97 Hilariously Accurate Memes That Explain History In A Way Textbooks Don’t (New Pics)

Did you know that in Roman slang, Gladiators would sometimes be called “barley boys”? Since they, understandably, needed to be pretty strong, they would, like any fitness guy, bulk up, in their case, on barley. The truth is, people in the past were, well, people, just like us, which means that history can often be a lot more approachable, if you learn it the right way.

We’ve gathered some excellent, informative and downright hilarious examples of history memes. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.

#1 Surprise!

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#2 Surely This Power Will Be Used Wisely

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#3 Sorry Rome, You Had Your Time

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#4 Le French

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#5 Pretty Accurate

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#6 Which Is More Accurate?

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#7 Mexican Origin Story

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#8 How Was I Supposed To Know?

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#9 Can A Country Be More Based?

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#10 His War Never Ended

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#11 Damn

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#12 What Pride Flag Is This

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#13 Ideals Where Different

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#14 Just A Small Souvenir!

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#15 Guys Wtf?

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#16 Poor Guy Just Wanted To Help People

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#17 Check It Out Guys!

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#18 The Betrayal Is Unreal

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#19 The Americans Sure Enjoyed The Wars From The Other Side

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#20 Might Be A Little Hotter Than Usual

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#21 He Was Literally Him 🗣️💯

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#22 His Whole World Was Turned Upside Down

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#23 Not Again

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#24 If Not Dragon Why Dragon Shaped? 😠

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#25 Those First Couple Of Months Must Have Been Weird

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#26 Poortugal

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#27 Real

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#28 They Could Agree On One Thing

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#29 Rip Ancient Texts

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#30 I See No Flaws

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#31 Lifted For Your Sins

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#32 A Very Historical Pig

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#33 The Goodest Boy

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#34 There Is No In Between

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#35 European Empires Could Have Avoided Decolonisation With This One Simple Trick

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#36 U. S. A 👍

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#37 It’s Going Great Ma

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#38 I Mean If They Were In 70s Siberia They Probably Didn’t Hear It

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#39 Teef

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#40 Is This Comic Gold?

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#41 What Were Real Pirates Like?

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#42 How???

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#43 Amazing Things Were Happening In 10th Century Baghdad

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#44 Let’s Wait For The Pope To Ban Drones Too

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#45 Ok

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#46 Sun Tzu If He Was A Gamer:

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#47 What? 🇵🇪

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#48 Archbishop Of Athens Was Chad

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#49 West We Sail

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#50 Ahah Really

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#51 Not Overly Simplified At All

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#52 Centuries Later, They Have Finally Done It!

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#53 Can Someone Explain?

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#54 Let’s Call It .. Part 1

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#55 Legends

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#56 Not The Most Successful French Innovation

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#57 Clearly A Superior System

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#58 New Chapter From The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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#59 We Owe Him An Apology

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#60 Literally The Best Selfie

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#61 Who Wins This One?

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#62 After Being Paid To Go Off

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#63 Viking Supremacy

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#64 “I Would Have Saved Him!”

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#65 Whose Great-Grandfather Is He?

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#66 I’m Not Sure What Else Were They Expecting

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#67 Chickens Are Underrated

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#68 Poor Greeley Man

Presidential candidate Horace Greeley, who ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, died on election day, just before the EC casted its votes and certified Grant’s victory. It was the first and, as of now, only time when a major U.S. presidential candidate died before the election officially ended.

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