#Divus Julius

[didoofcarthage]

Denarius with head of Augustus wearing oak wreath (obverse) and comet with eight rays and inscription Divus Julius (reverse)

Roman (possibly minted at Caesaraugusta, modern Zaragoza in Spain), Imperial Period, 19-18 B.C.

silver

British Museum

[theromaboo]

From now on, I'm writing big tumblr posts in Google docs first. Writing long posts right into tumblr is only a bit better than writing a longfic right into ao3. I accidentally posted the second day of Julius Caesar (thank god it was done) when I just wanted to save it. I thought I had deleted all those hours of work. I need to take a bath, read a book, and go to sleep to recover from the emotions I just experienced.

[xxmarvelouslifexx]

Showing cassius the temple of divus julius.

I'm so sorry babygirl. If you had a grave, I would make sure you had more flowers than that clown.

Full view of the flowers and offerings :)

[superiorsuicide]

Suetonius reports the name Cassius twice among the omens that predicted [Caligula’s] death, first the Cassius commanded to sacrifice a bull and again when Gaius was warned to beware of a Cassius and responded by punishing the wrong one. There were lightning strikes on the significant Ides of March. The wounds inflicted by assassins are carefully numbered at twenty-three for Caesar, and thirty for Gaius, who was evidently thought somehow worse by seven. Gaius was stabbed in the groin, whereas Caesar had covered himself modestly. On the eve of assassination, it was said that Divus Julius dreamed that he flew through the clouds hand in hand with Jupiter; Gaius, on the other hand, dreamed that Jupiter kicked him out of heaven with the big toe of his right foot, thus denying him the dignity of a solid shove.

HURLEY, DONNA W. ‘Rhetorics of Assassination: Ironic Reversal and the Emperor Gaius’ from Suetonius the Biographer: Studies in Roman Lives eds Power, Gibson.

[literarydesire]

I am reading “Divus Julius” from Suetonius’ The twelve caesars” because it’s the main source for my final thesis. It’s really funny in Latin and Suetonius spends the entirety of chapter 49 calling Caesar a bottom. I decided to consult the most popular English translation (A. Thomson) to make sure I was translating all the metaphors correctly and I flip to chapter 49. Nothing. The dude has omitted that chapter and that capter only. The only chapter in which Caesars relationship with Nicomedes is described in detail. Currently fuming.

[famousinuniverse]

Conspiracy and death of Julius Caesar

The senators stabbed Caesar 23 times. The senators claimed to be acting over fears that Caesar's unprecedented concentration of power during his dictatorship was undermining the Roman Republic, and presented the deed as an act of tyrannicide.

This led to a second civil war, in which Mark Antony and Octavian fought the liberatores led by Brutus and Cassius. The Caesarians decisively defeated the outnumbered armies of Brutus and Cassius at the two battles at Philippi in October 42. After the defeat, Brutus took his own life.

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Julius Caesar

Former Roman dictator

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. 

Born: July 100 BC, Suburra, Italy

Assassinated: March 15, 44 BC, Curia di Pompeo, Rome, Italy

Children: Augustus, Caesarion, Julia Caesaris

Place of burial: Temple of Divus Julius, Rome, Italy

Parents: Aurelia, Gaius Julius Caesar

Spouse: Cornelia (m. 83 BC–68 BC), Pompeia (m. 68 BC–62 BC), Calpurnia (m. 59 BC–44 BC)

Full name: Gaius Julius Caesar

[christianityoriginal]

*#breakingbad #iamthedanger #sonofgod #augustus #caesar #JesusTheChrist #thetrueemperor* In 42 BC, Julius Caesar was formally deified as a god "the divine Julius" (divus Iulius) after his assassination. His adopted son, Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD, during the decades just before Jesus started his ministry) thus became known as divi filius (son of god). Augustus Caesar, promoted himself as the Son of God by means of propaganda (Eg. *Coins)* through the ends of the Roman Empire, including the Roman-occupied nation of Israel. 'At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.” *They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”* He replied, “You say that I am.” Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.” Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, *“We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar* and claims to be Messiah, a king.” Luke 22:66-71; 23:1-2.

