Holy Roman Empire Through the Ages

Holy Roman Empire in the middle ages Holy Roman Empire in the early modern period

A two-panel comparison shows Aquaman as the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, grandly posed with his trident, while a shirtless man wades awkwardly in the water as the Holy Roman Empire in the early modern period. The joke contrasts the empire’s powerful medieval image with its fragmented and less impressive later reality. EN: A two-panel comparison shows Aquaman as the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, grandly posed with his trident, while a shirtless man wades awkwardly in the water as the Holy Roman Empire in the early modern period. The joke contrasts the empire’s powerful medieval image with its fragmented and less impressive later reality.

• @afrosidemoon / 25855 2020-04-11