#Octavia Of The Julii

[domitiaa]

Atia's love for her daughter and granddaughter.

[pedroam-bang]

"This is how history is made."

Philippi - Rome (2007)

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Rome "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)"

[demonhuntingcaterpillar]

If I had to sum up hbo rome season 1 vs season 2, this would be it.

[amvmusicart]

I go first from Rome

[domitiaa]

1. ATIA in this show is a mix between Fulvia (It is no coincidence that she is Mark Antony's lover and proves to be very badass!), Messalina (In the series Atia is a woman who indulges in sexual pleasures while her historical counterpart is described as a moderate woman) and Agrippina Minor (In the series Atia tries to control her family members and particularly cares about Octavian's rise to power). Same thing for other characters like OCTAVIA: she reminds me Julia The Elder (Augustus' daughter), Vipsania (Tiberius' first wife) and Claudia Octavia (Claudius' daughter).

2. I agree. I think "Rome" has the best casting in the history of TV series about ancient Rome. I also found Allen Leech as Agrippa (<3) and Simon Wood as Octavian very suitable for the role.

So I've finally gotten around to watching HBO's Rome and here are my two hot takes:

Where's Fulvia?? they really are doing my beloved Roman dominas dirty :/

Excellent casting for Mark Antony (capturing the slutty energy) and for Brutus (capturing the sad wet cat energy) though

[ancientcharm]

When the Greeks sacked Troy, Aeneas retreated to Mount Ida, carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders and carrying his son Ascanius. His wife Creusa died in flight. He reigned for a time in Ida, then undertook a long voyage across the Mediterranean.

This Trojan hero went through several adventures in which different deities participated including his mother, Venus (Afrodita) . After his father's death in Sicily, a storm blew him astray and washed him onto the shores of Carthage.

Aeneas tells Dido the misfortunes of the Trojan city. Oil on canvas by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1815) Louvre, Paris.

With the intervention of the goddess Venus, queen Dido of Carthage fell in love with Aeneas and wanted them to marry, uniting their lineages. But Jupiter opposed it and sent Mercury to warn him that he must continue his journey and fulfill his destiny.

Dido, outraged at being abandoned , cast a curse declaring that her people and the people descended from Aeneas would be enemies. After this, she stabbing herself with a sword on a pyre.

Death of Dido. Oil on canvas by Guercino (1631)

Back in Sicily, Aeneas celebrated great funeral games in memory of his father, who appeared to him to tell him that he must go to Cumae and descend into the underworld. In Cumae, Aeneas succeeded in having the Sibyl open the gates of Hades for him.

There he met the shadow of Dido, but he also saw his father, who in the Elysian Fields revealed to him the glorious destiny of the people he was to found in Italy.

Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl. Oil on canvas by François Perrier (1646)

He reached the mouth of the Tiber and finally entered a city called Pallantium on the Palatine Hill. There, after going through several epic situations, he married Lavinia, only daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and founded the city of Lavinium, named after his wife.

Aeneas disappeared in the middle of a storm and was taken to Olympus and crowned by his mother Venus. His eldest son Lullius, from whom the Julii descend, founded Alba Longa the hometown of Romulus and Remus.

According to Livy, Lullius is the son of Aeneas and Lavinia, and seems to distinguish him from Ascanius son of Aeneas and Creusa. Silvius, son of Lullius, succeeded him on the throne of Alba Longa. Dionysius of Halicarnassus is the one who says that Silvius was the son of Aeneas and Lavinia, and therefore half-brother of Lulilus (Ascanius)

Years later, Numitor, maternal grandfather of Romulus and Remus and direct descendant of Silvius would be king of Alba Longa

Roman bas-relief, 2nd century: Aeneas lands in Latium leading his son Lullius (Ascanius); the sow identifies the place to found his city : Alba Longa

Over time, coming into contact with civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Romans realized that while everyone else had legends of heroes, epic wars, and several divinities interacting with humans at each event, they only had Mars in their founding story; twins thrown into a river, suckled by a wolf in a cave, adopted by a humble shepherd. And one of the twins ends up dying in a fight with the other.

Romulus and Remus, suckled by the wolf, found by Faustulus on banks of Tiber. Fresco by Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640)

Augustus commissioned the great Roman poet Virgil to create a epic worthy of Rome, but without annulling its legendary founding history.

Through the Aeneid, Rome acquired a prestigious past; a mystical explanation of the three Punic Wars and the destruction of Carthage. Julia gens obtained a divine origin, giving even more legitimacy to the ruling dynasty. Furthermore, this epic exalts the Roman virtues that Augustus so wanted to restore and impose by law.

According to Roman historians, Augustus' sister Octavia faint from emotion upon hearing Virgil reading the Aeneid.

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia. Neoclassical painting by Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787

In the story of the Trojan War as told by Homer, Aeneas appears as a secondary character, after heroes such as the Greek Achilles or the Trojan Hector. Meanwhile Virgil made him a protagonist in an epic that linked the fall of Troy and the founding of Rome.

The Siege of Troy. Oil on canvas by French School ( 17th century)

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@perioddramasource: PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK

Day Two: Favourite Character - Octavia of the Julii in Rome

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Rome (2005) Rewatch Favorite Moments [2/?]

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Brutus: Fuck your mother Octavia: No, YOUR mother

[slashonmydash]

“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –

slender Aphrodite has overcome me

with longing for a girl.”

― Sappho, Sappho

[domitiaa]

AGRIPPA: Why did Octavian do this? MAECENAS: Simple, because Octavia is more likely to have children. What is marriage if not a way to have children? AGRIPPA: It's wrong. IT'S ALL WRONG! MAECENAS: Be careful my friend, or those who don't know you well might think you're in love with Octavia.

This scene breaks my heart every time. Poor Agrippa! </3

[pedroam-bang]

Rome (2005)

“Every city has its secrets“

[idreamhistory]

Octavia and Scribonia preparing the banquet.

- Domina (2021) season 1, episode 2.

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[the-maidofmischief]

Hi! I love so much your icons! May I request some Kerry Condon as Octavia ICONS from "Rome" (HBO)?

Thank you, and sure!

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