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brother-emperors · 5 months

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revisiting crassus, clodius, and the bona dea scandal! but this time with a new composition and a limited color palette

originally when I drew the first version of this idea, it was back when I thought that crassus would be a week long fixation at most (lmao), and instead he just. took up permanent residence in my mind. it seemed like a fun thing to go back to an earlier idea and see what changed now that I've spent a lot more time with everyone involved in this era!

also the way these two interlocked politically. I am. biting into it.

The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East, Gareth C. Sampson

Crassus: the First Tycoon, Peter Stothard

Crassus: A Political Biography, B. A. Marshall

Crassus, Clodius, and Curio in the Year 59 B.C., Robert J Rowland, Jr.

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#for example. i even know who catulus and caelius are now. i did Not know who the fuck they were when i drew the original one #now im like. wow. those sure were some allegations. goddamn #i forgot that ive drawn crassus and clodius fucking before. i'll revisit that someday. ANYWAY. time for some organizational tags #marcus licinius crassus #publius clodius pulcher #roman republic tag #do i. have a tag for the bona dea scandal. i should #drawing tag #ALSO the first tycoon book. it's not a good reference point. i disagree with uhhh like a good third of it. BUT it is an EXTREMELY sexy #read. i would love an HBO show using this book as a point of inspiration. im not kidding. id watch it so fast #i was reading something that implied clodius role in the bona dea scandal was actually partially crassus' machinations #to undermine both caesar AND pompey. and once i finish digesting THAT thought. i will. draw a comic probably

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ovidiana · 3 months

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Clodius? Clodius.

#publius clodius pulcher #tagamemnon #clodius #it's been 2075 years....#artists on tumblr

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girlcatilina · 5 months

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what if we we started a cycle of violence on the streets of late republican rome and then took turns murdering each other. what then.

#milo and clodius are such special boys #to me personally #this dynamic is so *bites*#tagamemnon #publius clodius pulcher #titus annius milo #queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra

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just-late-roman-republic-things · 3 months

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Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Publius Clodius Pulcher and I have long ebony black hair (when I'm sneaking into the Bona Dea rite) with purple streaks and red tips and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Sempronia the conspirator (AN: if u don’t know who she is get da hell out of here!). I'm related to Clodia Metelli but I wish I wasn't because she's a major fucking hottie. My brother's a witch, and we're in the senate in Rome where I'm a tribune of the plebs. I'm a plebeian (in case you couldn't tell, CICERO) and I wear mostly black. For example today I was wearing a black toga with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was walking in the forum. A lot of optimates stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

#sometimes you get serious political essays and sometimes you get this #just roman memes #publius clodius pulcher #my immortal #jlrrt speaks

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catilinas · 3 months

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publius clodius pulcher has been dead for 2075 slutty slutty years

#publius clodius pulcher #tagamemnon #beeps

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p-clodius-pulcher · 4 months

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I’m sorry I can’t stop thinking about eating Clodius. Like, how the city that loved him because he passed a law that kept them fed took him and burnt his body and feasted in front of the flames. The way people that tried to claim parts of his legacy by marrying his widow or championing his causes or appealing to the people the way he did. Cannibalize that weird guy now!

#just had a really hot bath I never have baths but ion vacation u know how it is so now insane?#category 7 pcp moment #unfortunately I’m obsessed with his death #publius clodius pulcher

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the-little-fox-in-the-box · 3 months

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rest in piss prettyboy

#ancient rome #publius clodius pulcher #twink obliterated #calendar posts #clodius #clodius pulcher #dark souls

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edwardscissorfeet · 13 days

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what the HELL is this @/publius claudius pulcher?????? your coward ass is always hiding behind press releases. you are a SPINELESS LOSER. you're still patrician and that's FINAL.

#publius clodius pulcher

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the-roman-imperatrix · 4 months

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“Medea of the Palatine” isn’t even an insult. I’d be so proud if a famous person called me that.

#clodia metelli #clodia #Cicero really missed the mark with this one #ancient rome #publius clodius pulcher

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0w0whatisthis · 4 months

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You can tell exactly where I decided I'm tired but that's okay < 3

#mags arts #publius clodius pulcher

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garland-on-thy-brow · 6 months

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When Claudia Pulchra's uncle is Clodius, and her husband Brutus' uncle is Cato. Presidential alert: the uncles are fighting.

#claudia pulchra #marcus junius brutus #marcus porcius cato #publius clodius pulcher

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salplover · 1 year

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HAPPY CLODIUS MURDER DAY

#Publius clodius pulcher

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aristocraticvision · 2 years

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Chapter 56: Catalina

When consular elections were held that year, such was the flagrant use of bribery by the winning ticket that the senate quickly annulled the results and called for a new election in October.

On this occasion, Catalina took the opportunity to submit his name as a candidate, but Pius was more than ready – calling on the senate for a ruling that only the original candidates would be able to stand.

In a fury, Catalina began hanging about with unsavory company, walking the forum with violent ruffians, making threats and kicking up trouble whenever he had the chance.

“Some in the senate have already demanded his censure,” Cicero said. “Unfortunately, his advocates among the aristocracy are shielding him.”

“I should have thought Catalina much to uncouth for their tastes,” Quintus said.

“Even the boni know how to make use of a street fighter when the occasion demands it,” Atticus observed. “After all, many a cultured household is protected by a savage dog or two.”

Still, no one had volunteered to take on the Africans’ case against Catalina – much to Cicero’s relief – until one day one of Cicero’s former students, Marcus Caelius Rufus, rushed into my master’s library.

“Clodius!” he cried breathlessly. “Clodius has agreed to prosecute Catalina!”

Cicero was stunned. Publius Clodius Pulcher, a young man in his early 20s, was chief among a group of disreputable noblemen (of which, sadly, young Rufus was a part) who continually drank and whored their way around the city. Clodius – a patrician Claudian who embraced the common spelling of his name as an affectation to endear himself to the head count – was rich, intelligent and exceedingly arrogant.

“What would such a creature be doing in a law court?” Cicero joked, standing to face his guest. “Except as a defendant, of course.”

But Rufus defended his friend.

“Say what you will, but Clodius is brilliant,” he said. “If you need greater proof, just plan on visiting the extortion court tomorrow morning.”

Cicero was determined to be there, and, just after sunrise, dragged me to the forum to watch.

Soon after, a group of young men strode regally across the forum to the court’s table. One of them, a golden-haired Adonis, stepped forward, and his voice rang out.

“I am Publius Clodius Pulcher, son of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul,” he said, his voice deeper and more resonant than his look would suggest. “I come before you to lay charges against Sergius Catalina for the crimes he committed in Africa. That province and its people demand justice!”

His friends applauding, Clodius turned on his heel and marched off through the surprised crowd, leaving Cicero shaking his head. He turned to me.