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diioonysus · 8 months

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history + last words

#history #mary wollstonecraft #oscar wilde #giles corey #agrippina the younger #pliny the elder #matoaka #pocahontas in other names but i just went with her actual name #jack daniel #historyedit #words #art

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uncleclaudius · 2 months

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Statues of Agrippa and Augustus side by side on the Cologne City Hall. It was Agrippa who first settled the Germanic tribe of the Ubii in the area and the settlement was known as Ara Ubiorum.

Agrippa's granddaughter Agrippina the Younger was born in the town, which became an important military base, in 15 AD when her father Germanicus was campaigning against the Germans. In 50 AD on Agrippina's urging Claudius promoted it to the Colony and it was renamed Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. Her statue is also featured on the city hall, a short space from these two.

#ancient rome #roman empire #marcus agrippa #augustus #emperor claudius #cologne #cologne city hall #agrippina the younger #colonia claudia ara agrippinensium #personally it always makes me smile when i see modern statues of ancient people in modern setting #history is alive #unfortunately agrippina's statue has that ungrateful brat nero by her legs and that's just meh

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gwydpolls · 9 months

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Time Travel Question 15: The Library of Alexandria (Latin Edition)

If you have any non-Library of Alexandria lost works suggestions or more library of Alexandria items, please pop them in below for future polls.

#Time Travel #Emperor Claudius #Etruscan #Carchedonica #Petronius #Satyricon #Sulla #Agrippina the Younger #Livy #Pliny the Elder #Trajan #Dacians #Sulpicius Alexander

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cesareeborgia · 8 months

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

requested by anonymous

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wyrmsfornerves · 1 year

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hi i would die to read agrippina the younger's memoirs actually

#tagamemnon #ancient rome #roman history #agrippina the younger #caesonia #livia drusilla #messalina #i definitely haven't been sitting on a short comic about agrippina for a year now that i havent finished #also i just realized i mispelled drusilla's name whoops #wyrmsfornerves #my art

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karaviav · 3 months

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Seneca x Agrippina

aka an historically inaccurate depiction of how the roman empire could've been saved (doomed forbidden romance) ((took some liberties with their designs))

#the roman empire IS my roman empire #agrippina x seneca the one true toxic straight romance #seneca's design is inspired by mio figlio nerone/my son nero (1956) where hes played by vittorio de sica byw #roman empire #agrippina the younger #seneca #artists on tumblr #my art #traditional art #historical fanart #art #ancient rome

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wolframpant · 2 months

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I, Claudius Episode 13 Old King Log

I have been too benevolent. I repaired the ruin my predecessors spread. I reconciled Rome and the world to monarchy again. By dulling the blade of tyranny, I fell into great error. By sharpening that blade I might redeem that error. Violent disorders call for violent remedies.

#i claudius #bbc i claudius #claudius #emperor claudius #derek jacobi #narcissus #pallas #agrippina the younger #barbara young #britannicus #tiberius claudius caesar britannicus #ancient rome #roman history #roman empire #perioddramaedit #it is done

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agrippinaes · 9 months

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anonymous requested: an edit of your favourite ancient roman figure

AGRIPPINA THE Y O U N G E R | fancast: jessica brown findlay for just a minute, she was the most powerful person in the entire western world. until she made the official announcement, she was empress and there was no emperor. and i wonder if, for a heartbeat, she considered taking it for herself. just a single heartbeat, because she was too pragmatic and sensible and aware of the realities of the world to really try it, but just for that heartbeat, do you think she was tempted? her husband lay dead on the bed. her son was just seventeen. she was thirty-nine, and a widow for the third time. she had been a sister of the emperor, hailed by him and adored, and she had been an exile. she had been terrified for her life so many times, terrified her son would not meet adulthood. she had been worshipped in asia and adored in rome. she was the daughter of germanicus, the great-granddaughter of augustus. she had her divine blood. she had ruled the empire like no woman before her. she was agrippina augusta, the first and last. | agrippina: empress, exile, hustler, whore by emma southon, 2018