[lustlovehart]

Characters

✫彡These are fandoms I’m free to talk about, though that doesn’t mean I’ll write for them, like i’m open to talk about danganronpa characters but not really write abt them if yk what I mean.

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Scaramouche/Wanderer, Kaedehara Kazuha, Zhongli, Childe, Diluc, Kaeya, Venti, Arataki Itto, Thoma, Kamisato Ayato, Albedo, Shikanoin Heizou, Raiden Shogun/Ei, Yae Miko, Yelan, Shenhe, Ningguang, Beidou, Tighnari, Cyno, Dehya, Alhaithiam, Baizhu, Pantalone, Arlecchino, Wriothesley, Neuvillete, Navia, Clorinde, Furina, Lyney, Dottore, Capatino, Columbia

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Malleus Draconia, Vil Schoenheit, Idia Shroud, Leona Kingscholar, Cater Diamond, Rook Hunt, Trey Clover, Lilia Vanrouge, Riddle Rosehearts, Jamil Viper, Azul Ashengrotto, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech, Kalim Al-Asim, Silver, Ruggie Bucchi, Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Epel Felimier, Sebek Zigvolt, Jack Howl, Rollo Flamme, Neige Leblanche, Honest Fellow, Crowley, Divus Crewel, Skully J. Graves

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Chrollo Lucifer, Illumi Zoldyck, Feitan, Kurapika, Phinks, Machi, Shizuku,

✫彡Your turn to die (Up to chapter 2 pt.2)

Keiji, Joe, Sou, Kai, Gonbee, future characters to add

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Aki, Angel, Quanxi, Kishikibe

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Roronora Zoro, Sanji, Ace, Robin, Nami, Monkey D. Luffy

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Mr. Crawling, Mr. Scarletella, Mr. Chopped, Mr. Silvair, Mr. Hood, Mr. Gap, Mr. Machete

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Last updated: September 30th 2024

[nervousbreadpuppy]

roman senate: dude we've gotta stop caesar, hes trying to become a god! we cant let that happen we've gotta kill him.

*they kill him*

*two years later*

Rome: yo here's our new god Divus Julius.

[restitutor-orbis]

I only bought The Twelve Caesars just so I can stan over the Julio-Claudians. Specifically Augustus, because, you know, that man was pretty. 

[labormyego]

“He died in the fifty-sixth year of his age, and was ranked amongst the Gods, not only by a formal decree, but in the belief of the vulgar. For during the first games which Augustus, his heir, consecrated to his memory, a comet blazed for seven days together, rising always about eleven o’clock; and it was supposed to be the soul of Caesar, now received into heaven: for which reason, likewise, he is represented on his statue with a star on his brow. The senate-house in which he was slain, was ordered to be shut up, and a decree made that the ides of March should be called parricidal, and the senate should never more assemble on that day.”

- Suetonius

Happy Birthday to the Divine Julius

[navree]

suetonius randomly blurting out that whenever augustus got sick he liked to stay at maecenas’s home over anything else..............why the fuck would you say that suetonius. why.

[spaceintruderdetector]

Et tu, Judas? Then Fall Jesus!    2004  https://archive.org/details/ettujudas.thenfalljesus

About two thousand years ago, a great man who was renowned for forgiveness and magnanimity was betrayed and slain by his compatriots who feared he would become their King. To the chagrin of his murderers, he was soon hailed as a God and the momentous events that ensued paved the way for the birth of Christianity.The venue for this drama, however, was not Jerusalem as might be supposed, but rather the eternal city of Rome. It is a description of the founder of the Roman Empire. In a work stranger than fiction, Gary Courtney propounds that the Jesus of Nazareth that graces the pages of the New Testament is an entirely mythological personage, and presents a step by step explanation of how the beloved Saviour of the Christian religion entered the world from the wings of a stage.

