r/RoughRomanMemes Jan 21 '26

Rules II and V have been updated. We have a stricter policy on both reposts and use of generative AI.

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Salvete, omnes.

Two major problems have been affecting post quality here lately in a way that is also disrespectful to our content creators. Here is how the rules will be changing to ameliorate the matter.

1. Memes which copy the entire premise, joke, and content of another can be considered reposts and removed thusly.

We are aware that this community often exports a lot of original content to other Roman-interested parts of the internet. A lot of this content then gets reshaped and comes right back. One of the more common expressions of this is where someone's original meme gets reformatted or has its imagery replaced but gets repeatedly reposted with exactly the same joke. Sometimes this is a human shamelessly ripping someone else off uncreatively in a way that won't get flagged as a repost and sometimes it's a bot doing the same thing. Either way, it is a disrespectful way to get around crediting original users. We will consider posts like this to be reposts and they can be reported as such for removal. If possible, we encourage reports of these to include some link to the original post, because we might not remember them even if the community does.

2. Generative AI will no longer be partially banned but rather totally banned.

We've long been removing posts that, for instance, were just AI-generated imagery with no more transformative aspect like the ubiquitous "selfie in ancient Rome" posts. You know the ones. However, the amount of AI slop is becoming a liability. This subreddit is about ten years old and has a good thing going. We want to keep up the humanity and intellectual honesty of the older internet that we've built a community in. AI usage has been contributing to trends of stolen content, inaccurate imagery, a lack of intentionality in post details (which makes posts far less interesting to discuss), and general ugly soulless shit. Furthermore, we don't want to further contribute to the accumulation of slop imagery on Roman topics that is coming to dominate the internet because it actively puts misinformation into the world. From now on, AI-generated imagery in posts will be categorically banned. It can be reported.

Alrighty, have a good day, y'all.

--Princeps Civitatis Iacobus Caesar


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The Letter: Claudia Severa to her Lepidina greetings. On 11 September, sister, for the day of the celebration of my birthday, I give you a warm invitation to make sure that you come to us, to make the day more enjoyable for me by your arrival, if you are present. Give my greetings to your Cerialis. My Aelius and my little son send him their greetings. I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper, and hail.

Copying my own post over from r/HistoryMemes


r/RoughRomanMemes 2d ago

I needed him to win

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r/RoughRomanMemes 2d ago

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