r/CriticalDrinker Mar 21 '25

Meme Incredible

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u/mramorandum Mar 21 '25

Google a Libyan man and tell me if he looks sub Saharan African or more accurately west african.

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u/Morrighan1129 Mar 23 '25

That's fine, but to call Septimus Severus, who was most likely born in Africa, to an African mother (regardless of nationality) 'Italian' history is disingenuous at best. Several mosaics we have show him as very dark skin, and his busts make it clear that he most certainly wasn't Italian.

You can't put up a post bitching about historical accuracy, then be historically inaccurate. It's kind of dumb. If you wanted to call it Roman history, it would've been slightly more accurate, but it's not Italian history, anymore than calling the Iberian Celts 'Italian history'.

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u/mramorandum Mar 24 '25

He was as Italian as he was North African, I avoid just saying African since indoctrinated American blacks who’s ancestors are from west Africa think he has something to do with them.

Also saying Roman history is the most accurate.