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(6) PAX ROMANA (USA 2020)

“The guy who updates you daily on the status of the Roman Empire, now brings you his sh*t posting in video form.”

How it started – it’s gone.

How it’s going – it’s still gone but mostly on X (not the Roman numeral but the artist formerly known as Twitter).

It all started with the Daily Roman Updates page on F-book and the first post “it’s gone”, echoing the rise of Rome itself from humble origin to empire as Daily Roman Updates grew to a virtual empire of humorous memes on Roman history. First in the Italy of F-book, through the mare nostrum of social media on Twitter and Instagram, and ultimately to the titular Pax Romana of Youtube.

Sadly, this Roman memepire – and yes, I borrowed that from the title of one of its videos – has declined and fallen somewhat, not unlike the empire itself. The Youtube channel is presently dormant, not unlike that other Roman special mention Dovahhatty but in Pax Romana’s case apparently due to demonetization. Hopefully to rebound like the empire did (until it didn’t) but the beating heart of Daily Roman Updates remains its profile on X, in terms of post activity and subscribers.

RATING: 4 STARS****

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