The idea is that despite any historical figure being gay or having homosexual experiences isn't relevant to what they did. Augustus was bi sexual, so what? It doesn't matter, actually almost all the Roman emperors were bi except for claudius and Marcus Aurelius, fact of the matter is caesar conquered France, augustus spread innovation across the empire, Caligula, despite being an overall psychopath, had thousands of miles of roads built and improved infrastructure, trajon conquered Dacia... Yea
@flyleaf290 Someone's got a thing for the Romans. History books routinely mention irrelevant wives and girlfriends and affairs. If a person's relationships have no bearing or effect on their accomplishments in life (and anyone who has ever been in a relationship will tell you that they sure do), we should have no problem tossing aside those irrelevant spouse and lover mentions. But, if we're gonna keep those, we shouldn't pick and choose whose partners we're going to mention.
The idea is that despite any historical figure being gay or having homosexual experiences isn't relevant to what they did. Augustus was bi sexual, so what? It doesn't matter, actually almost all the Roman emperors were bi except for claudius and Marcus Aurelius, fact of the matter is caesar conquered France, augustus spread innovation across the empire, Caligula, despite being an overall psychopath, had thousands of miles of roads built and improved infrastructure, trajon conquered Dacia... Yea
flyleaf290 3 months ago
@flyleaf290 Someone's got a thing for the Romans. History books routinely mention irrelevant wives and girlfriends and affairs. If a person's relationships have no bearing or effect on their accomplishments in life (and anyone who has ever been in a relationship will tell you that they sure do), we should have no problem tossing aside those irrelevant spouse and lover mentions. But, if we're gonna keep those, we shouldn't pick and choose whose partners we're going to mention.
faithchoyce 3 months ago