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tetrafelino · 3 months

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Black Sails and Spartacus have totally spoiled me for period dramas

#after Spartacus I'm like what even is the point of an ancient rome drama if you're not gonna focus on the lives and struggles of slaves and #enemies of rome #and after black sails I don't really trust any other show to do anything as well #miau⁴

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hamletshoeratio · 4 months

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"I want x spinoff, I want a book about y"

I want to meet the woman who had not one but TWO kids with Hermes. Two kids so close in age and are so alike people just assume that they're twins, two kids who are chaos personified, who singlehandedly run the camp shop, who are in charge of the biggest cabin at camp and look after their equally chaotic gremlin siblings plus every unclaimed kid at camp like Lou Ellen a daughter of Hecate and another being of chaos who learnt it all from them, and who take every opportunity to fuck shit up, to prank their camp mates or to steal shit. Their last name, which they get from their mama? Stoll by the way. Neither child notices the pun.

I want to meet Mama Stoll, who saw the chaos, who saw the bullshit Hermes brought into her life the first go around and said tonight's the night let's do it again. She is either the world's greatest cat burglar who enticed the god of Thieves or the messenger god was enchanted by the best god dam delivery woman on the planet. There's no in-between. It was just a bonus that her surname was the perfect pun. Her and Hermes laugh about it. In my head, it's all canon. Regardless, she unleashed two agents of unlimited chaos onto an unsuspecting world, and I love her for it. I take my hat off to her, I kneel before her.

Oh, and the oldest kid, Travis? He's dating a girl called Katie, who is the daughter of Demeter. Her last name? Gardner. Fucking Gardner. She has a sister called Miranda Gardiner, by the way. Mama Stoll finds it hilarious. Her sons still don't get the pun, but at least she gets on with her future daughter in law like a house on fire.

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emstrange · 8 months

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Leofric totally has NO idea how he ended up in this situation. None at all. And he’s going to fight his way out of Cosmo’s arms any second now.

#writeblr #writing #writers on tumblr #harmony of seasons #original character #gay love #queer books #lgbt art #gay books #enemies to soulmates #ancient rome #sword and sandal #the roman empire

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i-bring-crack · 4 months

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*48 hours after being introduced with a punic war hyperixation* There needs to be a Second Punic War Musical for god's sake WHERE IS HOLLYWOOD---

#idk man the romans #i dont even like the romans #imagine the freaking first song called 'enemy of Rome' and it goes through hannibal's youth in conquering the spanish peninsula #and the blood promise in baal's temple #then imagine some songs later scipio's song is 'protector of Rome' and some of the lyrics are almost the same as hannibals song but while #theres a lot of suspense and thrill in Hannibal's song with Scipius it is dread and caution awating for something impossible but not #surrendering #ohhhh a song about cannae will be hell on earth #'Monster at the Gates' for a song title about Hannibal arriving to the peninsula #'Monster of the Alps' also sounds good #'One last toast' as an ending song #okay got some worm juice out of my brain now i shall leave forever #punic wars #hannibal barca #scipio africanus

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illustratus · 1 year

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Young Hannibal Swears Enmity to Rome

by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

‘When I come to age, I shall pursue the Romans with fire and sword and enact again the doom of Troy. The gods shall not stop my career, nor the treaty that bars the sword, neither the lofty Alps nor the Tarpeian rock. I swear to this purpose by the divinity of our native god of war, and by the shade of Elissa.’

- Silius Italicus, Punica, Book I, 114-119

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earlgrey24 · 2 months

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Okay but why do I keep accidentally learning Roman Republic slash fics by heart but struggle to remember even the most basic facts for my history finals for more than 5 minutes?

Unless I get asked about some insanely specific and frankly inappropriate facts about Ancient Rome I'm probably screwed.

#history #student life #university #ao3 #roman republic #ancient rome #aaaaa #I'm really my own worst enemy aren't I #exams #rant #personal #ramblings

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trashpoppaea · 11 months

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ancient historical romance recs

for @en-theos and @marcvscicero

I have some ancient HR recommendations!

