#the first triumvirate

[some-sort-of-siren]

There’s a war going on out there somewhere,

And Caesar’s off in gaul.

There’s a war going on out there somewhere,

And Caesar’s off in gaul.

And this is all in suetonius,

You are in the republic.

Gonna have to study up a little bit,

If you wanna keep with the plot

Cause it’s a complicated roman drama

Everyones got the same seven names,

So read about it in plutarch,

We’d appreciate it, thanks a lot.

Da da da

Da da da

Da da da

Tiberius!

Tiberius is young

He wants to be a tribunate

(he wants to be a tribunate)

Tiberius passes grain laws

And caesar starts a war.

Gaius is his brother,

He wants plebian land reform

(He wants plebian land reform)

Gaius has plebs,

Tiberius passes grain laws

And caesar starts a war.

Marius is consul

For seven terms for seven terms on sullas side

(for seven terms on sullas side)

Marius is consul

Gaius has plebs

Tiberius passes grain laws

And caesar starts a war.

And this is all in suetonius,

You are in the republic.

Gonna have to study up a little bit,

If you wanna keep with the plot

Cause it’s a complicated roman drama

Everyones got the same seven names,

So read about it in plutarch,

We’d appreciate it, thanks a lot.

Da da da

Da da da

Da da da

Sulla!

Sulla is a dictator

He sends out all the proscriptions

(He sends out all the proscriptions)

Sulla is dictator

Marius is consul

Gaius has plebs

Tiberius passes grain laws

And Caesar starts a war.

Pompey wants land

He’s part of the first triumvirate

(He’s part of the first triumvirate)

Pompey wants land

Sulla is dictator

Marius is consul

Gaius has plebs

Tiberius passes grain laws

And Caesar starts a war.

Crassus is rich, but dies in parthia

Also works with caesar and pompey

(Also works with caesar and pompey)

Crassus is rich

Pompey wants land

Sulla is dictator

Marius is consul

Gaius has plebs

Tiberius passes grain laws

And Caesar starts a war.

Chariots and conquerors, proscripted for your land!

Minor characters!

Cato the elder hates carthage

And Clodius changes names

Vercingetorix; chieftain of gaul.

And Cicero exposed cataline!

Cicero exposed cataline!

Cicero exposed cataline

Cato hates carthage,

Clodius was tribune,

Vercingetorix in gaul,

Crassus is rich

Pompey wants land

Sulla is dictator

Marius is consul

Gaius has plebs

Tiberius passes grain laws

And Caesar starts a war.

And what about octavian?

The great nephew of Caesar, octavian?

What about octavian?

Principate of Rome augustus?

What about augustus?

What about augustus?

What about augustus?

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I parodied Natasha Pierre and the great comet of 1812 btw. If you even care.

#natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #the first triumvirate #Roman history #classics tag

[lightdancer1]

The legacy of Sulla would witness an alliance that was the beginning of the shift from Republic to Empire

The First Triumvirate linked a man who was arguably a proto-capitalist if not the first capitalist in world history, Marcus Licinius Crassus, with Gnaius Pompeius Carnifex/Magnus, and one Julius Caesar. It was a link of three overmighty generals, each of whom would find fame and infamy in wars. Crassus made his bones both as history's first arsonist and its first fireman, and in the defeat of Spartacus's rebellion with its gruesome mark of 6,000 crucified slaves.

Pompey made his crushing piracy and developed a reputation as a general that relied on logistics, one that was more solid than the ultimate fate he would reap in the war against Caesar would indicate.

And Caesar? "Gaul is divided into three parts" and he proved himself history's greatest monster by making the first steps to create France. /only slightly joking. More bluntly he would go to make his reputation by the slaughter of a third of the Gauls, the enslavement of another third, and the Latinization of the rest. He would also invade Britain for the first time, though it would not be conquered for some time yet.

The Triumvirate would prove a temporary partnership and each of the partners would meet a separate fate, all of them harsh.

#lightdancer comments on history #the decline and fall of the roman republic #the first triumvirate #caesar crassus and pompey oh no

[thali-lemmonpie]

WHOever thought of how to dress the Playmates™ Jim Kirk: plaid shirt action figure™...

