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I could maybe forgive Caesar for his life if it wasn't for what happened after his death! Hoebag literally screwed everyone over.
Didn't acknowledge Caesarion as his heir. Didn't even mention Antony at all. And saddled the world with the nightmare that was a young Octavian who now had clout. If he hadn't promoted that bloodthirsty twirp by making him his heir I could almost forgive him for the things he did in his life.
#roman history#ancient rome#roman empire#how often do you think about the roman empire#ancient history#julius caesar#augustus#caesar#octavian#Octavianus#roman civil war#caesar augustus#gaius julius caesar#caesars will#ides of march#cleopatra#cleopatra vii#marcus antonius#mark antony#caesarion#ancient egypt
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#Rome#Roman Legions#Roman civil war#classical era#I couldnt find who the artist is. If you know lease DM so I can tag them!
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How Did Julius Caesar Change the Course of History?
#julius caesar#roman history#ancient rome#roman empire#gallic wars#historical figures#military strategy#roman politics#roman civil war#crossing the rubicon#caesar assassination#historical impact#leadership#ancient world leaders#world history#educational history
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The 'Carnyx' Nightmare of the Roman Soldiers
The Carnyx was a brass musical instrument used as a psychological weapon of war by the ancient Celts between 300 BC and 200AD in western and central Europe and beyond.
The carnyx was once widespread throughout much of Europe, although only a dozen or so fragments are known to us.
It was carried by bands of Celtic mercenaries; it was present at the attack on the Greek sanctuary at Delphi in 279 BC; it defied Julius Caesar in Gaul; and it faced Claudius when he invaded Britain. They are even shown on a Buddhist sculpture in India, proof of the far-flung connections of the Iron Age world.
However, they were not only used by the Celts; they were also used by the Dacians in modern Romania. The term “Celtic” is a complicated one. The concept of a pan-European Celtic culture is a myth; rather, aspects of art and technology were shared across vast distances by diverse cultures. The carnyx was one example of this.
A 12-foot-long, thin bronze tube with right-angle bends on both ends made up the carnyx. The lower end ended in a mouthpiece, and the upper end flared out into a bell that was usually decorated to look like a wild boar’s had. Historians believe it had a tongue that flapped up and down, increasing the noise made by the instrument. The carnyx was played upright so that the boar’s head bell protruded well above the warriors’ heads. Its primary goal was to create more noise and confusion on the battlefield.
The Greek historian Polybius (206-126BC) was so impressed by the clamor of the Gallic army and the sound of the carnyx, he observed that “there were countless trumpeters and horn blowers and since the whole army was shouting its war cries at the same time there was such a confused sound that the noise seemed to come not only from the trumpeters and the soldiers but also from the countryside which was joining in the echo”.
And the Roman historian Diodorus Siculus wrote, “Their trumpets are also of a peculiar and barbaric kind which produce a harsh, reverberating sound suitable to the confusion of battle.”
Archaeologists discovered a hoard of ritually destroyed weapons in 2004, including a dozen swords, scabbards, spearheads, a shield, bronze helmets, an iron helmet shaped like a swan, a cauldron, animal remains, and seven carnyces. Before the Tintignac discovery, the remains of only five actual carnyces had been found.
The finest was unearthed in Deskford, Scotland in 1816. The Deskford carnyx only has the boar’s head bell and is missing the mane, tongue, and tubing. Images of Carnyx players have been found as well. A Roman denarius, dating from 48 BC bears a representation of a Carnyx. Three carnyx players are featured prominently on the Gundestrup Cauldron, which was found in a Danish peat bog.
One of the seven found at Tintignac, on the other hand, was almost entirely complete. The Tintignac Carnyx was broken into 40 pieces. When puzzled back together, it was found to be just an inch short of six feet long with a single missing section of the tube. The bell was a boar’s head with protruding tusks and large pointed ears. Once restored, the Tintignac Carnyx proved to be the first virtually complete carnyx ever found.
By Leman Altuntaş.
Music video by John Kenny.
#The Carnyx#The 'Carnyx' Nightmare of the Roman Soldiers#Iron Age war trumpet#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#celtic mythology#celtic history#roman history#roman empire#roman legion
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Iacta Alea Est! (The Die is Cast) Caesar’s crossing of the river Rubicon precipitated Caesar's civil war, which ultimately led to Caesar becoming Dictator Perpetuo (dictator for life) thus effectively ending the Roman Republic. Caesar had been appointed to a governorship over a region that ranged from southern Gaul to Illyricum. As his term of governorship ended, the Senate ordered him to disband his army and return to Rome. As it was illegal to bring armies into Italy (the northern border of which was marked by the river Rubicon) his crossing the river under arms amounted to insurrection, treason, and a declaration of war on the state.