{Enchanted Fire by Roberta Gellis} This is a historical fantasy romance, about Orpheus and Eurydice in an alternate ancient Greece where the Greek gods are actually powerful mages, but I love it to pieces. Literally. My hard copy is falling into bits at this very moment.

{Render Unto Caesar by Gillian Bradshaw} This is more of a historical thriller than true historical romance, but there is an HEA and a smidgen of sex too. It's about an Alexandrian Greek merchant searching for justice in Imperial Rome, and the Celtic gladiatrix who becomes his bodyguard. It's SO GOOD.

{The Ravishers by Jeanne Duval} (archive.org link) This is definitely an old-school bodice-ripping epic, by gothic author Virginia Coffman. Our heroine, the half Greek half Gallic Lysandra, is sold into palace slavery, whereupon she becomes the mistress of Nero, Galba and Domitian, while still pining for General Maximian. There's plots and palace intrigue aplenty. Also Vesuvius blows up!

{Claimed by the Enemy by Shauna Roberts} A farmboy and a princess find love in war-torn Sumeria. There's not much sex that I remember, but lots of action and it's emotionally very gripping. It is also very accurate from what I can tell.

Render unto Caesar and Claimed by the Enemy have a high degree of historical accuracy, while the others are.... fine? At least there's no oranges, like this one historical romance set in ancient Etruria I just read. And nobody converts to Christianity. IMO they're a lot of fun.

#historical romance #bookblr #roberta gellis #enchanted fire #render unto caesar #gillian bradshaw #the ravishers #jeanne duval #virginia coffman #claimed by the enemy #shauna roberts #ancient greece #ancient rome #ancient sumeria

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catilinas · 2 years

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lucius cornelius sulla really was just like. hello. kills you. kills you. kills you. kills you. kills you. kills you. my ghost will be inescapable

#this is why i have So many problems w narratives of hashtag The Fall Of The Republic that start a like. the triumvirate or the civil war or #whatever. like the post lapsarian condition isn’t real but sulla definitely Was a point of major major major change sallust was RIGHT #and anything that tries to be like. no actually rome in the 70s or 60s is the normal historical functioning of the republic……#what the Fuck are you talking about. sulla’s ghost is RIGHT THERE #@ rubicon by tom holland bad book my enemy my foe.#itefhjvssgjjfergbbfdg many more things to say abt ghosts and civil war both being about repetition but hrgh. sulla #s*xy s*lla #beeps

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alexanderpearce · 3 months

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you're an enemy of rome and a danger to this republic. i bet you're a crypto-etruscan psyop. 🏛️🦅

HI PIPPA ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕💕⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

#oh no not an enemy of rome...#asks #rome #tagamemnon #mutuals #pippa

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satocidal · 9 months

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…enemies to lovers with suguru? Maybe?

It'll be smut obviously

#no I mean💀#I mean exactly this lmao #he's so rude I love him #maybe like academic rivals tho—enemies becomes too cold with suguru so #or should I write a satosugu x reader #or maybe I shouksnt write anything lmao #I'm just horknee #rome builds//

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gorbo-longstocking · 8 days

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names are hard

#out of sight out of time #juvenals name is actually juvenalis but vaughn may be stupid #theres a reoccurring bit thru the book where juvenal keeps trying to get vaughn to call him by his nomen and not his praenomen #because thats reserved for only VERY close friends and family #but vaughn just never hears him or juvenal gets interrupted #for those who dont know #juvenalis is his praenomen #flavius is his nomen or his family name and thats what hes generally called back in rome #and catulus is his cognomen which i may or may not keep #vaughn just saw whatever name came first and was like oh yeah ok thats his name lol #ALSO. vaughn has THE MOST gaul name juvenal has ever heard in his life #he doesnt know what sound ‘gh’ makes my classicist friend said hed probs read it as a ‘ch’ sound #if ur curious what time period juvenals from in the roman empire he got time traveled a year before caesar crossed the rubicon #he was in caesars legions during the gallic wars or whatever so he lowkey thinks vaughn is The Enemy #IDK IF U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ASK ME I LOVE TO YAP #breaks almost over. NOOOOOOO #oosoot snippets

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writerobscura · 26 days

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Tumblr is basically where I come to geek out about things, but I still write, and this is my latest project. ☝️

The Lion & The Owl is a web serial (yep, present-tense and everything) about a vengeful legionnaire who enslaves the druid that murdered his father, bringing chaos to his household in the Lepontine Alps.