[vaeputodeusfio]

On this day: January 1, 42 BCE

Julius Caesar is posthumously granted the title Divus Iulius by decree of the Roman Senate.

[lionofchaeronea]

Denarius of the Roman emperor Augustus. On the obverse, the head of Augustus, wearing the corona civica (a crown of oak leaves, given to one who had saved the lives of Roman citizens); on the reverse, the comet seen in July 44 BCE that was held to mark the deification of Augustus' adoptive father Julius Caesar, with the inscription DIVUS IULIUS (the Deified Julius). Artist unknown; minted in Spain, 19-18 BCE. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

[arts-dance]

Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Death of Caesar

English: Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of reality that Gérôme imparted to his paintings with his smooth, polished technique led one critic to comment, "If photography had existed in Caesar's day, one could believe that the picture was painted from a photograph taken on the spot at the very moment of the catastrophe."

Italiano: Giulio Cesare è stato assassinato a Roma alle Idi di Marzo (15 Marzo 15), 44 a.C. Gérôme dipinse non il fatto in se, ma i momenti immediatamente seguenti. L'illusione di realtà che Gérôme infonde ai suoi dipinti con la propria tecnica morbida e pulita portò alcuni critici a commentare, "Se la fotografia fosse esistita al tempo di Cesare, si potrebbe credere che il quadro fosse dipinto in base alla foto presa sul luogo nel momento della catastrofe."

Depicted people

Julius Caesar 

Marcus Junius Brutus

Depicted place Theatre of Pompey

Date between 1859 and 1867

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-The_Death_of_Caesar-_Walters_37884.jpg

Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) Title The Death of Caesar

The Death of CaesarA vivid portrait of one of history’s most momentous conspiracies.

History Today | Published in History Today Volume 69 Issue 7 July 2019

A huddle of conspirators walks away from the lifeless, bloodied body of Julius Caesar, having stabbed the great Roman general and statesman 23 times on the Ides, or 15th, of March, 44 BC.

Caesar had recently been declared dictator perpetuo by a Senate fearful of its rumoured abolition in a series of reforms by Caesar, who had a substantial following among Rome’s Plebeians. Senators, of whom Cassius and Brutus were most prominent, had formed themselves into a grouping, the Liberatores, in an attempt to restore the Republic.

Caesar had recently announced his impending departure on a military campaign to subdue the Parthian Empire. If action was to be taken by the conspirators, now was the moment.

The setting for Caesar’s assassination was to be the Theatre of Pompey, where Brutus had organised a series of gladiatorial contests, to which he had invited the dictator. Caesar had been warned of various plots on his life, but Brutus persuaded him that the Senate would be disappointed if he did not attend. His ally Mark Antony, similarly suspicious, tried to intervene, but he was detained outside the theatre by the plotter Servilius Casca.

On his arrival, Caesar was presented with a petition by Lucius Tillius Cimber for the return of his exiled brother. When Caesar refused, Cimber manhandled Caesar, pulling down his toga. As Caesar cried ‘this is violence’, Casca thrust a dagger at his neck – and then the mob struck. Blinded by the torrent of blood that poured from his wounds, Caesar fell on the steps of the Curia.

His last words have been subject to centuries of speculation. He did not say the Shakespearean ‘Et tu, Brute’, but he may have uttered, as the Roman chronicler Suetonius claimed, ‘You too, child’.

The conspirators headed for the Capitol but were met by a bewildered, fearful crowd, who began a destructive fire. Civil war followed and the conspirators, led by Cassius and Brutus, were defeated at the Battle of Philippi in Macedonia in 42 BC by forces under the command of Mark Antony and Caesar’s nominated successor, Gaius Octavius, who became the Emperor Augustus Caesar. Augustus declared his predecessor a god – Divus Iulius – the same year.

The Death of Caesar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, was painted for the Exposition Universelle of 1867, held in Paris. It hangs in Baltimore’s Walters Art Gallery.   

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