I HOPE YOU GOT A RAISE *CHEF KISS* WASN'T EXPECTING THIS.

THIS. WAS. WORTH. EVERY. SINGLE. PESO.

#my art #star trek #s'chn t'gai spock #spirk #space husbands #james t. kirk #Edith Keeler #leonard 'bones' mccoy #triumvirate #this is peak Jim Kirk #st #k/s #tos #the city on the edge of forever #star trek the original series #This is my first and maybe only playmates figure and i'm so happy that he came dressed like this #also trans jim kirk is canon

[pizzat-i]

happy belated new years!! again!!! 🎊🎉

#(being on time is overrated anyways) #my art #first order triumvirate #armitage hux #general hux #captain phasma #kylo ren #star wars sequel trilogy

[vaguely-concerned]

there are a lot of daddy issues to go around on DS9 in general, but odo, bashir and garak are really in their own special little fucked up 'what am I but wrought in my father's image' club

#star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #odo #julian bashir #elim garak #(I personally think we should put their dads in a cage match and let them kill each other. tain would probably win #but we could just shoot him after he claimed that victory. I Would Like To See It) #the triumvirate of bad dads to karmically oppose the sheer power of good dad vibes benjamin sisko has #specifically dads who Cannot and Will Not allow the healthy individuation of their sons into whole separate people #apart from what their father's hands have shaped them into #where that is one of the first things sisko accepts and realizes he must allow jake to do right at the early seasons #the bad dad club boys seem more specifically forcibly held in place to serve as mirrors for their fathers #and have to find ways to break away from that in more or less graceful ways; breaking off more or less important parts of themselves #to do so #dr mora seems to have a 'oh fuck.' moment where he sort of realizes what he's done #but the sympathy that gains him from me is hm. neglible lmao at least tain is basically fully just a monster #what's your excuse mora #I haven't met bashir's dad properly yet but I've seen enough to suspect I'm not going to be very charitably inclined towards him either

[historical-kitten]

Ancient Roman Politicians on a Modern Date

Gaius Julius Caesar: He invites you to a dinner party at his house and is a fairly witty and engaging host, but all of his stories seem to be about himself. However, friends assure you he's "every woman's man and every man's woman," so stick around for the nightcap he offers you if that makes you curious.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: For a man who is absolutely the wealthiest you've ever met, it seems a little convenient that he 'forgot his wallet' on your date to that expensive gastropub, so you couldn't go halfsies and had to pay for both your meals. The gold flake dessert shines bright, but you sort of wish he'd choke on it.

Gnaeus Pompeius Maximus: It's kind of weird how he takes you around to show you his art collection since it mainly consists of statues of himself, but hey, at least he's interested in art? He also tells a lot of stories about himself. However, he has a reputation for being a devoted husband and he's in between spouses, so if you're ready for that, give him a chance.

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus aka Augustus: He literally wrote out a plan for your entire date, how it would go, and what he would say to the most commonly asked smalltalk questions. Do not deviate from his script. He takes you somewhere like a museum or a fancy restaurant where they barely feed you, but although he is polished, his romantic delivery seems a little flat until you run into his best friend Agrippa... They are just besties, right?

Marcus Antonius aka Mark Antony: Ok, there are a couple ways this could go. He is either an absolutely fantastic date who takes you to see a hilarious play and finishes off with a fun night on the town, or he takes you to a bar in a seedy part of town where you dance and drink and party all night. Either way he gives you nice gifts and is charming and funny. On a later date he may take you on the most expensive, romantic, fancy date ever. Most likely a good time date, just don't expect things to get serious unless you're the Queen of Egypt.

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus: He never showed up for your date. Completely ghosted you. You track down his coworkers Mark Antony and Octavian and they say they have no idea where he is either. Weird.

Marcus Agrippa: He takes you on a tour of the city, pointing out all the architecture and finishes this off with dinner. He seems nice, intelligent, and is very attentive to your needs. So why isn't he off the market yet? His attachment to his slightly creepy best friend and roommate Octavian, maybe? They were roommates.