On the left is Lucius Scipio Servius, a nepo baby alpha-douche in Caesar's 10th Legion. He's the heir of a prosperous landowner, and despite his chivalrous heroics when it comes to women, he loves it when men refuse his advances because he gets off on forcing them to fuck.

*Naturally, Skipio's lonely because most gays don't like being forced.*

Our strapping golden boy takes part in the second Roman invasion of Britain, where he crosses paths with a freaky druid-in-training.

Aedan the Ancalite (on the right) is an ornery little shit who loves fight-sex. He's gangly and morose and creeps most interested men out - yet the ladies adore him because he's an expert abortionist.

*Sadly, he's lonely because most gays don't like assaulting their boyfriends before knocking boots.*

Skipio & Aedan meet first in battle and then later in a pleasantly naughty circumstance. Any good-natured kink they might've shared by a waterfall, however, goes sideways when Aedan learns Scipio's dad killed his father in Belgica.

They're posed marriage style on this cover because they got a love thing, even if it's twisted, brutal, and rapey.

You can read the serial for free at Tapas, Pixiv, or AO3 - but its main home is at Bear House Serials.

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irate-iguana · 1 year

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Coriolanus is such a wild play. When explaining the plot to friends, I need to emphasize that no, I’m not twisting the story for maximum comedic effect, this is literally how the play goes. That’s seriously the reason why Coriolanus is banished. Coriolanus and Aufidius are really Like That with each other. His mother actually says that to him and it’s a pivotal scene in the play.

#yeah coriolanus is a war hero set up to become consul but he loses the seat & is exiled from rome because he refuses to respect poor people #(one of many reasons he’d have been a terrible consul)#so he teams up with his greatest enemy/love of his life(?) to destroy rome and nobody can convince him to stop #until his mom shows up and gives him a lecture #THE ACTUAL PLOT #coriolanus #shakespeare #original post

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kaos-al-escribir · 1 year

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"I'm sorry, Caesar." Brutus clutches Caesar's robe in desperation, unwilling to let go. His hands tremble and his tears spill onto the emperor's shoulder.

"Don't be sorry. I know you don't want to, but do it for me." Caesar places his hand gently on Brutus' cheekbone, pulling him away so he can look into his eyes. "Promise me it will be you who kills me. If it must be someone, I want it to be you. Nail me with the final stab."

Brutus nods. He wants to protest, to complain, to shout. But he cannot. He knows that the day will soon come, it is inevitable.

"I love you." he whispers, unable to stop the tears and the trembling in his voice.

"I love you too, Brutus."

Their breaths mingle in a kiss that takes both of their breath away. With a passionate fury, Caesar bites Brutus' lower lip, causing him to moan with desire. His arms wrap around him, leaving no space between them. Knowing that this will be their last night together.

Brutus knew for sure that Caesar's attitude as an emperor was the same as his attitude as a lover: he wanted to conquer everything.

Maybe Julius Caesar had not been able to conquer the whole planet, but he had been able to conquer Brutus. To die having made him his own, was enough for him.

On March 15, 44 B.C., the last thing Caesar saw before closing his eyes, was the gaze of his lover.

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stumpyjoepete · 3 months

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Man, this is the fakest name

#named after the roman emperor because rome had recently won a victory against the arabs who were also the shahi's enemies #history #???

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pinklasagnasfan · 3 months

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marius and sulla

there’s no way anyone could convince me they weren’t lovers

#ancient rome #history #marius and sulla #lovers to enemies #enemies to lovers #to enemies #fanart

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