819
Democracy is when the White House boasts about its king (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by merdaverse@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
130 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://nitter.net/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698#m

*Nitter mirror. Don't link directly to that shit stain of a site

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Fun Fact: The Roman Republic viewed regicide as a virtue. As I understand it, "he was trying to become king" was grounds for a justifiable homicide defense.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, even when they had Emperors the idea was so ground in that they never claimed the title of Rex.

Partly because Imperator was seen as better anyways but it was absolutely a thing.

Fun East Rome Best and Worst Rome Fact: the ERE Emperor claimed the title Basilieus basically the moment Western Rome fell. Guess what it means?

[-] Willy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Basil eater?

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
819 points (98.1% liked)

People Twitter

9579 readers
1694 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.
  6. Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician. Archive.is the best way.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
SendMeYourTaTas@sh.itjust.works
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works