#DUELLUM

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DUELLUM_ installation at Lift étage by Tomoaki Okaniwa

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Another Pokèmon oc is here!

Meet Wanda Duellum! If you're familiar with my oc Mary you should know that Wanda here is one of Mary's many cousins! She is the 12 year old psychic type trainer of their family who was actually born blind and relies on psychic abilities she possess to sense her surroundings! Despite the fact it leads her to always feel out of energy

[cursecuelebre]

Roman Goddess Bellona of Warfare and Bloodlust

Attributes:

Warfare

Valor

Bloodlust

Madness in Battle (Frenzy)

Destruction

Devastation

Diplomacy

Symbols:

Torch

Whip

Bloodied Hands

Snakes/Serpants

Sword/Spear (Javelin)

Helmet

Shield

Blood

Festivals:

She was celebrated on June 3rd by her priests called Bellonarii to prepare blood sacrifices they would wound their arms and legs. On March 24th, the Days of Blood is performed (dies sanguines) which were pretty violent way of worship of the goddess which is explicit but all I say it involves flogging hence the whip symbolism. I am not going to go into detail I don’t even know that’s allowed but if you are curious please do take the time of research the rites for historical context. But please for all that is holy PLEASE DO NOT RENACT THESE RITES ITS VERY DANGEROUS AND OUTRIGHT EXTREMELY HORRIBLE if you are sensitive to self harming or blood then please do be careful when researching this topic. If you wish to worship Bellona THERE ARE OTHER ACCEPTABLE WAYS OF WORSHIPPING HER WITHOUT HARMING YOURSELF. I just needed to address that this post is just for education purposes.

General Information

Lady Bellona was the Roman goddess of Warfare and bloodlust. Indigenous to Italic tribes of Italian pennisula, she is said to be linked with the ancient Sabine Goddess Neiro (War goddess of Valor). Her name is derived from Duellum (War, Warfare) but also Bellum (Valor in war).

Her temple was established in Rome around 296 BCE during the war with Etruscans and Samnites by Appius Claudius. They hung shields on walls in the temple dedicated to the goddess. The temple was a place where foreign ambassadors would go for safe keeping, victorious generals to meet the seneators after a successful campaign.

To declare war on an enemy, the respected priest of diplomacy would throw a Javelin onto the opponent’s land as a declaration of open war. She had shrines and temples was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire however due to her violent nature she was not often worshipped openly or often. It is said that she is the Sister-Wife to Mars, she is identified with the war goddess Enyo. She went to war with Discordia, Furies, and Stife to put terror within her enemies.

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Goddess Bellona

Bellona is both a mother and a battle Goddess, being the female equivalent of Mars with a distinct diplomatic twist. Those who call upon Bellona receive strategy, tactfulness and a keen sense of how to handle explosive situations effectively.

Also called: Bellola, Duellona (from an earlier Latin word for war, duellum)

Bellona Image: Mahaboka

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[stelladeaindomita]

Bellona derived from Duellona which is itself a derivative of Duellum meaning war/warfare

Goddess of War, Destruction, Conquest, and Bloodlust.

[boberta]

very common sound change that affects many languages is the change of a dw sound into a b sound like latin "duellum" becoming "bellum" in vulgar latin or english "sandwitch" becoming "sammich" in vulgar english

[songesoleil]

Source : Christie’s

DUELLUM : combats de coqs. 1906.

« Deux guerriers ont couru l’un sur l’autre ; leurs armes

Ont éclaboussé l’air de lueurs et de sang

Ces jeux, ces cliquetis de fer sont les vacarmes

D’une jeunesse en proie à l’amour vagissant. »

Art by Gustave-Adolphe Mossa (Nice :1883-1971)

[swordacademy]

Champions of the Duellum. Congratulations to Dan for 1st Place, Theo for 2nd Place, Pete for 3rd Place. Everyone did exceptional over the past 3 weeks. Well done to all. #fencing #martialarts #rapier #longsword #Duellum #competition (at The Manley Academy of Historical Swordsmanship)

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- Charles Baudelaire, Duellum from Les Fleurs Du Mal

[thatmonroe]

Two combatants charged!

Their fearsome swords

brightened the air with fiery sparks and blood.

Their clashing blades

clinked odd serenades

reminding us: youth’s inspired by overloud love.

But now their blades lie broken, like our hearts!

Still, our savage teeth and talon-like fingernails

can do more damage than the deadliest sword

when lovers lash about with such natural flails.

In a deep ravine haunted by lynxes and panthers,

our heroes roll around in a cozy embrace,

leaving their blood to redden the colorless branches.

This abyss is pure hell; our friends occupy the place.

Come, let us roll likewise here, cruel Amazon,

let our hatred’s ardor never be over and done!

- Charles Baudelaire, Duellum

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I've got a new pokemon oc!

Meet Pearl Duellum! An 8 year old girl originally from the Kanto region who spends most of her time traveling to different regions with her mother, a pokemon professor! Pearl is actually one of Mary's many cousins! Though a first cousin once removed

[an-american-experiment]

Then stand, Alexander. Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn. You’re on.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Duellum - duo bellum - is where the phrase war of two came from. Duels came from medieval contests of a pair of two knights in Europe. They probably originated as early as the sixth century C.E. Part of this was that it was a way of dealing with conflicts when the courts did not settle things - this was notorious in Medieval Europe.

By 1804 honor was about all Burr and Hamilton each had left and they both took insults to their honor very seriously - most 18th and 19th century men of a certain class would have. Both of them had plenty of lurid tales in the media that surrounded them, and they both were on the brink of financial ruin. They had grown extra sensitive to attacks as they grew older, things they might have brushed off a decade before incensed them now - they angered more easily, things touched them more deeply. But Hamilton most likely did not want to kill to defend honor, while Burr might very well have - having been in duels before.. 

As brilliant as Hamilton may have been, he did make rash decisions that could affect his life for long afterwards - they way he left the army, writing the Reynolds pamphlet, joining this duel. He could be thoughtful - or tied between the two aspects of who he was. Hamilton’s inability to apologize, inability to keep thoughts about Burr to himself, aggravated Burr to no end. He might have been able to prevent the duel from happening - but he did not. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout.

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Because time will pass, right?

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Have a picture of my RP OC Zoey Wright - powerful mage and ex lawyer. She’s wearing her duellum dress - the duellum is a high scale event among the mages to showcase their power (and wealth sort of). And as the apprentice to one of the princes of the royal court she has to look the part. 

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