really-big-clams: ancient-rome-au: @romanrightsactivist look at this tasteless cultural appropriat

really-big-clams:

ancient-rome-au:

@romanrightsactivist look at this tasteless cultural appropriation I saw at the California State Fair last weekend

Ancient Rome is a culture, not a superficial branding strategy ugh

@romansocialjustice can Roman culture be appropriated?

Of course it can’t. Roman culture is BUILT on appropriation from OLDER and BETTER cultures (Greeks, Etruscans, Carthaginians, YOU GET THE PICTURE). Oppressed masses living under Roman rule adopting symbols of the dominant culture that were FORCED on them is just the tragic process of assimilation

Any Romans upset about this can stfu!!!!