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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Liqian, a small town in China which claims descent from Roman soldiers captured by Persia during the Late Roman Republic.

The theory is fringe in terms of available evidence (it's possible but largely unsupported), but the town has embraced it, and that's pretty based by my measure. o7

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Fascinating. Some solid Roman Empire energy, a la 40K orcs believing in their tech enough for it to work