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cesareeborgia · 7 months

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↳ family trees + Julio-Claudian dynasty (limited to the main figures)

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wolframpant · 2 months

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I, Claudius Episode 8 Reign of Terror

I shall make you my successor, Gaius Caligula! I've decided. You shall stay here with me. Rome deserves you. I will nurse you like a viper in her bosom.

#i claudius #bbc i claudius #claudius #emperor claudius #derek jacobi #antonia minor #margaret tyzack #tiberius #geroge baker #caligula #john hurt #livilla #aelia paetina #agrippina the elder #sejanus #patrick stewart with hair #ancient rome #perioddramaedit #so so many great scenes in this episode #i think this might be actually the best episode of the show #i really struggled to just choose just 10 gifs #the caligula claudius meeting #i love both interactions between claudius and aetia #the way she and antonia take his hands and he is like wtf #its probably the most affection claudius has ever got from his mother #and it's accidental because she is catfighting with someone else #meetings of three emperors on capri!#i don't like sejanus but the way he smiles when he realises he was played #antonia sitting in front of Livilla's door will never stop being iconic #missing: it's got elephants in it!

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romegreeceart · 2 months

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The senate and Roman people to the memory of Agrippina.

* issued by Caligula

* Palazzo Massimo, Rome

Rome, July 2015

#Agrippina the Elder #Julioclaudian dynasty #coin #1st century CE #horse #animals #chariot #Roman #Palazzo Massimo #Rome #my photo

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stardustmanblue · 3 months

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#agrippina the elder #pergamon #turkey

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liviasdrusillas · 10 months

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Antonia, Livia's daughter-in-law, obviously enjoyed her company. After the death of Drusus, she chose to remain a univira and live close to Livia. Livia kept Julia the Younger going during her long exile (hypocritically, according to Tacitus), with financial and probably emotional support as well. Julia's daughter, Agrippina the Elder, was shielded from Sejanus by Livia.

Roman Women: The Women Who Influenced the History of Rome by paul chrystal

#livia drusilla #antonia minor #julia the younger #agrippina the elder #ancient rome

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 9 months

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I’m mostly enjoying Robin Seager’s book on Tiberius so far, but I’ve become skeptical of how he portrays Livia, Agrippina and other women.

Roman historians were suspicious of women in power much like how assertive women today are called “bossy,” “shrewish,” or “a bitch.” If all three of the most important women in the imperial family are defined by a lust for power, and this is treated as inherently a bad thing, is Seager replicating the sexism of his ancient sources?

(Robin Seager, Tiberius, p.158)

#robin seager #tiberius #misogyny #jlrrt reads #livia drusilla #agrippina the elder

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mostspirited · 1 year

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I’ve been thinking about two things in regards to Ms Agrippina Major and Tiberius and I’d like to go on a small tangent:

If Tiberius hated being emperor so much why didn’t he just abdicate to Nero? like it was clear basically until the end that Germanicus’ eldest was the intended successor not Sejanus; Nero was well liked and mannered, plus he was married to Tiberius’ granddaughter so it was very much in the family. the senate and the people would have preferred Nero and Tiberius could have retired happily to whatever end of the empire he wanted to have the peace he clearly longed for

Also just logically (though I understand why they both didn’t) it would have made a lot of political sense for Agrippina and Tiberius to have married after Drusus’ death. like it would have been a huge popularity boost for Tiberius and it would have given Agrippina a lot of piece of mind about her sons’ place in line of succession. she could have been empress like she and literally everyone wanted and Tiberius was basically away in Capri at that point so they could have tolerated each other at a distance. again I understand why they both would have refused but I truly believe some advisor suggested the marriage

#agrippina the elder #tiberius #ancient rome

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latristereina · 2 years

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Sed femina ingens animi munia ducis per eos dies induit militibusque, ut quis inops aut saucius, vestem et fomenta dilargita est. tradit C. Plinius, Germanicorum bellorum scriptorum, stetisse apud principium po[n]ti[s], laudes et grates reversis legionibus habentum

But throughout those days, a femina, mighty of spirit, donned the apparel of a dux, and she distributed clothing or bandages to the soldiers, whoever might be needy or suffering. Gaius Plinius, the chronicler of the German wars, relates that she stood at the head of the bridge, offering congratulatory praises to the legions as they returned.

- Tacitus about Agrippina the Elder, cited after L'Hoir, 2006

for @queenmiriamele

#perioddramaedit #historyedit #i claudius #agrippina the elder #fiona walker

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fierce-little-miana · 8 months

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Bust of Agrippina the Elder (daughter of Agrippa and Julia the Elder, mother of Agrippina the Younger and Caligula among other) as a child.

This bust was found in Toulouse and is currently visible in its museum of archeology.

#sculpture #history #women in history #agrippina the elder #julio claudian dynasty #art #i love how she puts here

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garland-on-thy-brow · 1 year

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Once again not sure what is happening here, but apparently at this point I am collecting weird Julio-Claudian operas (still need to read Prosperità e Caduta d'Elio Seiano).

#opera #agrippina the elder

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wolframpant · 2 months

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I, Claudius Episode 6 Some Justice

I have come to tell you, Tiberius, that I and all of Rome, hold you responsible for my husband's death and will do so until you prove your innocence. We know too that you've taken that woman who was our witness, but it will avail you nothing. Emperor you may be, but justice is emperor over all.

#bbc i claudius #i claudius #agrippina the elder #germanicus #claudius #derek jacobi #antonia minor #margaret tyzack #livia drusilla #sian phillips #sejanus #patrick stewart #ancient rome #caligula #tiberius #george baker #livia and martina trading tips is another of my favourite scenes

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hurremshiv · 11 months

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Hatice after Ibrahim's death is giving me serious Agrippina the Elder vibes...

That's a good point. Both women recklessly went against an emperor in order to avenge their dead husband. I have a lot to say about Agrippina. Especially her portrayal in I Claudius.

#hatice sultan #agrippina the elder #magnificent century #answered #minetteskvareninova

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thetudorslovers · 2 years

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"It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the Greeks or our own, than to lose control completely? To throw off the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves? Euripides speaks of the Maenads: head thrown I back, throat to the stars, "more like deer than human being." To be absolutely free! One is quite capable, of course, of working out these destructive passions in more vulgar and less efficient ways. But how glorious to release them in a single burst! To sing, to scream, to dance barefoot in the woods in the dead of night, with no more awareness of mortality than an animal! These are powerful mysteries. The bellowing of bulls. Springs of honey bubbling from the ground. If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look that naked, terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. Then spit us out reborn." - Donna Tartt, The Secret History