PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBronze Roman military diploma honorably discharging an Anatolian sailor after 26 years of service and granting citizenship, 140 ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
arrow-up1140arrow-down1imageBronze Roman military diploma honorably discharging an Anatolian sailor after 26 years of service and granting citizenship, 140 ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoMy friend was getting married. They said if Roman soldiers could handle being in the legions for 20 years, my friend could handle being in a marriage for that long a time.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoFunny enough, for the first ~200 years of the Roman Empire, legionaries weren’t allowed to (legally) marry
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months ago“I am married – married to the legion!”
minus-squareGeetnerd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago“If The Emperor wanted me to have a wife, he’d issue one to me!”
My friend was getting married. They said if Roman soldiers could handle being in the legions for 20 years, my friend could handle being in a marriage for that long a time.
Funny enough, for the first ~200 years of the Roman Empire, legionaries weren’t allowed to (legally) marry
“I am married – married to the legion!”
“If The Emperor wanted me to have a wife, he’d issue one to me!”