#julius/marius

[diioonysus]

“There is much that is exhilarating in the atmosphere of a ball room. The light, music, company, and even dancing itself, are all conducive to high spirits; be careful that this flow of spirits does not lead you into hoydenism and rudeness. Guard your actions and your tongue, that you may leave the room as quietly and gracefully as you enter it.” (x)

[duxfemina]

It's the late Roman Republic...

Now put in the tags what you selected and who you THINK it's referring to... Because I sneakily had at least two people in mind when I made each option and when the poll is over I'll reveal who I had in mind for each option

[violetbirdie]

Emperor's Children before the fall.

From Left to Right: Julius Kaesoron, Marius Vairosean, Lucius, Lord Commander Eidolon

[ohtobedevoured]

Oversimplifying relationships-

Marius and Sulla: Friends to lovers gone wrong

Pompey and Caesar: "I need head" taken too seriously

Antony and Octavian: Marriage was disaster, divorce was political calamity

[aautoccanibalissm]

In my head Marius looks like this weirdly attractive bust of Julias Caesar. I know that in the books he’s blond and stuff but honestly thats just Anne Rice and her fetish for annoying blonde men. If he’s a roman then he would look like he was from Italy at the very least, not like a briton or a gaul. This bust of Caesar has that haughty better-than-you stare and regal aquiline bone structure that would make him stand out in ancient rome but also in renaissance italy and today.

[mariussuggestions]

If I had been at the Stabbening you know I would have consumed him. Sulla might have haunted his narrative but at the end it's still me slurpin

[elainesknight]

THEORY: Roman Republic died because of father issues

PROOF: Her last fathers were

Gaius Marius: Father of failson

L. Cornelius Sulla: A daddy not a father

He Who Speaks: Dolabella marriage, Octavian situation, Cicelina fic

Every man's WIFE: Self evident

CONCLUSION:

Cicero and Hortensius should have fucked nasty on the rostra. SPQR

[schuetzenverein-wiefelstede]

Mattis Popken holt Bronze bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften

Deutsche Meisterschaft Sportschießen 2024 KK-Liegendkampf – Junioren I (1.80.40) Wir freuen uns, über den großartigen Erfolg unseres Vereinsmitglieds und aktuellen Junioren-Königs Mattis Popken bei den diesjährigen Deutschen Meisterschaften in München zu berichten. In der Disziplin KK Liegendkampf erreichte Mattis mit einer hervorragenden Leistung von 608,0 Ringen die Bronzemedaille. Der Kampf um…

[matt-murdick]

[sforzesco]

CARRION EATER

this is some kind of standalone idea. the original version was much more goofy, crassus was going to cover up pompey's mouth and say, 'no, no. he's got a point. let him speak,' and then pompey was going to bite his hand and say, 'you're not even supposed to BE here.'

then I read a review about a staging of julius caesar that sounded like it got REALLY mean (because it involved improv since it seemed like the intention was supposed to be interactive with the audience) and decided to add some teeth into it.

(also yes, I broke the 180 rule. it’s fine. usually I try to include panels that show characters walking around when I do that, but this comic was a standalone, so instead pretend that I’m spinning the theoretical cameraman around on an office chair or something. or that the camera is a ghost.)

also because titling something Carrion Eater and then NOT having it get a little mean and nasty in the dialogue seemed. like a waste.

eventually, I'll figure out a design for lucullus that I like, I keep wanting to draw other characters when I draw him, so he might need a new hairstyle.

ONWARDS! this is playing off of this scene

To this Lucullus retorted that Pompey was going forth to fight an image and shadow of war, following his custom of alighting, like a lazy carrion-bird, on bodies that others had killed, and tearing to pieces the scattered remnants of wars. For it was in this way that he had appropriated to himself the victories over Sertorius, Lepidus, and the followers of Spartacus, although they had actually been won by Metellus, Catulus, and Crassus. Therefore it was no wonder that he was trying to usurp the glory of the Pontic and Armenian wars, a man who contrived to thrust himself in some way or other into the honour of a triumph for defeating runaway slaves.

Plutarch, Pompey 31

the romans are fightingggggg 🍿🍿🍿

finally, the painting panel is taken from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's The Triumph of Marius (through the Met's Open Access/Public Domain use policy etc)

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

[duxfemina]

If you were going to pin the BEGINNING of the downfall of the Roman Republic on the actions of one Roman

[noirgasmweetheart]

Lorre's Cat Café: Polo

Polo is the most energetic and beloved baby at the café!

At barely seven months old, this boundless marauder is a cleptomaniac. He compulsively steals the most random objects and hides them in bizarre places. He also effortlessly snags food and toys from the other cats, and from the humans. (Often right off of your plate.) While play-wrestling with the other cats, he'll come out somehow wearing his opponent's collar or bow.

Oh yes, Polo loves to play with the other cats. Whether they want to or not. He tends to pounce on his rommates even if they're bigger than him, sometimes resulting in a brief piggyback ride. Different individuals react differently. Leyden, Vicky and Marius are usually happy to play. Cairo hisses, shakes Polo off, and bats angrily at his face. Baron swishes his tail angrilly, while Polo bats at it. The easily-startled Ugarte--who was probably purring serenely a moment before--tears across the room in a frenzy. Abbott, Baron, Gogol and Marko are the grumpiest. Julius on the other hand barely notices.

Polo is so clever, able to pop opened locked doorknobs, and bringing home the most unusual kills from his outings. (Hopefully that snake wasn't somebody's pet.) Yet, he still runs into walls, is startled by his own tail, cowers before cucumbers, and fails to find the food bowl right in front of him. He licks photographs, licks live insects off the floor, and deliberately runs into the refrigerator because he just likes it in there.

