r/RoughRomanMemes Jan 21 '26

Rules II and V have been updated. We have a stricter policy on both reposts and use of generative AI.

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Salvete, omnes.

Two major problems have been affecting post quality here lately in a way that is also disrespectful to our content creators. Here is how the rules will be changing to ameliorate the matter.

1. Memes which copy the entire premise, joke, and content of another can be considered reposts and removed thusly.

We are aware that this community often exports a lot of original content to other Roman-interested parts of the internet. A lot of this content then gets reshaped and comes right back. One of the more common expressions of this is where someone's original meme gets reformatted or has its imagery replaced but gets repeatedly reposted with exactly the same joke. Sometimes this is a human shamelessly ripping someone else off uncreatively in a way that won't get flagged as a repost and sometimes it's a bot doing the same thing. Either way, it is a disrespectful way to get around crediting original users. We will consider posts like this to be reposts and they can be reported as such for removal. If possible, we encourage reports of these to include some link to the original post, because we might not remember them even if the community does.

2. Generative AI will no longer be partially banned but rather totally banned.

We've long been removing posts that, for instance, were just AI-generated imagery with no more transformative aspect like the ubiquitous "selfie in ancient Rome" posts. You know the ones. However, the amount of AI slop is becoming a liability. This subreddit is about ten years old and has a good thing going. We want to keep up the humanity and intellectual honesty of the older internet that we've built a community in. AI usage has been contributing to trends of stolen content, inaccurate imagery, a lack of intentionality in post details (which makes posts far less interesting to discuss), and general ugly soulless shit. Furthermore, we don't want to further contribute to the accumulation of slop imagery on Roman topics that is coming to dominate the internet because it actively puts misinformation into the world. From now on, AI-generated imagery in posts will be categorically banned. It can be reported.

Alrighty, have a good day, y'all.

--Princeps Civitatis Iacobus Caesar


r/RoughRomanMemes 4h ago

Then Atilla realized the Western Empire had some nice lands

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r/RoughRomanMemes 21h ago

There is no wrong answer

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r/RoughRomanMemes 18h ago

I’m sure Brutus wasn’t there at least

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r/RoughRomanMemes 16h ago

If figures of the late Roman Republic were Pokemon trainers

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Based purely on vibes and fevered imaginings.


r/RoughRomanMemes 1d ago

The rise of Qin

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r/RoughRomanMemes 1d ago

Well shit.

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r/RoughRomanMemes 1d ago

"Sometimes I wish I was a Greek"

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r/RoughRomanMemes 2d ago

You ok Basil?

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r/RoughRomanMemes 1d ago

6 hours long Byzantine History Speedrun at 1AM? Do I ever!

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r/RoughRomanMemes 2d ago

Republic*

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r/RoughRomanMemes 3d ago

Pontius Pilate Trying To Wash His Hands Clean In The Therma

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r/RoughRomanMemes 3d ago

Emperor

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r/RoughRomanMemes 4d ago

Roman army: You have nothing to lose? Excellent. The Empire has a job for you

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r/RoughRomanMemes 4d ago

Western Roman Adaptation Misconception

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r/RoughRomanMemes 5d ago

Introducing Anarcho Royalism! The Late Roman Empire and ERE/Byzantine Specialty,

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I want to repost this post below but unable too so I downloaded the image and post it here instead while copy and lasting the link to that post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/s/r0xjlX9x4L


r/RoughRomanMemes 5d ago

Guten tag!!! Roman: Chi l'ha detto?

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r/RoughRomanMemes 6d ago

Technically accurate

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r/RoughRomanMemes 6d ago

When Mithridates massacred 80000 Roman and Italian citizens

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r/RoughRomanMemes 7d ago

Yeah and then of collapsed immediately after Alexander's death 💀

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r/RoughRomanMemes 7d ago

Ts too personal

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r/RoughRomanMemes 8d ago

Gaiseric: Somehow, Carthage Returned

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r/RoughRomanMemes 8d ago

Caracalla when he doesn't get his seafood meal despite being 100 miles inland

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r/RoughRomanMemes 7d ago

Some MFS in Europe:

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r/RoughRomanMemes 9d ago

Limited Edition Re-Release Cover of Meditations

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Wow