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius: A much better date than his father, he takes you to his private boat and gives you a seaside tour. He valiantly fights off pirates during your date, but did you catch one of them winking at him? Regardless, it's an unforgettable adventure.

Who would you rather date? And again, I'm sorry, Lepidus.

As always, thanks to @just-late-roman-republic-things for inspiring these posts.

#ancient roman memes #classics memes #ancient rome #ancient roman politicians #first triumvirate #second triumvirate #julius caesar #pompey #crassus #octavian #mark antony #lepidus #agrippa #sextus pompey

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

#queueing this to jumpscare myself two months from now #julius caesar #marcus licinius crassus #pompey #first triumvirate #polls #just roman memes #jlrrt speaks

[dustykneed]

What about mcspirk in their dress uniforms <3

hell yeah<33333 tysm for the req!! terrific taste 10/10 would draw again (in fact i DID lol

(part 1/2: oh look theyre being professional in the starfleet-mandated high-ranking staff picture)

#star trek #star trek tos #tos #leonard mccoy #spock #bones mccoy #jim kirk #triumvirate #mcspirk #spones #mckirk #spirk #star trek fanart #mcspirk fanart #i know jim has the medal brooch thing but i gave up lol #now i am decidedly not easily angered but something about doing lineart sends me into a murderous rage #so really i have no idea why i decided to try to line this (in purple no less) #sunk cost fallacy got my ass #but im still proud!! just... maybe this will be the first and last lined piece of the year lmfao

[who-is-page]

Please appreciate the meme my non-alterhuman spouse dropped in all our mutual alterhuman chats with the caption:

"This is what it’s like being a normal human who’s been together with Page (in some form or another) for over a fucking decade. Witness the result of me having to constantly overhear the development of panels/essays/surveys by the alterhuman community’s triumvirate of scholars!"

i told him "ur welcome" in response 😹

#personal #alterhuman #otherkin #WHY IS HE SO MUCH FUNNIER THAN ME LMFAO #page's bae #he even referenced my capstone and first lecture in the meme. im love him...... #the triumvirate thing is a joke some of the folks in the polycule have had going since college tho #don't take it seriously #lol

[mail-me-to-hell]

I will be posting about Roman history all day because it is the Ides of March and this is my right.

Caeser was interestingly not the worst of the first triumvirate, a girl band he was in with Pompey and Crassus. That honor, in my opinion, goes to Crassus.

Crassus is most well known for making one of the first Roman fire brigades. When there was an alarm of a house fire the brigade would rush to the scene. However, instead of putting out your fire, Crassus would try to buy your property, only putting the fire out when you sold it to him. And he would keep lowering the price as it burned.

#ides of march #julius caesar #marcus licinius crassus #first triumvirate #rome

[stromuprisahat]

(I only read TGT once so if I get any details wrong here, feel free to correct me. Same for the historical reference I'm discussing here). I never understood why Nikolai was considered to be a better character than the Darkling when it came to helping the Grisha. I know Leigh Bardugo presents him as the "nicer" option but Nikolai always kind of reminded me of Tsar Nicholas II, who, from what I remember learning in school, was considered to be a nice man who clearly loved his children, but a rather incompetent ruler. He didn't always make good decisions which made relations with the government worse, and increased hardships for civilians and soldiers. He also was really detached and out of touch with the plight of the Russian people and I believe some of his policies ended up alienating people from ethnic minority groups. I brought him up, because Nikolai is also kind of like this, he's not an exact parallel obviously but like, it's kind of there. The only reason really that he's considered effective in the books is because Leigh can't really write politics that well. Like, even the way the nobility would behave is something she didn't really write well, as well as how the public would react to the things that happen in the story. Idk. Did this make any sense? What do you think?

Absolutely.

I can't speak about the historical Nikolai- I've read very little about him, and it's been years-, but while book!Nikolai's ideas aren't bad per se, he's been greatly helped by gross simplification of politics and LB's clear favour.

Nobles are either supportive, or stupid and gullible.

Inclusion of Grisha works 100%. Sure, the soldiers for Nikolai's elite inventors would he handpicked, but either there is no longer hatred for Grisha among the First Army, or the Tsar's too high to see it.

