Julius Caesar has been dead for 2068 slutty slutty years.

Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE), accompanied by members of his family, performs a sacrifice of thanksgiving for victory before the temple of Capitoline Jupiter. Bas-relief originally from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius; now in the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Photo credit: Marcus Cyron.

Wanting to be an academic, but academia wants me dead.

Does anyone know any info about what Murat thought about Marc Antony?

I was talking about this in the server earlier today with Yaggy and I just think that the two are quite similar. I could definitely see Murat admiring Marc Antony or, either consciously or subconsciously, trying to emulate him, it would surprise me if Murat didn't like him. Idk if Murat ever even had thoughts about Marc Antony at all though 😭😭😭, but I can still see him treating Marc Antony the way teenage boys treat Ryan Gosling

(forgot the Antony picture, even his curls look like Murat's!!!)

An illustration of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar / bycostello/iStock via Getty Images Plus

I made an Ides of March meme! ^_^

Silly word balloon commentary by me. XD

I'm way too much of a Roman history fan to not get directly involved in this merriment.

Going to uni next month to study English and classical civilisation. Probably going to use here as an escape from my studies, or even a virtual notepad for my thoughts. Follow if you’re into that. Probably Ancient Greek related. Cool. Thanks. Here’s some tags to give the gist of what I’ll probably talk about.

‘I too am happy to have reached the end of the Punic War. I somehow feel I have personally taken part in its hardships and dangers! I realize that it is most inappropriate for one who has made the rash promise to cover all Roman history to flag in specific sections of such a great work; and yet it does occur to me that the sixty-three years between the beginning of the First Punic War and the end of the Second have taken up as many rolls as did the four hundred and eighty-eight years between the foundation of the city and the consulship of Appius Claudius, the man who began the first war with Carthage. I feel like someone who wades out into the sea after being initially attracted to the water by the shallows next to the shore; and I foresee any advance only taking me into even more enormous, indeed bottomless, depths, and that this undertaking of mine, which seemed to be diminishing as I was completing the earliest sections, is now almost increasing in size.’

Livy, from Ab Urbe Condita 31.1

“Property of Gaius Pagurius Gelos freedman of Gaius. // Stranger, stop and look at this lofty tomb, which contains the bones of a little life of tender age. Here I lie buried whose tender age was in its spring-time. I brought dignity to attend on my duty, my wool-making. Plaint fills me at Fortune's lot so hard and unfair. Should you ask my name, the name of 'Salvia' would rise up. I will bid you farewell, stranger. I would like you to be happier.”

Roman epitaph, CIL 1.2161

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I don't think we talk about the Roman political invective enough. Can you imagine if Biden and Trump could stand in front of congress and call each other fat, ugly and gay and this was a legitimate form of political redress

Otto Albert Koch: Varus Battle, 1909

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster (Clades Variana) by Roman historians, took place at modern Kalkriese in AD 9, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus's auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses.

Teutoburg Forest is commonly seen as one of the most important defeats in Roman history, bringing the triumphant period of expansion under Augustus to an abrupt end. The outcome of this battle dissuaded the Romans from their ambition of conquering Germania, and is thus considered one of the most important events in European history. The provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior, sometimes collectively referred to as Roman Germania, were subsequently established in northeast Roman Gaul, while territories beyond the Rhine remained independent of Roman control. Retaliatory campaigns were commanded by Tiberius and Germanicus and would enjoy success, but the Rhine would eventually become the border between the Roman Empire and the rest of Germania. The Roman Empire would launch no other major incursion into Germania until Marcus Aurelius (r. 161–180) during the Marcomannic Wars.

Some of the descendants of the vassal kingdoms, like the Suebi (by suzerainty), that Augustus tried to create in Germania to expand the romanitas and the Empire in a peaceful way would be the ones that invaded the Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries.

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Boys night on the 15th of March, in the senate! so excited so hang out with the boys, heard theres cake, hope someone brought a knife.

Marble bust of Drusus the Elder, aka Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38-9 BCE), stepson of Augustus, brother of the future emperor Tiberius, and successful general who campaigned in Germany before his untimely death (caused by aftereffects from a fall from his horse). Now in the Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 4.0.

high pitched screeching: IM GOING TO THROW MYSELF OFF A BRIDGE!!!!!

Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece. More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

”Men think about the Roman Empire” “What’s the female version of the Roman Empire” SHUT UPPPPP. SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPP. AS A WOMAN I LOVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AS A WOMAN I LOVE ANCIENT HISTORY AND BATTLES AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE “GIRL VERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IM GOING TO STAB YOU 23 TIMES