#alexandria the great

[orangechickenpillow]

Roy wanted to die so badly he accidentally became a father

[cainibilza]

Watching The Fall again after several years. Think last I saw this movie was back in 2016. Back then I can't truly appreciate it the way I do now and there's a lot more to uncover. And I'm happy that the end of the movie, both Alexandria and Roy actually get to hang out much longer, to heal one another in a little and dimly depressing hospital, reimagined into vast and colourful world as they journey together in another epic fantasy. I wish I knew what story Roy gonna tell next and I could imagine too Alexandria keep cutting in saying "No, not like that Roy!". Or "You keep talking about cats, where is the dragon? You promised to let me ride on it!"- and then the trajectory of the story changes again 😂

[samssims]

Being a toddler is hard

[misty--nights]

Fandom: The Weight of the Stars Pairing: Ryann Bird/Alexandria Macallough Words: 1,464 Summary: After an emergency on their ship, Ryann and Alexandria have a conversation

[political-us]

Congress members call for the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil:

[miyusxie]

forever grieving the fact that with the burning of the library of alexandria, we probably lost alexander the greats patrochilles fanfics

[sleepytigereyes]

His what

[horseflyannihilationmachine]

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[jeannereames]

Popular history seems to like the idea that Alexander named so many cities after himself as an act of vanity. Was this actually a strategy to legitimize his reign, propaganda for his new regime, or was this just a common feature of Antiquity (both Greek and Asian)?

Cities Named Alexandria

I’ll go with Door Number Three.

As funny as some of the “Alexandria” memes are…after the first 20, they get old. I do enjoy memes, but far too many about Alexander involve the multiplicity of “Alexandria”s. The others are often puns on Alexander “the Great”…again, funny if it’s one or two. Not-so-funny after you’ve seen the umpteenth. But yes, much of this is cultural expectation + Daddy + vanity.

First, the number is often exaggerated. Plutarch claimed 70, but that’s way too high. And of those we can verify, several were founded after he died by Successors making use of his name. The number of verified cities ranges from the teens to about twenty, maybe a few more. roughly half on the eastern side of the Tigris. Why does that matter? They’re hill forts, not “cities.” Most didn’t last any length of time, either. Nor, I suspect, were they meant to. Alexander was making an attempt to formalize a border with these outposts, then peopled them with veterans he needed to retire because they were wounded or too old.

Most of these cities had an additional epithet to indicate where they were. So “Alexandria Eschate” meant “Alexandria the Farthest,” which today is probably Khujand in Tajikistan. It actually lasted as distinctively Greek down to the first century BCE. That owed a lot to the Greco-Baktrian kingdom that emerged from the eastern carcass of the Seleucid Kingdom. Alexandria Arachosia, called in the medieval period “Alexandria of the East,” is, today, Kandahar, Afghanistan. There are even a few cities not named after himself, such a Bucephaleia, after his horse. But another was named just “Nikaia”—victory.

But of note is that many of these had a military purpose, or which a few later took on a life of their own. But far more of them went “poof” over time and we have no idea where they actually were. Later Successors also used their own names for cities, such as Lysimachia, Antioch, Kassandreia, and Seleucia. And even their wives! Apama got a city of her very own (Apamea). As did Thessalonike (Thessaloniki).

Alexander wasn’t the first to do this. His father founded two cities, one that still bears his name: Philippi, but also Philippolis (Plovdiv). The later even recently got a new archaeological park in Bulgaria. (The article is hysterical, as apparently people turned out to take pictures of the local soccer/futbol star, rather than the archaeological site.) In any case, as in so much else, Alexander was following in his father’s footsteps.

Peter Fraser did the standard text on this, The Cities of Alexander the Great (1996), so now 30 years old. Some recent archaeology has added correctives, but if you’re really curious, that’s the place to start. War in these areas has tended to halt much archaeology, and the historiographic (e.g., textual) problems (unaffected by modern political struggles) are laid out well in his work.

[ancientegyptdaily]

ANCIENT EGYPT BY TRAIN (2023) — 1.01 Alexandria

[samssims]

[chauves0uris]

this is very important to me: what do yall think is kevin's favourite historical period/favourite event/historical whatever? i need to talk abt this more

[illustratus]

Sandstorm at Sea - The British Fleet off Alexandria by Montague Dawson

[artdcnaldson]

ok so the thing is, at this point in time, art is so mean and cruel to reader, like hes hot and sexy, but mean. and he absolutely prioritizes his own pleasure far above hers. so i was thinking a little thought, im 100% convinced that art would pinch readers nose closed while fucking her face... :) probably after she said something extra bratty, or flirted with one of the guys from the tennis team. basically hes sick of her bullshit and wants her to suffer the consequences. whilst either or maybe alternating between, holding her head down on his cock, and smacking her cheeks. all whilst calling her a little slut :(((

i luv him, i need him

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Ohhhhh agree <3

We got a little of it in the vignette where Art fucks her throat at her house and pinches her nose closed (pre-breakup) but I knowwww he would’ve done it before.

