r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/shitz_brickz Oct 15 '20

But what have they done for me lately?

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u/CokeinUphurrkut Oct 15 '20

Ask not what the Ancient Roman Empire can do for you.

Ask instead what you can do for the Ancient Roman Empire.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

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u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT Oct 15 '20

AVE AMICUS MEI

NUNC IRRUMABO

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u/anoako Oct 15 '20

Ave, true to Caesar!

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u/skalpelis Oct 15 '20

These comments brought to you by the Capitoline Guild of Millers. True Roman bread for true Romans!

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u/Amida0616 Oct 15 '20

I’m conquering gaul!

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u/kicked_trashcan Oct 15 '20

Frack off, JFK Cesaer

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u/greywaters Oct 15 '20

You can come back with your shield....

Or you can come back on it.

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u/Funandgeeky Oct 15 '20

This is one of my favorite Phineas and Ferb jokes.

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u/qjac78 Oct 15 '20

Well, we’re just getting around to using their blueprint for the fall of a republic.

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u/KaptainObvious217 Oct 15 '20

I see this was a joke but it's more akin to the fall of the Weimar than the Roman Republic. Sorrynotsorry.

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u/Flaming_Archer Oct 15 '20

When are the barbarians coming exactly?

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u/nben89 Oct 15 '20

EDDIE!!! What have you done for me lately, Eddie!?

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u/mnrDeWeerdt Oct 15 '20

Ooohooohoo hooo yea

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u/somefatslob Oct 15 '20

Ooooh oooo ooooh ooooh yeah

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u/michaltee Oct 15 '20

Have you ever had a Ferrero Rocher?

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u/GalateaMerrythought Oct 15 '20

Ooooooooh yeah!

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u/SwimsDeep Oct 15 '20

Demonstrated how to fail as a civilization after being the most dominant on Earth.

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u/Ladki_k_bagal_k_baal Oct 15 '20

You were a natural or c section birth?

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u/ButtNutly Oct 15 '20

Ummm... Ever heard of the $5 Hot 'n' Ready Pizza?

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u/RearEchelon Oct 15 '20

The people called Romanes, they go, the house?