Having an opinion on any ancient civilization in this way feels really lame and gay

Sparta is the funniest one. Unless you were a gigachad or married to a gigachad that died early, Sparta sucked. Also homosex and societal mandated cuckoldry.

>Rome's conversion to Christianity

I see Gibbon's legacy is still strong

>Cleopatra viewed favorably

!historychads !kino

!chuds Aren't they forgetting something?

Most !burgers don't know the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the causes of the Republic's decline due to it's partisan politics, the willingness of up-and-comers to abuse and stress-test the system, and "overthrow the government in order to save it."

!historychads Rome fell 400 years before the Fall of Rome. Frick the Grachi, Frick Marius, Frick Sulla, Frick Caesar, Frick Pompi, Frick Crassus, Frick Mark Antony, Frick Octavius, Frick that other guy... Lepidus?

Frick Populari, Frick Optimates.

Burgers would view Athens as a horrific alien society if they traveled back in time

There were usually no established age limits for marriage, although, with the exception of political marriages, waiting until childbearing age was considered proper decorum. Many girls were married by the age of 14 or 16, while men commonly married around the age of 30

A husband might have a wife and a concubine. If the wife gave consent, children bred from the concubine would be acknowledged as heirs to the husband. This practice was mainly confined to high status wealthy men, allowing them multiple concubines and mistresses but only one wife. Marriages were also arranged through the meeting of the fathers of the young couple, basing the marriage on their interests in expanding a business or forging an alliance between the families, with little concern about what the groom thought of the situation, and no regard for what the wife wished.

The ancient Greek legislators considered marriage to be a matter of public interest. Marriages were intended to be monogamous. In keeping with this idea, the heroes of Homer never have more than one wife by law, though they may be depicted with living with concubines, or having sexual relationships with one or more women. In Plato's Laws, the would-be lawgiver suggests that any man who was not married by age 35 should be punished with a loss of civil rights and with financial consequences. He proposes that when choosing a wife, men should always consider the interests of the state over their own desires.

I've been seeing so much persian apologia on instagram. Things like "who could even hate the persians? They were the liberators and bringers of a free and accepting society"

And I'm like idk probably all their slaves

But then people are unironically like "nah persians didn't have slaves they were first to outlaw slavery"

!historychads why did no one choose the actual best ancient civiliztion.

>spent 615 currency on pings

Get dunked on

why arent the Sumerians, Inca, Mayans and Aztecs on there. This list is wildly incomplete

Why would 13% of people dislike Marcus Aurelius?

oh wait one of his big messages was not wasting time caring about what lesser men think because everything they do is r-slurred

doe666 is viewed very favorably by my peepee

>Huns

>HRE

What's the difference?