#same goes for the medici. lorenzo bought a slave and one of the medici cardinals had a human zoo. also the siege of florence | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

brother-emperors · 1 year

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HAIL TO THE KING, BABY

it's like. the horror of war and bodies and the gore of power that demands people be brought violently under the heel. something else about renaissance discourses on tyranny, too. everything repeats itself. everything repeats itself. everything---

Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar, Lionel Noel Royer, The siege of Florence, Stefano Ussi

Caesar and Genocide: Confronting the Dark Side of Caesar's Gallic Wars, K. Raaflaub, The Medici, Mary Hollingsworth

#comparatives tag #some people. on this webbed site. have some interesting brain rot about julius caesar. that is incredibly reductive in several ways #and it makes me think that some people. never did any reading outside of JC and tiktok #the idea that caesar is a Pro Common People figure comes with the implication that victims under roman imperialism ARENT people to you #he's an interesting figure with a lot of nuance for discussion but this site can get so reductive sometimes like good grief #same goes for the medici. lorenzo bought a slave and one of the medici cardinals had a human zoo. also the siege of florence #italian renaissance tag #roman republic tag #julius caesar #beware! the ides of march!

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