He sees you talking with one of his teammates (a sophomore named Ryan) at a party after he told you to stop fucking hovering around him. He knew it was to get back at him, the way you smiled and put a hand on his arm while you laughed at his jokes. Ryan wasn’t that funny. Ryan wasn’t funny period.

But yeah </3 he has to tug you into a spare bedroom, push you to your knees, and sink his cock into your mouth. You moan around him, lashes fluttering as your eyes grow all wet and slick with tears. He pops your cheek and you whine.

“You looked so fucking trashy throwing yourself at the team. You know people talked about it in the locker room, right? About how desperate you were. I’m teaching you a lesson. This is how guys treat sluts,” Art moans. Your tongue laves at the underside of his cock. He doesn’t know how you know to do that— you must’ve been whoring yourself around. It pisses him off just to think about. He thrusts deeper, holds your head down on him until your throat constricts and you gag.

You’re panting when he pulls you off, lips drooly and strung with spit. You look up at him, suck on his tip, swirl your tongue around the head like you would a fucking lollipop. It makes him crazy. You do that to him. “You’re such a— fuck- god- that fucking mouth— a fucking whore.”

You nod, press a sweet kiss to his tip. “I wanted you to notice me,” you admit. “You only notice me when I’m with other boys. You’re jealous.”

His jaw ticks. That was the wrong fucking thing to say. He grabs the back of your head, bottoms out until his dick is buried in the warmth of your throat. It’s hard for you, he knows, but you must’ve been practicing, or something, because he finds less resistance than he thought there would be. “I’m not fucking jealous,” he says, breathy and fucked-out just from your mouth.

You look up at him, and there’s a sort of knowing in your gaze, an understanding. He can’t say anything to convince you otherwise. He is jealous, you know it, he wants you so bad, you just have to convince him more.

It pisses him off. He pulls out of your mouth, lets you take a few deep inhales, and then he’s thrusting back into your mouth, holding your nose closed so you stop fucking thinking it’s a reward for being such an easy slut. He fucks into your mouth, all hot and wet and suctioning around him. You’re whining, all muffled and drooly. Small little hands pushing against his thighs as you claw for air.

Jesus, that shouldn’t get him hard. He’s a better person than that, he’s not Patrick.

But you’re looking up at him with half-lidded eyes, crying out even though your words are muffled by his cock down your throat. He pulls off, lets you take a heaving breath, and buries himself back inside that perfect fucking mouth of yours.

He doesn’t cum in your mouth, even though he wants to. You’d probably like it if he did. He pulls out, leaves you panting and gasping beneath him as he glazes that pretty face of yours with his cum.

He grabs his phone, snaps a picture before you can react. Your eyes widen in surprise and you stand up, scrambling to take it from him. “I could fucking send this around, let everyone know how easy you are,” he threatens.

“Art, stop—“ you whine. “Delete that.”

He laughs at the sight, of you jumping for the phone he’s holding above your head, lips swollen, face painted with thick ropes of his cum. He could tell you to fucking roll over and you would. He grins. “I’m not going to, because I’m a good person. Because Patrick would fucking kill me if he found out you were getting run through by the tennis team.”

“So what’s the point?” You ask, as you grab one of his shirts and wipe your face off, grimacing at the sticky smear on your skin.

Art just shrugs, settles on his bed. “Maybe I just like seeing you be the one to squirm for once.” He rolls his eyes, pats your cheek and nods for the door. “I’ll see you at the party Shawn’s hosting, right?”

Confusion flickers across your expression but you nod. “Yeah, uh, if you think I should—“ He nods and you smile, all pretty and hopeful. “Okay, yeah. I’ll see you then.”

You’re practically skipping on the way back to your dorm.

WE’RE BACK WITH STANFORD ERA PATRICK’S SISTER AU AND EVERYONE CLAPPED!!!!!!

Angst is fun but i missed the mess i missed the drama. I hve to return to my roots (being crazy)

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 10: Ancient History III

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration. I'm combining some similar ones, so some are going to be a little vague. I'm going to also split into a whole lot of different polls because there were so many good and creative ideas. (Seriously, I love the people of Tumblr).

Please add new suggestions for this category below if you have them for future consideration.

You are welcome to suggest specific things from the Library of Alexandria. There will be polls for that.

[eightspringdays]

i like the meronia fandom because there's top tier art, top tier stories and top tier people and I just think that's neat