• j4k3@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Hard to parade all the way to Nuremberg to strangle some Nazi’s in the temple of Jupiter

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    They couldn’t find a skeleton to wispier “one day you shall die” into his ear. That shit was important to history dudes, IDK why.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      A triumph, in Ancient Rome, was accorded to a general who had defeated a major foe in a war, not just a single battle. In a triumph, the conquering general would ride through Rome on a chariot with his army, to the acclaim of the crowds.

      IKE WON THE WAR. ROME ITSELF WAS IN ALLIED HANDS. IT WAS RIGHT THERE, RIPE FOR THE TAKING!