#historyedit #ancient rome #agrippina the younger #julia agrippina #roman history #history #ancient history #mine #thank you! this was a lovely request

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duxfemina · 2 months

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Who of the many women that surrounded Mark Antony could you see yourself being FRIENDS with? Not who you admire the most but who you'd enjoy drinks and dishing the dirt with the most

It's honestly kind of hilarious how the "Julio-Claudian" Dynasty is really a bunch of Antonians. Over half of the emperors and most of the influential women of the family are all Antonians

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theromaboo · 6 months

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Every day I learn things (BRITANNICUS' STEPMOM WAS HIS COUSIN)

#i dont know how i only realised this today #i knew that caligula was britannicus' cousin for ages and ages #and i knew that caligula's sister was agrippina the younger for ages and ages #but my brain never put the two together until now #darn julio claudians #everytime i think i understand their family tree i find out i dont #ancient rome #roman history #julio claudian dynasty #britannicus #agrippina the younger

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 2 months

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Ave jlrrt! Has leído Agrippina de Emma Southon?

¡Hola! Yo no, pero mi amigo @theromaboo lo ha leído. Si recuerdo, dijo que el libro tiene prosa interesante y divertida, pero la autora no menciona sus fuentes. Para mí las fuentes son importantes para comparar y verificar los datos. Pero, quizás ocupe el libro un papel importante, porque hay pocos libros sobre las vidas de mujeres romanas para el público en general. La mayoría de los que he leído están escritos para un lector algo académico.

// Hi! I haven't [read Agrippina by Emma Southon], but my friend theromaboo has. If I recall, they said the book has fun and interesting prose, but the author doesn't mention her sources. For me the sources are important for comparing and verifying information. But perhaps the book has an important role, because there are few books about the lives of Roman women for the general public. Most that I've read are written for a somewhat academic reader.

#just roman asks #agrippina the younger #emma southon

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uncleclaudius · 7 months

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Agrippina the Younger, mother of emperor Nero, the last wife of emperor Claudius.

#ancient rome #agrippina the younger #ancient art #i wish we had her memoir #in my opinion the second most tragic figure in the drama of julio-claudian dynasty

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girlcatilina · 7 months

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rip agrippina the younger you would have loved lana del rey

#just roman memes #agrippina the younger #ancient history #ancient rome #tagamemnon #queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra

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nymph-of-water · 26 days

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The fact that in the museum of ancient Olympia (in Greece) they have Agrippina the Younger across from Poppaea Sabina 🤨😐

#agrippina the younger #julia agrippina #agrippina #poppaea sabina #nero #emperor nero #roman empire #augusta #roman history #roman statue #greece

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daily-rayless · 1 year

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Nero and her mother Agrippina.

I’ve done semi-historical takes on Elizabeth Bathory and Attila/Altera, and now it’s Nero’s turn. This is based on a famous sculpture of Nero being crowned by his mother, Agrippina the Younger. This would have been made during their lifetimes, and while their features and attitudes were probably idealized and not life-accurate (I doubt Agrippina ever walked around carrying a cornucopia), it still gives us a general idea of how they looked -- and wished to be perceived.

Nero and Agrippina are both notorious for being utterly evil, and I’m not saying much of it wasn’t deserved, but reality is always more nuanced. For centuries, there’s been this question of how much Agrippina shaped and manipulated her son, who was only seventeen when he became leader of the most powerful empire in the western world. This sculpture was commissioned to show Agrippina’s loyalty and patriotism (which would be bound up with piety) and motherly support. But I think it’s so interesting that Nero’s conventional contrapposto stance makes it seem like he’s shrinking away from her.

Fate’s Nero is a much more likable figure than the historical Nero. I wanted to show her on the brink of adulthood, faced with impossible pressures and responsibilities.

#nero claudius #agrippina the younger #fate #fate/extra #fate/grand order #2023

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wolframpant · 6 months

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Ava Gardner as Agrippina in AD (1985 Miniseries)

#agrippina the younger #agrippina minor #anno domini 1985 #ava gardner #she is gorgeous #and probably my favourite portrayal of her #ancient rome #perioddramaedit

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