PugJesus@kbin.social to True Roman Memes For True Romans@kbin.social · 6 months ago... is it blasphemy to say the Roman Empire is bigger than Jupiter?media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1image... is it blasphemy to say the Roman Empire is bigger than Jupiter?media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.social to True Roman Memes For True Romans@kbin.social · 6 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWell, at the time didn’t Jupiter live up on a mountain top in the empire? Checks out to me.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoFunny thing about that - the Greeks believed that the gods lived on Mount Olympus, but the Romans were more keen to see the gods as abstract. Jupiter, though sometimes personified, was often thought of by the Romans as the sky itself.
Well, at the time didn’t Jupiter live up on a mountain top in the empire? Checks out to me.
Funny thing about that - the Greeks believed that the gods lived on Mount Olympus, but the Romans were more keen to see the gods as abstract. Jupiter, though sometimes personified, was often thought of by the Romans as the sky itself.