• FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe
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    2 days ago

    Wasn’t she actually considered not super attractive at the time? Like not necessarily ugly, but she wasn’t being mistaken for Venus incarnate. It was only later on that the idea of her being super hot because popular right?

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      2 days ago

      Powerful women are sexy! Dont need to be crazy hot when you can whisper in my ear, the language of a people you just steam rolled.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      1 day ago

      plutarch and cassius dio emphasise the personality, wit, intelligence, charm etc etc…cicero went total piers morgan though