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shcherbatskya · 2 years
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absolute-1nsanity · 11 months
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Sistine Chapel
Rome, Italy
By Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
1481 A.D
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10,000 DAY HATING CICERO STREAK
same effects as mewing
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porcelainsuit · 1 year
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Roman Gold-Plated Helmet (c. 4th century CE)
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lisaken · 1 year
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From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes
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sofiabvillacorta · 1 year
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classicschronicles · 1 year
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Hi lovelies,
So my mock exams start in two weeks and, hey, what’s the point of having a classics blog if you cant exploit it for revision. So today I’m going to tell the legendary story behind the founding of Rome as some free revision!! Also, quick TW this myth mentions r4p3 at the start of the third paragraph, just skip to the sentence after if you need to :)
As almost everyone knows, the ancient city of Rome was supposedly founded by the legendary Romulus and Remus. Legend has it that Ascanius (son of Aeneas) founded the city of Alba Longa along the banks of the Tiber River. The descendants of Aeneas went on to rule that strip of land for generations. When a descendant called Nimitor became king, his brother Amulius seized power and usurped him. Amulius then killed all the male descendants of Nimitor and forced his niece (Rhea) to become a Vestal Virgin so that she would be unable to provide male heirs to the throne. For those of you who want to learn more about the Vestal Virgins, I have a post about it here.
However, Rhea gave birth to two twin boys after being r3p4d by Mars, the god of War. Amulius imprisoned Rhea for breaking her duty as a Vestal and also for providing male heirs that could threaten his seat on the throne. He then ordered that the two baby boys be drowned in the River Tiber. However, they were safely carried off to the area of the Seven Hills (an area which became hugely significant to later Romans).
The twins were found by a she-wolf named Lupa who nursed and fed them in her lair in the Palatine Hill. I think its worth mentioning that at this point the Romans marketed it so that it seemed that the Seven Hills (and therefore the Palatine) were just open greenery, there wouldn’t have been any civilisation there. However, it is likely that the first settlement in Rome was about 1000 b.c on the Palatine hill, and then later on it spread to surrounding hills. After some time, the boys were discovered by a shepherd who took them home with him and raised the two brothers as shepherds alongside him.
As Romulus and Remus grew to adulthood it became obvious that they had a natural proclivity towards skilled warrior-ship and leadership. They became aware of what their uncle had done to their grandfather and mother and returned to Alba Longa. Upon their return they killed Amulius and reinstated Nimitor, before leaving again to establish their own dynasty. Romulus decided that to honour the she-wolf Lupa he would build walls around the Palatine Hill and make that the location for his city.
Initially, when they were looking for the ideal location for their new city the twins wandered across the Seven Hills. Remus decided that the two should build their city on the Aventine Hill, whilst Romulus preferred the Palatine. To decide who was right, the two brother consulted an augury. Romulus claimed to have seen twelve birds, and Remus six. Even though Romulus had seen more birds, Remus argued that as saw them first the city should be built on the Aventine. Whilst seemingly agreeable to this at first, Romulus changed his mind and began to build his own wall on the Palatine. Remus (understandably angered by this) decided to jump his brothers wall. Angered (again also understandably) by his brothers actions, Romulus killed his brother (slightly less reasonable I’ll be honest).
According to legend, this all took place in 754 bc. There is another myth that works as a sequel and tells the story of how Romulus populated Rome, that is known as the R4p3 of The Sabine Women, an interesting (though terribly grim) story. Please keep in mind that this is all entirely fictional, and also almost all historians agree that neither Romulus nor Remus, nor Aeneas and Ascanius ever really existed. However, this myth became so popularised in ancient Rome and was told to school children daily that they just accepted it as truth.
All that being said, I hope you all enjoyed reading about Romulus and Remus and the legendary founding of Rome. Hope you all have a lovely lovely rest of your weekend and a great week xx
~Z
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goodriddancedeluxe · 28 days
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"kill them with kindness" wrong. back stabbing🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️
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willow-lark · 5 months
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cast your votes!!
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shcherbatskya · 1 year
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the mountain goats, up the wolves // thomas cole, the course of the empire
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absolute-1nsanity · 1 year
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When in Rome...
Until next time
13.12.2022
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curbinout · 6 months
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to everyone finding out about men’s obsession with Rome you have to remember to call them romaboos
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happy ides of march to those who celebrate
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earlgrey24 · 14 days
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Brutus seeing the graffiti of him stabbing Caesar all over Rome, c. 44 BC
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ainismoon · 1 year
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Sculpture from the museum of Tarraco, the ancient roman city
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