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Wait do ppl think the ides of march memes are about anti-imperialism. I thought we all just thought stabbing was funny.

#they sure weren’t objecting to imperialism #they just wanted the power over the empire #back for themselves

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every time the certified Crassus Eel Post circulates on my dashboard i become filled with rage at all the people in the replies who think Eel Crassus is the same guy as Marcus Licinius Crassus. it's such a disservice to Eel Crassus. he was his own person. his own sick little eel loving freakish person. you think marcus crassus is the kind of guy capable of loving an eel? you think he contains the emotional depth for that? no. he's too busy burning peoples' houses down

#😂

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- Horace, Odes 1.9

#writing inspiration #Horace #quintus horatius flaccus #odes #horace’s odes #poetry #Ancient Rome

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useless ancient roman law facts

if you call someone to witness and they refused to show up, you are legally entitled to stand outside their house and scream, but only every third day

you can sell your son into slavery once or twice, but after the third time he doesn’t have to put up with that shit anymore

no wailing allowed at funerals

also you can only have ONE funeral per person, don’t get greedy

if your neighbor’s tree has a branch hanging into your yard, you can legally cut down the entire fucking tree

however, if some of your neighbor’s fruit from his dumb tree falls into your yard, he can legally come into your yard to snoop around get it

if you call someone to witness and they’re too sick or old to get to court themselves, you have to provide a cart for them to come in, but it doesn’t have to be, like, a nice cart if you don’t want it to

#and also like #to be divorced you only have to say so three times #this should be our marriage laws #fuck all this wait a year then pay through your ass #to be free of some shmo you wanna strangle #every time you see them

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“Stranger, what I say is short. Stand and read over it. This is the hardly beautiful tomb of a beautiful woman. Her parents called her Claudia. She loved her husband with all her heart. She had two sons, one of whom she leaves on earth, the other she placed under it. With pleasant conversing but respectable gait she cared for her home and made wool. I have spoken. Move along.”

Roman epitaph CIL 06.15346

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The only surviving example of the iconic ancient Roman “scutum” tower shield.

Discovered during excavations at Dura-Europos, in Syria. It is now located in the Yale Art Gallery.

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up to the elbows, and besmear our swords

#I love it and hate it #it's beautiful but oof #great art #ides of march #julius caesar

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Source untracable.

Theatrical tragedy mask and pinak with still life.

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In the year 43 -under the reign of Claudius-the Romans finally reached Britannia.

#Aulus Plautius

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btw if you're ever interested in looking at catullus manuscripts, OGR (the oldest full manuscripts of catullus we have) are all freely available to read in good quality & full color online:

manuscript O (mid-fourteenth century, the oldest surviving full manuscript)

manuscript G (1375)

manuscript R (c. 1375-95)

+ manuscript T (9th century, but only containing poem 62) in black and white here

#useful

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anyway! if i got you curious about the epistolary whimsy of marcus caelius rufus, i will let you know you can read all his letters to cicero online, for free, both in english translation and in the original latin!

#useful

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—Maria Michela Sassi, "Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world?" (pub. Aeon) [ID in ALT]

#Tyrian purple

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Detail from the “unswept floor” mosaic made by Heraclitus, showing a mouse eating a walnut. 2nd century CE, now on display at the Vatican Museums.

Imagine trying to clean this floor–or even walk across it–and constantly wondering, “Wait. Is that one REAL?”

#fave

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#Tivoli #temple of vesta

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Pompeii Amphitheater, reflected in the rainwater on the ground.

Photography by Silvia Vacca

#pompeii

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In ancient Rome, roads were dotted with white stones (cats' eyes) which reflected the moonlight, acting as street lights to help people walk on the street after dark. Pictured is a Roman road in Pompeii.

More: https://thetravelbible.com/mysterious-archaeological-finds/

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if nero was born in our times i think he would just be some guy with 50 monthly listeners on soundcloud with an mlp profile picture and i mean this in the best way possible

#😂 #Nero