25 Ancient History Memes That Tell Stories of Eras Past

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Dec 23, 2024 12:00 PM EST

It is crazy to think about it, but only 1.6% of human history has actually been recorded because we have only been able to write for the past few thousand years. Perhaps part of the reason that we don't miss it is that the stuff that got accounted for during the periods of time that we now classify as ancient is such a wild ride. Thousands of years and countless societies in all different parts of the world fall under the varied umbrella, leading to lots of different stories—and plenty of material for memes. From those who can't stop thinking about the Roman Empire to the individuals who had a weirdly intense Greek Mythology phase as a kid, there is a subgenre of ancient history meme for just about everyone. The people who lived all those thousands of years ago probably weren't that different from you or I.

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  • 01
    "The wifi password is on the back of the router." The back of the router:
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    ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS ARE NATURAL ENEMIES FOX LIKE ASSYRIANS AND ELAMITES FOX OR ASSYRIANS AND URARTIANS FOX ORASSYRIANS AND CARAMEANS FOX OR ASSYRIANS AND OTHER ASSYRIANS ASSYRIANS, FOX THEY RUINED ASSYRIA
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    Ancient Egypt 2500bc Finally, another pyramid that shows my greatness. Siberia 2500bc TRÖÖÖÖÖÖÖT Well said Ivan Mammothovich
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    badmoonraisin I am reading an essay called Male-Male Desire in Pharaonic Egypt (by Alex Clayden) which is actually pretty good but I just need to draw attention to this little gem of a pick-up line 15" D nfrwj-phwj = kj "How beautiful are thy buttocks!"32 rhazade-waterbender Attention, followers: you now know how to write "nice a "in hieroglyphics.
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    People when I tell them the first civilization in the Americas weren't the Olmecs, but the Caral-Supe الات
    via Ngugi
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    The Oracle at Delphi *says a bunch of ambiguous sh* Everyone else: He is speaking the language of gods.
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    The Oracle of Delphi Croesus If Croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire. The Oracle of Delphi So I'm conquering the Persians, right? Croesus I'm conquering the Persians, right??
    via Ngugi
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    THE FIRST PERSON TO REDISCOVER GREEK ANTIQUITY MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE ST
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    Diogenes Aristotle Plato Socrates Pythagoras
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    Alexander the Great: Dies His generals: ITALY OH NO! Caucas Sa CRET OH NO! SPARTA MediteTIONAR Granicus ADCYTH Gordion DS333 Side ARMENIA CAP Zadracarta Hecatompylos MEDIA stana OH NO! CYPRUS The Empire of Alexander the Great and his conquest course from Greece to India to Babylon (334-323 B.C.) ANYWAY ANYWAY Susa BABYLONIA ARABIA Caspian ack Sea sea Mediterranean ANYWAY ANYWAY ANYWAY Alex Eschate 325 Ales in the Himalaya Kabed Angaeum Nicar Bocephala BACTRIA Alexandria Alex Alesandria In Aria P
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    "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined" CLASSICAL ART MEMES facebook.com/classicalartmemes KING PYRRHUS OF EPIRUS SUFFERING FROM SUCCESS ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT (
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    Chinese people during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history I used to be in the Resistance, but I got so good at it that I started resisting them.
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    I AM GATHERING AN ARMY TO COUNTER DONG ZHUO AND YUAN SHAO THE SAVE THE HAN, RIGHT? LORD MENGDE, TO SAVE THE HAN, RIGHT?
    via Ngugi
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    When you're at the family reunion and nobody wants to talk about the Gallic Wars 00
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    Mom now M are you bringing a girl to xmas this year? History of institutions in Mesopotamia + Add article description The history of institutions in Mesopotamia concerns the origin and evolution of institutions (economic, social or political) in the Mesopotamian civilization. Its history spans from the emergence of civilization and the existence of written records that allow History to be made until the fall of the Chaldean or
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    When your old computer hard drive dies and you lose all your files and memories
    via CSMFHT
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    When you have class at 8 and have to fight the Persians at 9
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    ARMINIUS ESQ PASSAGE THROUGH TEUTOBURG FOREST NO AMBUSH OH! THEY GOT THIS ALL SCREWED UP. ARMINIUS ESQ PASSAGE THROUGH TEUTOBURG FOREST? NO, AMBUSH!
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    What I think I look like talking to my date about the rise and fall of Rome What I actually look like talking to my date about the rise and fall of Rome
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    Her: I think the Delian League was amazing Him: [trying to think of something to impress her] *steals her credit card and builds a fleet of ships*
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    Sick to death of Elf on the Shelf? Then you're gonna hate:
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    gardenvarietycrime not least; conqueror thou art or conquered; so turns the wheel of love. Oft have leaders and lords of might fallen; Thebes stood of old and lofty Troy My my At Waterloo Napoleon did surrender Oh yeah And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way The history book on the shelf Is always repeating itself Waterloo I was defeated, you won the war Propertius 2.8 // ABBA, Waterloo
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    vergil when he took a relatively minor character in homer's iliad and turned him into the main character of the aeneid, making him effectively the protagonist of both an iliad and an odyssey I took the liberty of sprucing up your boy.
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    theycantalk.com Where is Pompe 1? POMPEII Where is Pompe 1?! prime 1134
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    Classical Studies Memes for @CSMFHT Follow susanpevensle today i had a man tell me, in all earnest, that i obviously wasn't very good at my classical studies degree because zeus only had one son, hercules his source was the disney movie hercules pipcomix #it would be easier to list the sons zeus does not have
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