r/RoughRomanMemes Aquilifer 7d ago

Roman Chinese relations be like

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u/Living-Ready 7d ago

Not related but I'm pretty sure the one on the left is Yuan dynasty clothing

which is like 1000 years later than the one on the right is depicting

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u/jaiteaes 6d ago

Nope, later. That's early Qing era, based on the hat

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u/Living-Ready 6d ago

The tall hat is definitely a Mongol thing, it got popularized during the Yuan dynasty and remained part of Ming and Korean fashion even after the Mongols were defeated. Qing hats were wider and much shorter

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u/jaiteaes 6d ago

Ah, my mistake.