• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 days ago

    Explanation: Napoleon (and many other Enlightenment-era figures) was a huge fucking Romaboo, to the point of, well… just look at the style of the depictions of himself he preferred! In fact, up until the 1920s, a good percentage of Western figures were out-and-out Romaboos, with the educated elite especially having an interest in Latin and the Classics!

    We walk in the footsteps of many before us 🙏