The only peasants we meet are enlightened enough to immediately understand and ADMIT they're faring better (Read the link. OP's no longer on tumblr, but her posts are based on actual Russian history and literature.), which is... well, have you ever MET any real people, Leigh? RoW was published during fucking covid of all possible times! Huge chunk of population will rather die, than accept the unknown!

Making Nikolai visibly think with his cock leads to no trouble. No one's calling him weak, no one suddenly remembers rumors about Grisha girls "being able to put a spell on a man", Zoya's desired and respected, instead of being viewed as seductress or outright Witch Whore.

And one more about Grisha- there have been pogroms barely a few years back. First Army was slaughtering Second only because they've figured they're to blame for the Fold moving (and don't forget the only survivors aside from Malina were the Darkling's people). Am I to believe a new Tsar ascending with THREE Grisha publicly backing him up won't cause decent upheaval?

Sure, Kolya's nice, but he's too nice. Somewhere on his way from Sturmhond to Tsar Nikolai, he forgot how to cut fingers even though it might make him sick. And the situation should look accordingly.

#reply #Grishaverse #Nikolai Lantsov #grishanalyticritical #King of Scars duology #Ravka #Second pseudoArmy #First Army #Zoya Nazyalensky #Grisha triumvirate #anti Leigh Bardugo

[tomatette]

Boop - awful people edition

#boop #star wars #armitage hux #general hux #kylo ren #ben solo #phasma #captain phasma #kylux #reylo #gingerpilot #gingerrose #huxma #first order #first order triumvirate #who are you? #pointless polls

[catominor]

i know in my heart pompey would be bad at sex

#thuis is about the first triumvirate fmk poll tb.h #feel free to comment other romans who would be bad at sex

[unproduciblesmackdown]

reread the rest thus far of lackadaisy and there's the both v easy & difficult task of gathering a shit ton but only a shit ton of excerpts (like every single page is a highlight i'm not exaggerating)

and every single element is superlative and the way it all only becomes More So....already mentioned the way the like smooth gradient shading made the successful evocation of 3D Shapes more noticeable, along w/the consistent geometries of character design & details in fabric folds; the way Lighting & Coloring only goes on to become more prominent elements only enhances that further. the compositions, backgrounds, pacing, angles....everything is so dynamic & expressive, such as including the expressions which you know i also Love / absorbed

going "hell yes for people to discover this superlative comic" then having to occasionally refresh past site traffic overloaded server errors like "nooo" but actually yes

whilest clapping & cheering for the fun of everyone who's been here a minute. My God the invigorating reward when again i started reading in '07 & the concept of rocky & freckle on a "proper" run had only manifested via fun official bonus art, then a literal decade later as it was actually happening in the comic like screeeeaammm i can feel it coming in the air tonight oh lord etc....i've loved following it, again, if i see another new comic page. i am going to be Enriched

i also really was right on the ball myself this time around like okay okay yep i have picked up on Everything, at least to the degree i can lmao. i love the mysteries. i love how Character Focused it is too ofc and there's no characters i'm uniterested in / dislike. you gotta point to one of them, truly, and i have been a [pointing at freckle] enjoyer these fifteen years but fr i am a connoisseur of everyone, i love that so many characters are a weird mysterious chaos element story driver in their own right. i considered mordecai more intently than ever, love his like ultra mystery (and that we leave off on him doing some detectiving even) and truly fun that like, the source of the more Immediate problems he keeps having in every damn interaction isn't the like [wow mordecai with the just diving into the hatchet murdering] factor so much as it's that he's generally like "i am just standing here" and is not nt in any way that matters and people insist on fucking with him on that front. the peak tragedy of him in a bonus comic getting bullied into having to dance with someone to Be Polite like i'm so sorry i wish you could be that ficus too. anyways intrigued with the marigold &/or mordecai mysteries including that it's like, how coincidental is it that he talks about marigold having a thorn in its side & the savoys' nickname for him is peekon = thorn. there is so much to consider, love that for us truly. and i'm rooting for mordecai & nicodeme's dynamic out here, is another conclusion....very enriched by comparing & contrasting that serafine nicodeme mordecai triumvirate with the rocky ivy freckle one, to be sure. im enriched

i'm also enriched by every footnote that's got like historical facts / research notes / [this is inaccurate for xyz prioritization but here's the disclaimer] explanations. i Love information. and everything else like i loooove this comic it's Soooo Fucking putting my hands to my temples and inhaling at length through my teeth

