Is it true that it was a generation of unmarried young men (aka Incels) to overthrow the Senate and establish the Empire?
I heard this thing but struggling to find actual sources.
>>2746377
Pompey, Crassus and Caesar were all married.
I'm pretty sure Caesar, Pompey, Mark Anthony, Augustus and Agrippa were all married and had children.
>Is it true that it was a generation of unmarried young men (aka Incels) to overthrow the Senate and establish the Empire?
Like who?
All the big dogs of the era were married, and Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, actually imposed a tax on long-term single men and women (apart from those who opted for celibacy for religious reasons), as well as couples who had no children.
I heard someone saying that to justify the phrase "sexual frustration is one of the prime motors of innovation and revolution"
If anything, it's true about Alexander and the group of his close friends(homo) leading beta uprising against Persia.
>>2746410 (You)
Now that I think of it, he was a virgin (as in, PIV) into his early 20s, until after his first great victory in Asia.