#flacca

[fiercerthanyou]

Fulvia With the Head of Cicero

Fulvia Flacca Bambula, 77-40 BC. J.-C., The wife of Marc Antoine, plays with the decapitated head of Cicero, executed on the orders of her husband.

Descended by her mother from Scipio Africanus, she is the first Roman woman to appear on a contemporary coinage.

Pavel Svedomsky, 1898,

Oil on Canvas,

Height: 67.5 cm (26.5 in); width: 138.5 cm (54.5 in)

[teresaofichabod]

Snippet of the Rome things!

Chapter 5 The Game of God- Seperis: 

We meet Fulvia (Dean’s companion) when Cas is attacked in the mess in Ichabod.

She introduces herself as Charon’s heir & knows who Castiel is. Castiel mentions that “Charon would better guard her barge from Elysium’s residents”. This means: 

So in Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of the underworld. He carries the souls across the rivers Acheron and Styx. (wiki charon)

As payment for this, Charon receives a coin that was placed in the mouth of the corpse. (britanica) 

In Greek and Roman mythology, Elysium was the place of rest for the dead. It is also known as the Elysian Fields or the Elysian Plain. (encyclopedia)

Fulvia answers that “before Charon crossed the Rivers Styx and Acheron for the last time, they passed to Elysium their claim to all that was within their domain” making her an heir. 

This is a reference to Lucifer killing all the Gods. So before Charon was killed, they made Elysium their heir.

She goes on to tell about ‘the Barge of the Dead alight on the shores of the world before Lucifer’s eyes and laughed when the Rivers refused to allow him passage by our order, our claim upheld. They laughed even as the Misborn offspring of Cynothoglys he released upon her fed until nothing remained.’

Here we can see references to: 

That Lucifer got Cynothoglys raped and that the Misborn that formed from it. We also see part of this scene later in the book.

Later we can see Fulvia & Castiel talk about Castiel’s brothers and that Fulvia was now here to give him company and comfort like Castiel did for her grandfather (Gaius), his mother (Cornelia) & her (Fulvia). Castiel seemed shocked that she knew this she smiles and says: ‘Did you think I would not know a Messenger when one stooped to manifest before me? My mother (Sempronia Minor) was not so lax in my education.’ 

This references all the names that Castiel is known for. Such as Messenger. We see later in The Game of God that Cornelia summoned Castiel.

Castiel thinks about how she “walked the Forum Romanum where women were never before welcome like her grandfather before her, …, stood before the rostra itself with the masses to scream her support, raised an army under her own name to march to Rome and went to war against the living, breathing penalty of the gods… and was betrayed by a man (Marcus Antonius) not fit to so much as speak her name”.

This is a reference to Fulvia’s life. She was one of the most influential women in Roman history. She was the first woman to ever appear on a Roman coin. 

In 42 BC Fulvia was the most powerful woman in Rome. According to Cassius Dio, Fulvia controlled the politics of Rome.

In 41 BC the tensions between Fulvia and Octavius led to a war. Together with Lucius Antonius, Fulvia led 8 legions to fight in the Perusine War. Her army occupied Rome, even though it was short. Lucius surrendered and Fulvia fled to Greece with her children. Marcus Antonius put Fulvia to blame for whatever happened and than married Octavian’s sister. Most of Fulvia’s children were executed or taken away from her (wiki fulvia).

Like Sarah writes in History today (...) Fulvia was a courageous woman, who was more at home in a military camp than behind a spinning wheel. She was more than someone’s wife. She was the unofficial fourth member of the Triumvirate. 

Later Fulvia says, “how does avia? I would know her as you do. Is she well? Castiel answer with ‘yes. yes, i’d say so.’ Fulvia says ‘I look forward to meeting her’”.

I don’t know what this means. Avia is Latin for Grandmother. Fulvia’s grandmother is Cornelia. We don’t really know what’s going on with Cornelia so I’m not going to go on about this.

Then Castiel asks why Fulvia is here on earth now. Fulvia answers: “the murder of Charon must be avenged, and I earned first right to their blood. While the Misborn live, for one sevenday per year i may hunt them on earth.” 

This shows why Fulvia is there right now. She’s trying to murder the Misborn and like we know The Misborn are waiting for the barrier to go down to get to Nate, Allison & Jaya. 

She then says: “we hold the five rivers, but he still claims the shores and the Door; his creatures patrol the shores in his name, and we will not have it.”

