Does it count as a violation of Rule 8 if the politics discussed are ancient greek ones?

[CrocsKnight]

Hi! I wanted to know if, like, pulling quotes from contemporaries of Ancient Sparta and scholars of Ming and Qing dynasty concubinage to theorize about worldbuilding aspects that haven't yet been disclosed counts as a violation of Rule 8 or if it would be just mildly pretentious?

 

[alethiophile]

Our general approach to Rule 8 is that it applies to political controversies within the last twenty years.

Talking about ancient history is fine. Unless you're doing some obvious workaround to talk about modern stuff, which we will notice.