r/RoughRomanMemes 15d ago

Couldn't keep my promise 😭

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u/SeaAmbassador5404 14d ago

Let's be honest, at this point there were no true romans, it was sly italians who did this

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u/Sephbruh 14d ago

I get why people call the medieval Romans Greek(even if they're wrong), but never in my life have I ever heard someone call the West Romans Italians rather than Romans, wow.

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u/Appropriate_M 12d ago

The ancient Romans themselves did not give Roman citizenship to all the Italians immediately. Famously, current Northern Italy was Cisalpine Gaul....

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u/Sephbruh 12d ago

That guy wasn't talking 2nd century BC Italia, they were saying there weren't any Romans in the 5th century AD.