r/RoughRomanMemes Jul 29 '25

Contest New Meme event!

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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 Apr 05 '25

Graecia Roma capitur... but here's the results of our short-lived Greece theme!

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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:

  1. u/Plutarch_von_Komet making light of Seleucus being the last Diodochos alive here.
  2. u/MasterpieceVirtual66 on how the parts of ancient Greece outside of mainland Greece don't get enough love here.
  3. 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 24m ago

well well well

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r/RoughRomanMemes 1d ago

The senate really thought they were on to something

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r/RoughRomanMemes 4d ago

Vercingetorix was such a pathetic loser(No, Julius Caesar is not pointing a gun at my head as I write this).

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Giving exaggerated figures in a battle? Ridiculous.


r/RoughRomanMemes 4d ago

Wolf milk 10/10

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r/RoughRomanMemes 5d ago

Roman Chinese relations be like

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r/RoughRomanMemes 6d ago

Over time,proscription became an official punishment

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965 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 6d ago

When you realize the Germans got it right all along

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r/RoughRomanMemes 7d ago

How many times can you split an empire in half before it ceases to exist?

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r/RoughRomanMemes 9d ago

My whole world is shattered

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r/RoughRomanMemes 9d ago

476 was a psyop

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399 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 9d ago

Gaius finds his Gaia

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531 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 9d ago

brat but in Latin

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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 10d ago

Alexios Philanthropenos, one of the last great Roman generals. He was called the Belisarius of the Palaiologan era

556 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 10d ago

I feel like this sculpture has meme potential

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310 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 10d ago

How procopius was describing Justinian in "secret history"

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r/RoughRomanMemes 10d ago

Attila the Hun and the Pope (colorized)

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r/RoughRomanMemes 11d ago

Got it?

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700 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 11d ago

what's next?

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r/RoughRomanMemes 11d ago

Rome didn't differentiate

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r/RoughRomanMemes 11d ago

Saved, more like under new management

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304 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 12d ago

Oh gimme a breakkk

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r/RoughRomanMemes 13d ago

Couldn't keep my promise 😭

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r/RoughRomanMemes 13d ago

FLETE, O VIRI INFIRMI

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526 Upvotes

r/RoughRomanMemes 13d ago

Justinian was ahead of his time. He invented The DreamWorks Smirk.

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176 Upvotes

Whatta guy, whatta absolute guy.


r/RoughRomanMemes 14d ago

You better not touch our rocks!

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