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Ever get so angry you felt like you were going to die? Valentinian knows that feeling (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] triarius@programming.dev 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Says a lot about palace intrigue that dying of old age is considered a "weird death".

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Best part is, old age isn't even certain - there were assassination rumors swirling around Augustus's death too. Never a dull moment as the most powerful autocrat in the Classical world!

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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Don't eat the figs.

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