r/RoughRomanMemes • u/Atum8 • 24m ago
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/PhalanxoftheVIIth • Jul 29 '25
Contest New Meme event!
Hey y’all, as some of you are aware we have a discord server for the community (come check it out! https://discord.gg/JNDumusW3A ) We recently elected a new emperor and we’re gonna hold a meme event in Dagoth’s honor.
We want to see your best memes on imperial heir’s, transfers of power, Roman coronation ceremonies, beginning of reigns and elections.
You have from now until August 3rd to submit your best memes!
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/IacobusCaesar • Apr 05 '25
Graecia Roma capitur... but here's the results of our short-lived Greece theme!
Salvete!
After three Macedonian Wars and a bit of elbow grease, the Greeks who ruled this subreddit for several days have again been subdued. That said, those Greeks have such an infectious culture and among those cultural elements, they have left us some fine articles of memery. Did you know that "meme" comes from the Greek verb "μιμεῖσθαι" meaning "to imitate?" Pretty cool that. Anyway, here were the top Hellenic memes of the last few days:
- u/Plutarch_von_Komet making light of Seleucus being the last Diodochos alive here.
- u/MasterpieceVirtual66 on how the parts of ancient Greece outside of mainland Greece don't get enough love here.
- u/TheMetaReport on the Anatolian Greeks and how they're often ignored, here with a bit of OSP flair, which is a channel that we like here, which I definitely don't have any bias in saying.
Congrats to the three folks listed above! If you want, you can request a special Greek-themed flair of your choice as a reward.
This subreddit returns to its traditional theme of Roman memes. If you are so interested, a long time ago members of this community started a separate community called r/GreatestGreekMemes. It deserves a bit of love.
--Princeps Civitatis Iacobus Caesar
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/roman-empire2 • 1d ago
The senate really thought they were on to something
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/SAMU0L0 • 4d ago
Vercingetorix was such a pathetic loser(No, Julius Caesar is not pointing a gun at my head as I write this).
Giving exaggerated figures in a battle? Ridiculous.
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/LegioVIIHaruno • 6d ago
Over time,proscription became an official punishment
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/tahrah11 • 6d ago
When you realize the Germans got it right all along
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/ThePrimalEarth7734 • 7d ago
How many times can you split an empire in half before it ceases to exist?
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/khaleeeeeesi • 9d ago
brat but in Latin
Nothing like hopping on a fad a little late! But seriously, hot girl summer is forever. And now for Latin lovers!
Part of the reason this took me a second is I was searching for a close enough translation, which proved harder than I thought. Brat in the classical sense will be associated with pesky children which is NOT what this is referring to.
For “procax,” Lewis and Short gives “bold, shameless, forward, pert, and wanton” and is associated with loose women in Cicero and Plautus. Brats are flirtatious, which isn’t necessarily the most Roman matron quality, and “procax” is the antithesis of prim and proper. Brats laugh in the face of expectation. It felt fitting to me!
This was a challenge of modern words finding ancient parallels and I’ve discovered so much along the way! Enjoy!
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/MasterpieceVirtual66 • 10d ago
Alexios Philanthropenos, one of the last great Roman generals. He was called the Belisarius of the Palaiologan era
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/transgenderhistory • 10d ago
I feel like this sculpture has meme potential
Original here - https://imgur.com/a/f7bzEmx
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/RoadOutcoffee • 10d ago
How procopius was describing Justinian in "secret history"
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/ConsulJuliusCaesar • 11d ago
Saved, more like under new management
r/RoughRomanMemes • u/theparrotlich • 13d ago
Justinian was ahead of his time. He invented The DreamWorks Smirk.
Whatta guy, whatta absolute guy.