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And the experience of each man was peculiar. For Pompey's name and power were greater in the city when he was away from it, owing to his campaigns; but when he was at home, he was often less powerful than Crassus, because the pomp and circumstance of his life led him to shun crowds, retire from the forum, and render aid to a few only of those who asked it of him, and then with no great zest, that he might keep his influence the more unimpaired for use in his own behalf. But Crassus was continually ready with his services, was ever at hand and easy of access, and always took an active part in the enterprises of the hour.
Plutarch, Crassus
from the vault of half finished one shots and rejected scenes! what a pair of guys! some real complementary personality stuff going on with these two!
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#where’s that paper that’s all ‘Fulvia was a manager and Antony was manageable’ there’s a similar dynamic going on here#but it’s both of them @ each other. Crassus does have a very political manager type of. vibe. though. so it could apply to multiple people#roman republic tag#komiks tag#also this is why Pompey and Caesar were a bad match. like of course they were going to get divorced civil war style#anyway. the new tvxq song. any older kpop fans here. ‘So say you want me cause I’m down’ is rattling around in my head abt these two#when they decided to fuck politics together. like oooooh you two chose each other for real#if I was staging a movie or smth the scene where they shake hands on it would be when changmin does THAT with his vocals#tris homines#marcus licinius crassus#gnaeus pompeius magnus
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Dating sim but it takes place in 50 BCE and your real goal is to prevent Caesar and Pompey's civil war, using such tools as:
The mos maiorum
Thinly disguised homoeroticism
Fulvia's hitman agency ("You hire, the jerk expires!")
Hortensius' funeral (great for matchmaking)
Three consuls named Marcellus who all look alike
A chariot drawn by panthers
Hiding the fasces so neither consul can do anything
Mark Antony (nude)
Inserting an extra month into the year at the most inconvenient moment possible
Mithridates VI (dead)
Clodia Metelli's definitely-not-poisoned dinner parties
Cato's harem of Greek philosophers
Undisguised homoeroticism
Replacing Cicero with an identical double so you can smuggle him back to Rome early
Mithridates VI (alive)
Springing Vercingetorix, leader of the Gallic revolt, from jail
A secret fourth Marcellus
A rotating amphitheater/highly flammable death trap
Vampire Sulla (undead)
Appius Claudius Pulcher (necromancer)
Julius Caesar's fucked-up horse (missing)
Great Caesar's ghost (currently in Great Caesar's body...unless?)
A man-eating eel named Lucius Tiddlypuss
Cato's tits (out)
Unrepentant homosexuality
A team of priests streaking and hitting people with whips
Strategically-placed sacred chickens
Moving the "Rubicon" sign in the middle of the night so Caesar hasn't actually crossed it yet
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Caesar's Remorse at the Death of Pompey by Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
#louis jean françois lagrenée#art#julius caesar#pompey#rome#roman#romans#civil war#roman republic#ancient rome#ancient egypt#egypt#history#antiquity#europe#european#caesar
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Jey: “Better listen to your damn daddy, bruh.”
#wrestling#wwe#solo sikoa#jey uso#roman reigns#the bloodline#the bloodline civil war#money in the bank#mitb#my videos#jey was too damn proud of this line like everybody hadnt been saying the same damn joke to him and jimmy for years#sami said it not even that too long ago#i know he was just feeling it sitting in his soul and had to project it out onto someone else lmao
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I feel about Pompeius Magnus the exact same way I feel about Hector of Troy and I feel like if you know you know
#hector#hector of Troy#troy#trojan war#greek heroes#greek mythology#the iliad#greek myth#Pompeius Magnus#gnaeus pompeius magnus#roman republic#roman empire#roman history#how often do you think about the roman empire#my roman empire#my Roman empire is the Roman empire#they're just good guys fighting for lost causes who love their families#Pompeius didn't really want to fight Caesar and you can't convince me otherwise#Civil wars#roman Civil war#civil war#Julius Caesar
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My roman empire is that people should make more big budgeted musicals about the ancient civilizations. We can have an Epic of Gilgamesh musical, the Trojan War, and any ancient story that was passed down through song for generations.
I wanna hear our ancestors come alive again and hear the beautiful words and stories that they’ve so passionately sang and written about-for us not to forget about them.
#roman empire#epic of gilgamesh#trojan war#achilles#ancient history#ancient civilizations#greek poems#middle eastern poems#persian poems#musicals#epic the musical
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THE USOS ARE THE ONES
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Jimmy! 😭😭😭
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Like or reblog if you’re a fan of both The bloodline (Roman,Jimmy,Jey(formerly),Solo&Paul) and a fan of Cody Rhodes. Trying to see how many other people fuck with all of them like I do
#seen a lot of hate/civil war type shit#like give me all of them on my tv screen always#the hero Cody the big bad bloodline villains I love it all#cody rhodes#the bloodline#jey uso#roman reigns#jimmy uso#solo sikoa
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i need to stop being so so scared of discord. but unfortunately: i am so so scared of discord :(
#this post is about discord the app but upon rereading it could also be about like#1st century bce romans fearing yet another civil war#beeps
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