• @Taleya@aussie.zone
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    227 days ago

    'Cos the romans were so fucked up they literally could not handle being out maneuvered, outsmarted, outstrategised by a woman. So they framed it as “pussy pass”

    • @FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe
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      227 days ago

      Wasn’t she actually considered not super attractive at the time? Like not necessarily ugly, but she wasn’t being mistaken for Venus incarnate. It was only later on that the idea of her being super hot because popular right?

      • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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        127 days ago

        Powerful women are sexy! Dont need to be crazy hot when you can whisper in my ear, the language of a people you just steam rolled.

      • I Cast Fist
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        127 days ago

        There was significant amounts of incest within her family tree, so it’s likely that she wasn’t that good looking

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        27 days ago

        plutarch and cassius dio emphasise the personality, wit, intelligence, charm etc etc…cicero went total piers morgan though