#first time i've really taken tumblr up on that new thirty image limit expansion; bit of a surprise maybe lol #put your back into autism acceptance month &/or press j; scroll fast; read through it actually; filter the following: #long post // #learning abt the overwhelming popularity of baby ruth candy bars from lackadaisy footnotes? relevant to gtm:pota aficionadoship at one pt #remember discussing what i learned from another footnote abt some christian denominations / other religions being very Anti Prohibition #every time i use the word cagey i think of lackadaisy. cagey thing... we've all been there #fantastic time revisiting and i love to be considering all these characters all the further / with reckless juxtaposition #especially the two triumvirates as mentioned. rooting for them all #rooting for mordecai to be relieved of that v realistic [ppl sensing a Mess With His he is not nt in any way that mattersness Free For All] #either let him be or start shooting at him lmfao. but i Love that the gang had that pleasant nonbrunch together & no shots exchanged yet #more brunches! and i think nicodeme could be mordecai's bestie or w/e he wants. turn out to be Supportive in any way that matters #they are more so the ivy and freckle of their group after all lol. slightly would-be Unlikely coupling there as well anyways; and yet! #i am as enriched and intrigued and appreciative and etc as ever #and reminded that in my rereading i haven't yet gone over all the bonus material lol.... #also stumbled across that sungwon cho had fandubs of lackadaisy comics posted like 9 yrs back?? #which means i probably saw one or two; think i remember one being shared and checking that out #like hey didn't know i'd encountered you before like; vines & oh the lamps are fucking & etc. and now there he goes voicing mordecai yaay #lackadaisy

[theantonian]

Pompey the Great assassinated, September 28th, 48 BC

Upon landing in Egypt, Roman general and politician Pompey is murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.

During his long career, Pompey the Great displayed exceptional military talents on the battlefield. He fought in Africa and Spain, quelled the slave revolt of Spartacus, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates, and conquered Armenia, Syria and Palestine. Appointed to organize the newly won Roman territories in the East, he proved a brilliant administrator.

In 60 B.C., he joined with his rivals Julius Caesar and Marcus Licinius Crassus to form the First Triumvirate, and together the trio ruled Rome for seven years. Caesar’s successes aroused Pompey’s jealousy, however, leading to the collapse of the political alliance in 53 B.C. The Roman Senate supported Pompey and asked Caesar to give up his army, which he refused to do. In January 49 B.C., Caesar led his legions across the Rubicon River from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy, thus declaring war against Pompey and his forces.

Caesar made early gains in the subsequent civil war, defeating Pompey’s army in Italy and Spain, but he was later forced into retreat in Greece. In August 48 B.C., with Pompey in pursuit, Caesar paused near Pharsalus, setting up camp at a strategic location. When Pompey’s senatorial forces fell upon Caesar’s smaller army, they were entirely routed, and Pompey fled to Egypt.

Pompey hoped that King Ptolemy, his former client, would assist him, but the Egyptian king feared offending the victorious Caesar. On September 28, Pompey was invited to leave his ships and come ashore at Pelusium. As he prepared to step onto Egyptian soil, he was treacherously struck down and killed by an officer of Ptolemy.

#pompey #pompey magnus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #first triumvirate #ptolemaic egypt #rome #ancient rome #roman republic #roman history #roman empire #julius caesar #gaius julius caesar #pompey the great #history #ancient history

[uncleclaudius]

28 September 48 BC: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, in English known generally as Pompey, was killed in Egypt.

Here is the modern reconstruction of what he could have possibly looked like based on one of his portraits.

#ancient rome #pompey #gnaeus pompeius magnus #first triumvirate #late roman republic #he looks nice #but they did use to call him the boy butcher