This references: 

The five rivers—Acheron, Styx, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Lethe—each had their own distinct function in the religion and mythology of the Greek underworld along with a unique character to symbolize the respective emotion or god associated with death. (greek reporter).

Cerberus guards the gate that serves as the entrance to the underworld also known as the Door (greek underworld).

Lucifer claims the shores and the Door, but the heirs of Charon control the rivers. This means that the Misborn can’t get to the Door and that Lucifer doesn’t have control over everything.

[historical-kitten]

Women of the Late Republic of Rome & Early Roman Empire on a Modern Date

Cornelia Cinnae

She is absolutely lovely and a sweet soul. The kind of woman you would give up a dowry, your inheritance, and your priesthood for even under the threat of violence. Her ideal date is a tour through a large, public garden. If you end up together, you'll stay together since she inspires that kind of devotion.

Calpurnia

'Stand by your partner' is her motto. Feeling like being Emperor? No problem. She will support you! She'll also finance your date and take you to a public festival to show off your relationship. (Watch out for nearly naked men with crowns.) If she happens to have a weird dream, just listen to her, okay?

Servilia Caepionis

She will take you to a remote, romantic place with candles and gauzy curtains. Dinner AND breakfast will be in bed. The conversation is stimulating, she's beautiful and intelligent, and she knows all the best gossip in town. She will send love notes to your Senate meetings/workplace during the day.

Fulvia Flacca Bambula

She tends to prefer handsome individuals, but once she's loyal to you, she'll be your Ride or Die. (And she doesn't care who has to die to get what you both deserve.) Date wise, Fulvia would enjoy something active and exciting. Take her to a sporting event, a Ninja Warrior competition, an escape room, or go on a hike. She'd love to follow that with a sumptuous dinner and the severed heads of your enemies laid before you in time to enjoy dessert.

Livia Drusilla

Much like Fulvia, this woman is an ideal partner for those who want power. Unlike Fulvia, she's subtle about it. Livia is clever, influential, and could be the perfect politician's wife. Due to her work ethic, she could use a relaxing spa date that includes a massage. Don't worry, the poisoning thing is only a rumor. (And doesn't everyone deserve better than Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus?)

Octavia Minor

An absolute sweetheart, she is the kindest of the bunch and "a marvel of womankind." Octavia loves the arts, so heading to an art museum, a play, or even a poetry reading would be appreciated. This woman will literally go to the ends of the earth for you--including Athens after you finish a terrible military campaign. She's the complete package, but keep two things in mind. One: she comes with children and most likely will adopt more. Two: she also comes with her brother Octavian/Augustus as a possible new in-law.

Porcia Catonis Brutus

Affectionate and intelligent, she's a deeply loyal choice. She will remind you of your good qualities and keep you on the correct path so long as you trust her with your burdens. She will even support your need for a political assassination. Her ideal date may actually be a masquerade ball. You get to dress up, dance, wear masks, and it would really be a perfect time for a side meeting of similarly inclined couples. (Possibly Junia Tertia could come with her partner, for instance.)

Clodia Metelli

Her ideal date involves listening to you read her poetry and then a nice picnic outside. She enjoys discussing philosophy as well as every political player in town. She's charming and experienced, just don't expect it to last or you'll end up like Catullus.

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopater

Her charm is famous throughout multiple lands and her wisdom and prowess equally lauded. Not only is she a brilliant politician, she is interested in science, the arts, and can speak over seven languages. Cleo is an amazing partner and her love is worthy of fighting a civil war over. Seriously. As far as dates, she would enjoy a scenic, luxury cruise on the river. Just beware that once you have her in your life, you will be unwilling to live without her.

Julia the Elder/Julia Caesaris filia

She is a very passionate woman who loves literature, culture, and a good nightlife. If you take her on a date, expect to either go for a night of pub crawling or to a fancy cocktail party complete with glittering outfits. Julia wants a good time, but her kindness and empathy are famous, as are her quick wit and rebellious ways. She is worthy of getting yourself exiled or worse over.

Type of post originated by @just-late-roman-republic-things

So many wonderful women to choose from, it was difficult! I just didn't want to have too many choices... Maybe a part two? Junia Tertia, Tullia, Pompeia, Atia, Julia Antonia, Attica are just a few others I wanted to include.

Also Cleopatra was involved with the Late Republic of Rome so I included her even if she is obviously not Roman herself.

Please reblog if you want and definitely vote for the girl bosses.

