• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    3 个月前

    '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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      3 个月前

      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?

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        3 个月前

        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.

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        3 个月前

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