Comment on Is it a bad idea to learn Russian because of the war?

Rhoeri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I'm Canadian so I wouldn't know firsthand, but is there any remaining bad blood in Europe about the Romans conquering so much of it? Might want to be careful busting out the Latin in some neighbourhoods, just in case someone's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather got killed by Roman soldiers or sold into slavery or something and they're still sore about that.

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  • palordrolap@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, the Celts got distracted by the influx of Germanic tribes and as such had more immediate things to worry about and hate than the Romans, but I figure if the Franks, Saxons, Vikings, et. al. decided to stay home, the modern Britons would still grumble about the Romans occasionally.

    I mean, the Germanic invasions started over a millennium ago and dislike of that's still on a low boil, so I figure two millennia isn't out of the question.

    On the other hand, the Romans did go home. The Saxons, not so much.

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, we have People’s Front of Judea.

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