RetroFedWhat business does the Emperor have in my bedroom!?
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Explanation: The first Roman Emperor, Augustus, instituted a series of reforms in transforming the Roman Republic into what-we-know-recognize-as the Roman Empire. However, Augustus portrayed himself as restoring tradition, rather than overthrowing it, and so his reforms had a distinctly… socially conservative leaning. Most relevant to this meme, he put great effort into emphasizing the importance of chastity for Roman women outside of marriage, likely in response to the increased independence of Roman women, and punishing adultery by law - despite being a notorious adulterer himself.
While the Augustan-era laws on social ‘reform’ would remain on the books, they would be rarely enforced after his death.
Aielman15punishing adultery by law - despite being a notorious adulterer himself.
“Conservative person pushing for conservative reforms despite secretly doing what he opposes” can be used for almost any conservative across time. I wonder why!
They’ve done an excellent job at conserving that core principle about there being in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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Explanation: The first Roman Emperor, Augustus, instituted a series of reforms in transforming the Roman Republic into what-we-know-recognize-as the Roman Empire. However, Augustus portrayed himself as restoring tradition, rather than overthrowing it, and so his reforms had a distinctly… socially conservative leaning. Most relevant to this meme, he put great effort into emphasizing the importance of chastity for Roman women outside of marriage, likely in response to the increased independence of Roman women, and punishing adultery by law - despite being a notorious adulterer himself.
While the Augustan-era laws on social ‘reform’ would remain on the books, they would be rarely enforced after his death.
For anyone who wants the background image source, I highly recommend checking out SkyCorp:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=S5L3JwHiGp0