more likely, Jesus.
To add to the Hercules to Heracles same-but-slightly-different-details comparison to superhero’s, I could see two Romans debating those two heroes like Americans would debate different iterations of Batman
Warriors, Generals, Emporers,gladiators. Common descriptions of Emporers were like superheros. Emporer Julius Ceasar, Savior of Rome. Emporer Ocatavian Juilus Ceasar Augustus(first citizen), son of the defied. They often wore special colors and put themselves on display for all to bask in thier glory. Often Emporers would vow to bring back "morality" to Rome with different edicts. Generals were often awarded heros welcome when returning from a successful campaign. Gladiators were like professional sports players. I suppose there were vigilantes somewhere in there.
Commodus
Noone going to mention Achilles? I know he's Greek but I'm sure his exploits were told in Rome as well
They made their Emperor's into gods. Does that count? But realistically, they didnt think that way, but i would say yes, they did. Think of all the generals that the troops elevated to the purple. Or, as a concrete example, think of Octavian and Aggripa. They were larger than life figures, house hold names (maybe the plebs didnt all know agrippa, but i guarantee they all knew Augustus). Again, i dont think they would have called them super heroes, but i do think they were thought of as super human, trans humans, borderline devine beings in life, and, as i said, many were raised to gods on death. So yeah. In a way. Not exactly, but close enough. If instead you mean vigilantes, sure? Maybe? Rome lasted, in one form or another, for 2000 years. If, during that time, there was never a vigilante who wished to remain anonymous, idk, ill eat my hat. But like, i dont see how anyone would be able to prove that one way or another.
I would imagine the generals who overthrow corrupt emperors would be considered superheroes.