I mean, if you’re going to disregard the contributions of Viking culture because they were notorious for their pillaging, it’s only fair to disregard Rome, whose entire economy was based on systematized pillaging.
Both cultures have contributions, but the wholesale massacre of other civilizations gets a pass when we discuss Rome for some reason.
Most shit with Nero was pretty gnarly if I remember correctly, he was the person most scholars of that period agree the Antichrist in revelation is supposed to be, that in particular may have primarily been because he implemented taxes on religious organizations though… again it’s been a while since I studied either but I do remember Nero being fucked up even by the standards of Roman emperors
It’s not about caring what Vikings wanted, it’s just illustrating it was found even in some of the most ancient and “less civilized” cultures. The point being it’s not unusual, new, or unique to our culture.
Who cares what a bunch of savage pillagers would have wanted?
What I’m sure of is that the forefathers of modern civilization, the Romans, would have fucking loved trans folks.
I mean, the Romans were just industrialized pillagers. Who cares what they would have thought.
Yeah! What have the romans ever done for us?!
They gave us roads.
Well yeah, obviously the roads. The roads go without saying, don’t they?
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I mean, if you’re going to disregard the contributions of Viking culture because they were notorious for their pillaging, it’s only fair to disregard Rome, whose entire economy was based on systematized pillaging.
Both cultures have contributions, but the wholesale massacre of other civilizations gets a pass when we discuss Rome for some reason.
No joke, didn’t Nero marry a trans woman?
More like forcibly feminized a young slave that resembled his late wife, whom he had beaten to death. I wouldn’t exactly hold him up as an ally.
Holy shit, that took a turn.
Most shit with Nero was pretty gnarly if I remember correctly, he was the person most scholars of that period agree the Antichrist in revelation is supposed to be, that in particular may have primarily been because he implemented taxes on religious organizations though… again it’s been a while since I studied either but I do remember Nero being fucked up even by the standards of Roman emperors
It’s not about caring what Vikings wanted, it’s just illustrating it was found even in some of the most ancient and “less civilized” cultures. The point being it’s not unusual, new, or unique to our culture.
The problem here is none of y’all know shit about Vikings. Or Northmen. Or whatever you want to call them.