Died having molten gold poured down his throat: we can still hope
Tap for spoiler
I know it's most likely a legend, but I want it to be true
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
123 points (96.9% liked)
Rough Roman Memes
520 readers
226 users here now
A place to meme about the glorious ROMAN EMPIRE (and Roman Republic, and Roman Kingdom)! Byzantines tolerated! The HRE is not.
RULES:
-
No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, bigotry, etc. The past may be bigoted, but we are not.
-
Memes must be Rome-related, not just the title. It can be about Rome, or using Roman aesthetics, or both, but the meme itself needs to have Roman themes.
-
Follow Lemmy.world rules.
Not sure where to start on Roman history?
A quick memetic primer on Republican Rome
A quick memetic primer on Imperial Rome
founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
Pouring liquid gold down Elon's throat would also be appropriate.
Explanation: Marcus Licinnius Crassus was one of the richest men of the Late Republic, and an extremely influential politician. He was a ruthless businessman, but at the least, he had guts and smarts. One of his most famous - and successful - schemes was to create the city of Rome's first firefighting force - a private firefighting force, which he would use to buy houses on fire at fire-sale (dohohoho) prices, and THEN put them out.
If the owner refused to sell? Well, Crassus would wait. Then offer less money. And less. And less. Until the house was burned down, as it would have without his intervention.
Immensely shitty on a human level, but brilliant business sense. Very active fellow.
The two of them probably deserve to be paired in a hypothetical sequel to Plutarch's Lives. Muskrat is clearly Crassus reborn.