[theantonian]

Fulvia AR denarius issued by Marcus Antonius. Rome mint, ca. 42 BC, 3.5 gm, 17.0 mm. Ob. draped bust of Fulvia as victory. Rev. victory in biga holding reins of two horses. Inscribed, L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS

Mark Antony's 2nd wife Fulvia was the first roman woman to be portrayed on coins. Beautifully toned attractive portrait of Fulvia Flacca Bambula. Somewhat rough around the edges and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.

[lamilanomagazine]

Fondi: Appuntato Scelto dei Carabinieri salva in mare una donna che stava annegando

Fondi: Appuntato Scelto dei Carabinieri salva in mare una donna che stava annegando. In Fondi, Via Flacca, presso uno stabilimento balneare della zona, un appartenente all’Arma dei Carabinieri, Appuntato Scelto dei Carabinieri in servizio presso il Reparto Volo dell’Arma con sede a Pratica di Mare, libero dal servizio, mentre si trovava sulla battigia scorgeva in acqua, in evidente difficoltà, una donna che stava annegando.... Leggi articolo completo su La Milano Read the full article

[danielemontigiani]

New Nikon Z6 test! @flacca12 portrait! #nikonz6 #nikonitalia #nikoneurope #portrait #basketballplayer #flacca #adidasita @nikonitalia @nikonproeurope @simonetecias @soul_pix @adidasita (presso Rovereto, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuB1ivKjfEs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lwykmcoeinlx

[von-eldritch]

//Hellsa is really mean and terrible about it but that sentiment comes from a real place I do not find that man attractive and it’s NOT because I’m a lesbian it’s because he looks like he’s cousins with shadow the hedgehog and the joker respectively

[dare4--distancee]

I got my best friend in here

Flacca and Martiza aren't my favorites but i finished the new season last night and I'm still crying that they separated them, they are such a good match for each other, and 100% i need a friendship as strong as Flartiza

[astraque]

Helen Weiand: All women after 50 BC know is be crazy, not weave, be androgyne, eat garum and lie

[rabbitsoverload]

Flacca(white) has crossed the rainbow bridge tonight. Me and her husbun are heartbroken. Send thoughts and prayers.

[met-photos]

Lyngbya flacca, Anna Atkins, ca. 1853, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005 Size: Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.) Medium: Cyanotype

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/291633

[thequeeryareader]

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

10/10

Great for: everyone! But 14+ and anyone wanting to learn more about trans issues especially.

So Cemetery Boys was probably the biggest hit queer book of 2020 and it so deserved it. It's just an insanely good book. Yadriel is a trans boy who wants to officially become a brujo to prove himself to his family and community, who do not believe that a trans person could achieve this. Yadriel goes through the ceremony in secret after his cousin is murdered, hoping to find his cousin's spirit. Instead, he finds the spirit of Julien, a stubborn spirit who refuses to cross over.

One of the things I really admired about this book was its trans representation. Yadriel is such a well written character and Thomas puts you in his shoes from early on- you are as sure of his gender as he is, to the point where I was genuinely confused at some points when he was misgendered. Thomas also shows that Yadriel, and another trans girl named Flacca, don't necessarily pass because they don't have access to the tools to transition, from hormones to legal name change- he makes a point of showing that this doesn't invalidate their gender, but highlights how much tougher it makes life for them. Yadriel is also gay, and while I'm not going to spoil anything, the romance in the book is so beautiful. There's a particular line from Yadriel's love interest written in Spanish, and it was so beautifully romantic that I actually gasped out loud.

The other brilliant aspect of the novel is the representation of Latinx and brujx culture. The details of everything from the preparations for the day of the dead to Yadriel's relationship to his goddess, Lady Death, is so wonderfully rich and fleshed out. The mystery of the plot is so deeply tied in with Yadriel's culture that all the detail is necessary, but it never feels expository, and I left this novel having learned a lot.

Cemetery Boys is an outstanding queer romance, and Aiden Thomas is a superb writer who I can't wait to see more from.

[damecuratedgoods]

#aeneaslanding #vitasemplice #sulmare nella #natura #gaeta #lazio (στην τοποθεσία Via Flacca Gaeta-Sperlonga) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS_IWlKIU60/?utm_medium=tumblr

[trucidavit]

;;was talking to my sister about how it's like 25C in the UK, and we were like 'like, 25 degrees is... go outside without a jacket. until a cloud covers the sun for a sec and ur like fuck i need a jacket for a solid minute or two before taking it off again'

[theantonian]

IULLUS ANTONIUS: Antony's only surviving son

He was the son of the Triumvir Mark Antony and his second wife Fulvia Flacca Bambula.

