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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Rome fell because there was not enough homosexuality.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago

    Based and completely true.

    Note the Five Good Emperors:

    3 gay guys who didn't have kids, and therefore had to adopt a competent heir

    1 romantic widower who refused to remarry (loving your wife in Ancient Rome is gay, It Is Known), and therefore had to adopt a competent heir

    1 straight guy who left the Empire to his biological son, who ruined everything

    Obvious conclusion: Rome would have been better off if Marcus Aurelius just loved men like every other decent Roman citizen

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Rome never collapsed.

    It went dormant.

    We'll be back.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Rome collapsed for many of the same reasons that all "great" societies collapse, but largely it was because of skinks.

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