Notorious adulterer is shocked that his daughter is a notorious adulterer
1d 2h ago by piefed.social/u/PugJesus in historymemes@piefed.social from media.piefed.social
Explanation: Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, was a notorious adulterer who slept with a great many women (and some men) during his rule. But much of his propaganda was oriented around a restoration of 'traditional' conservative values (regardless of how 'traditional' they actually were - generally not very), which included control of the sexuality of women.
His daughter, Julia the Elder, was also a notorious adulterer. Something which would not have been particularly out of place in the Late Republic, but which ran directly contrary to Augustus's goals of appearing as a STRONG FAMILY PATRIARCH. Eventually, Augustus would banish his own daughter to a Mediterranean island for embarrassing him so, and executed several of her (many) lovers.
This was actually rather unpopular amongst the Roman people, as were several other of Augustus's reactionary measures, but as an effective autocrat, Augustus held all the power. Julia was never allowed to return to Rome.
Augustus's socially conservative measures would remain on the books after his death, but very rarely enforced as the Early Empire's social mores became even more permissive than the Late Republic.
Hmm...
Several convoluted hoops to a conclusion later: Stalin was gay. He too was big on patriarchal imposed values and hated his eldest(?) son for not adhering to them. He also really disliked his home nation of Georgia for some unknown reason, giving hint of blaming his origin for his own repression.
It's probably incorrect, but sounds plausible, so I'll roll with it.
Banished... to find new people to sleep with?
No, unfortunately. To a small island where all visitors were restricted and recorded, and she was forbidden to have wine.
Solving the problem once and for all.
I really love the roman female naming conventions. "We have the family name with a feminine ending or we have a number."
It's particularly strange since in the Early Republic, women had the three names (all with feminine endings) which were distinctive of Roman citizens, and then at some point it became normalized to be just two names (both with feminine endings).
Admittedly, families usually restricted themselves to a ridiculously small number of praenomina, the name which women 'lost', and praenomina themselves were extremely limited, but it's still very odd.