He was raised in his father's divorced wife Octavia's household after he was orphaned when his father committed suicide following his defeat at the battle of Actium in 30 BC.

Iullus was to leave for Alexandria along with this elder brother Marcus Antonius Antyllus according to their father's wishes sometime in 34 BC, but for reasons unknown, his stepmother Octavia only sent Antyllus and kept him with her.

Named after Julius Caesar by his father, Iullus married his stepsister Claudia Marcella Major after her divorce from Agrippa in 21 BC. He became praetor in 13 BC, consul in 10 BC and Asian proconsul in 7 BC and was said to be highly regarded by Augustus. He is mentioned by Horace in his own poetry where he speaks of an occasion when Iullus intended to write a higher kind of poetry praising Augustus for his alleged success in Gaul. Iullus was a poet and is credited with having written twelve volumes of poetry on Diomedia sometime before 13 BC, which were destroyed after his death.

Although when it began is unsure, Iullus became a lover of Julia the Elder. Marcus Agrippa died in 12 BC and Julia had been forced to remarry her stepbrother, Tiberius. Julia's marriage to her stepbrother had become a disaster and she was desperate to divorce him. Tiberius had left Rome in 8 BC leaving Julia and her five children by Agrippa, Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Agrippina the Elder, and Agrippa Postumus, in Rome. Julia felt that her children were unprotected and may have approached Iullus to be a protector for her children, especially her two elder sons, Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar, who were Augustus' joint heirs.

Tacitus censures Augustus in “calling, as he did, a vice so habitual among men and women by the awful name of sacrilege and treason, he went far beyond the indulgent spirit of our ancestors, beyond indeed his own legislation.”

In the telling of Cassius Dio:

when [Augustus] at length discovered that his daughter Julia was so dissolute in her conduct as actually to take part in revels and drinking bouts at night in the Forum and on the very rostra, he became exceedingly angry. He had surmised even before this time that she was not leading a straight life but refused to believe it. For those who hold positions of command, it appears, are acquainted with everything else better than with their own affairs; and although their own deeds do not escape the knowledge of their associates, they have no precise information regarding what their associates do. In the present instance, when Augustus learned what was going on, he gave way to a rage so violent that he could not keep the matter to himself but went so far as to communicate it to senate. As a result, Julia was banished to the island of Pandateria, lying off Campania, and her mother Scribonia voluntarily accompanied her. Of the men who had enjoyed her favours, Iullus Antonius, on the ground that his conduct had been prompted by designs upon the monarchy, was put to death along with other prominent persons, while the remainder were banished to islands. And since there was a tribune among them, he was not tried until he had completed his term of office. As a result of this affair many other women, too, were accused of similar behaviour, but the emperor would not entertain all the suits; instead, he set a definite date as a limit and forbade all prying into what had occurred previous to that time. For although in the case of his daughter he would show no mercy, remarking that he would rather have been Phoebe’s father than hers, he nevertheless was disposed to spare the rest. This Phoebe had been a freedwoman of Julia’s and her accomplice and had voluntarily taken her own life before she could be punished. It was for this that Augustus praised her.

Both contemporary and modern historians have suggested Iullus had designs upon the monarchy and wanted to marry Julia before her children Gaius and Lucius came of age possibly to form some sort of regency. Although no substantial evidence was ever provided by Augustus for such a claim. It is possible that she planned to divorce Tiberius and make Iullus Antonius protector of her sons.

The scandal finally broke in 2 BC, Augustus took action on his daughter Julia's alleged promiscuity. Iullus was exposed as her prominent lover. The other men accused of adultery with Julia were exiled but Iullus was not so lucky. He was charged with treason and sentenced to death. He was either executed or according to Velleius Paterculus, died by his own hand rather than be humiliated by execution.

He had at least 3 children with Claudia Marcella, namely Iullus Antonius, Lucius Antonius and Iulla Antonia.

Image: Juan Diego Botto as Iullus Antonius in Imperium: Augustus

[danielemontigiani]

• monday night • #flacca #FCBB #match @flacca12 @fcb_basketball @nikonproeurope (presso Audi Dome) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Hsi0xCWmh/?igshid=186fjxohcdor8