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skiffst · 6 months

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i love when academics are like this

from the translator's introduction in my copy of antigone... she's his blorbo.... <3

#books #aesthetic #ancient greece #classical history #ancient greek #ancient history #dark academia

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burningvelvet · 1 year

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A Roman doll with moveable joints and accessories was found in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphaena, an unmarried 20-year-old woman. The sarcophagus is dated to the late 100s (2nd c. AD) making the ivory “Crepereia Doll” nearly two thousand years old.

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firnen-the-teragram-teabag · 13 days

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mearegent · 9 months

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“Name one hero who was happy”

- The song of Achillies, Madeline Millar

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darkmagyk · 5 months

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Hannibal is problematic this, Hannibal is problematic that.

Has it ever occured to you that Rome started it.

#and maybe those elephants had it coming #classical history #tagamemnon #hannibal

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bantarleton · 5 months

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Legion XXI “Rapax.”

#history #military history #Rome #romans #Roman #Roman legion #ancient history #classical history

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copperbadge · 1 year

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As many as 30 semi-precious stones have been discovered by archaeologists almost 2,000 years after their owners lost them at a site in modern-day Carlisle, just behind Hadrian’s Wall.

The stones had dropped out of their ring settings, their glue probably weakened in the steamy baths. They were simply flushed into the drains when the pools and saunas were cleaned.

#your daily news digest #roman history #classical history #jewelry

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opera-ghosts · 10 days

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A performance of Gounod Opera „Faust“ at The Metropolitan Opera 1893.

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inc0rrectmyths · 9 months

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Hephaestion: Just tell me what happened.

Alexander: Okay but you have to promise you won't get mad.

Hephaestion: I promise.

Alexander: Ok so I was minding my own business-

Hephaestion: Bullshit!

Alexander: I was!

#macedonian sillys #alex just committed another arson nothing to worry about #just another regular day #also he can't mind his own business his petty ass just can't #alexander of macedon #alexander the great #ancient greece #ancient history #greek history #classical greece #classical history #hephaestion

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the-merry-otter · 1 year

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In the same vein as Medieval Playlist That You Shouldn’t Play To Your Historian Friends, I now bring you the fresh, new, funky, and still somewhat under construction, “This playlist may either appeal to or horrify your local classics major”

#history #music #classical history #classical reenactment #ancient greece #ancient greek #i’ll be on my merry way now

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geekysteven · 1 year

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Them: you'll get more conservative as you get older

Me:

[Image description illustration of Cato the Elder addressing the Roman Senate. Text with a gradient matching the trans flag reads "Furthermore, trans kids must be protected"]

#image described #image description added #described images #Cato the elder #trans rights #Furthermore Carthage must be destroyed #punic wars #classical history

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Not only did the volcano destroy the economically powerful city of Pompeii, but Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae were also buried and thus lost to the Roman Empire. The number of victims is unknown, but given the size of the four cities, estimates have reached over 18,000 individuals.

Today only one first-hand account of this horrific event survives in two letters from Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitus. They are preserved as letters 6.16 and 6.20 in the collected Epistles of Pliny. Among our holdings of the works of Pliny is this 3-volume set of the Epistles with William Melmoth’s 18th-century translation edited by Clifford Herschel Moore, and printed by the Harvard University Press in an edition of 405 copies for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, in 1925.

While the term ‘volcanic eruption’ evokes scenes of lava and fire, the reality is much more frightening. Curiously, there is no word for volcano in the Latin language. While ancient Romans were aware of the destructive power of volcanoes, there’s some debate about whether they were aware that Vesuvius was a volcano before its eruption. Signs of the eruption began back in 62CE with a great earthquake that caused much of the city to collapse. Smaller earthquakes continued over the next 15 years until one was accompanied by the rise of a column of smoke from Mt. Vesuvius in October 79 CE.

The hot gases that made up the column of smoke began to cool, darkening the sky, and not long after a rain of pumice began to fall, and after 15 hours ceilings began to collapse. Nevertheless, many residents chose to take shelter rather than flee. At 4am the first 500C pyroclastic surge barred down the volcano, burying Herculaneum. Six more of these surges occurred before the end of the eruption, destroying Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae.

The 17-year old Pliny was in the port town of Misenum across the Bay of Naples from the volcano at the time. Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet at Misenum, launched a rescue mission and went himself to the rescue of a personal friend. The elder Pliny did not survive the attempt. In Pliny the Younger’s first letter to Tacitus, he relates what he could discover from witnesses of his uncle's experiences. In a second letter, he details his own observations after the departure of his uncle.

Mt. Vesuvius is still active and according to volcanologists, erupts about every 2000 years, which would be right about now. Who will be our next Pliny the Younger?

Our copy of The Epistles of Pliny is another gift from our friend and benefactor Jerry Buff.

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– LauraJean, Special Collections Undergraduate Classics Intern

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firnen-the-teragram-teabag · 13 days

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Juno/Hera @ the Trojans

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classical-hunger-games · 1 year

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The Classical Hunger Games

Submit your ancient blorbos here

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I'll do this once the Ides of March competition finishes as well as one of the other two I'm running

All tributes and matches will be randomized

Run by the same person as @hellsite-hungergames, @musical-hunger-games, @the-ides-of-march, and @gender-envy-tournament because I decide to run polls instead of doing anything useful

Inspired by blogs such as @greekmythssexywoman @trialsinthelateromanrepublic (SURE ITS NOT A TOURNAMENT BLOG BUT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR LIKE A MONTH NOW AND I LOVE IT) @thecompetitionshowdowntournamentcompetiton and @theultimatefunnymanshowdown

#tagamemnon #hunger games #classics #poll #polls #ancient hunger games #classical history

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sir-will-herondale · 1 month

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Are you bored? Celebrate the Ides of March by playing Pin The Knife On The Julius Caesar!

#1 more day everyone #ides of march #julius caesar #rome #ancient rome #history #classical history #roman history

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bantarleton · 4 months

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Alexander III of Macedon receiving Celtic emissaries, by the legendary Angus McBride.

#history #ancient history #military history #classical history #Alexander the great

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