What’s the controversy? Romanwashing was the entire point.
serious business
Submitted 13 hours ago by antonim@lemmy.world to historymemes@piefed.social
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TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 12 hours ago bob_lemon@feddit.org 12 hours ago
To be fair to Vergil, they published it against his explicit wish after his death
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
It was a state sponsored work. You don’t get to live off the proceeds of that and then deny releasing it.
antonim@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
IIRC he already read parts of it to the emperor, so it wasn’t some private secret text 🤷♂️
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Romewashing is indistinguishable from civmaxing. But I am no expert.