And he loves sugar. Do not leave your bowl of ice cream unattended, or his face will be in it. Some people will let him lick out the bowl when they're done, and he goes absolutely berserk. His favorite treat is sugar cubes, which he can lick at for ages. The vet has limited him to seven and a half cubes per week.

[noirgasmweetheart]

(You probably meant PM, but reblogging is easier.)

Hans Beckert: Someone gave him a quick mercy killing shortly after his arrest, either in prison or a mental institution. Maybe a sympathetic fellow inmate, doctor or guard. Probably the old comforting-hug-and-a-gunshot/lethal injection cliche. Or drugged him into a deep sleep and then smothered him.

Joel Cairo: He and Wilmer escaped both the law and the Fat Man, and became a gay Bonnie & Clyde. The young hippies of the 60s and 70s knew them as that eccentric old gay couple who could fix you up with any kind of weed and psychedelic, and who hosted showings of John Waters movies and stuff.

Ugarte #1: The Fat Man had him smuggled out of prison, and helped fake his death--in return for a lifetime of servitude of some sort.

Ugarte #2: Strasser and Louie lied about his death. After Rick and Louie walked off from killing Strasser, Louie surprised Rick by making a stop at the prison, to retrieve a very roughed up Ugarte from solitary. Ugarte is not very happy to see them at first, making for a symphony of savage snarks throughout the next adventure.

Cornelius Leyden is gay. That may or may not be intended subtext on the movie's part. But in any case, I cannot read Leyden as being attracted to women. He's just...not. Peters may have gotten a light sentence with a defense plea, or something, and they moved in together. How they had a love life without Leyden getting smothered to death, is a secret known only to them.

Dr. Einstein and Julius O'Hara are the same guy. Both names seem like aliases. They characters' personalities seem similar enough to conceivably be the same dude 10 years apart.

Polo visited Tanya and Paul a few more times over the years. Their kids knew him as their very weird, fun uncle, who Mom always locks up valuables whenever he's around.

Marius, along with every other character in the movie, is actually speaking French with a Frech accent. The Hungarian, British and New York accent we the audience hear are just part of the translation. They actually all just have different types of French accents.

I have a new idea! Anyone wanna send me their Headcanons for Peter Lorre related media and I can give my thoughts on them and whether I agree with them?

[whencyclopedia]

Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman orator, statesman, and writer. He was born on 6 January 106 BCE at either Arpinum or Sora, 70 miles south-east of Rome, in the Volscian mountains. His father was an affluent eques, and the family was distantly related to Gaius Marius. He is not to be confused with his son (of the same name) or Quintus Tullius Cicero (his younger brother). Cicero died on 7 December 43 BCE, trying to escape Rome by sea.

Early Life & Political Career

Cicero was sent to Rome to study law under the Scaevolas, who were the equivalent Ciceros of their day, and he also studied philosophy under Philo, who had been head of the Academy at Athens and also the stoic Diodotus. However, Cicero's early life was not one that was sheltered behind books and learning, and at the age of 17, he served in the Social War under Pompey the Great's father. It was during this period of political upheaval in Rome, the 80s BCE, that Cicero finished his formal education.

However, that is not to say that Cicero stopped his learnings. In 79 BCE he left Rome for two years abroad, with the aim of improving his health and studying further. In Athens, he was taught by masterful Greek rhetoricians and philosophers, and it was in Athens that he met another Roman student, Titus Pomponius Atticus. Atticus went on to be Cicero's lifelong friend and correspondent. Whilst in Rhodes Cicero went to the famous Posidonius. It was during this time that Cicero married his first wife, Terentia, and after he had returned to Rome in 77 BCE, he was voted quaestor at the minimum age of 30. Things were seemingly progressing quickly, but after having spent his quaestorship at Lilybaeum, he never gladly left Rome again. As such his refusal of provincial governorships led to Cicero concentrating on legal work, through which he prospered both monetarily and politically. A good example of this is the In Verrem, this speech has a message of interest that is relevant to current issues of cultural heritage and war. In 69 BCE Cicero was aedile, and in 66 BCE Cicero became praetor, again, at the minimum age, which was 40.

Between 66 and 63 BCE Cicero's political views became more conservative, especially in contrast to the social reforms being proposed by Julius Caesar, Gaius Antonius, and Catiline. Cicero's success is born by the fact that he received the consulship of 63-62 BCE, once again, at the minimum age (42), and that he was consul prior, the consul who had won by the most votes, and further to this, he was also a novus homo. It was during this time that Cicero successfully exposed the Catilinian revolution, and under the power of the Senatus Consultum Ultimum put to death the revolutionaries who had survived up until that point. This led to Marcus Cato calling Cicero pater patriae, 'father of his country'.

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[tiger-manya]

Обговорювали з колегами переклад імені Laios. Мені "Лай" здавався природнішим, але вони наполягали, що "Лайос" більш уживаний у фандомі й коректніший щодо японської. Поки намагалася розібратися в усіх традиціях щодо -us та -os, на думку спало ще одне фентезі-ім'я зі схожою історією.

Vaarsuvius.

Бачте, існує традиція в латинських запозиченнях закінчення -us відтинати. "Gaius" перетворюється на "Ґай", Julius — на "Юлій", "Marius" — "Марій", і навіть "hippopotamus" — "гіпопотам". Ця традиція не завжди послідовна (plus, minus лишаються такими самими, наприклад; врешті, там особливо немає що відтинати), та і фентезі-світи не завжди коряться правилам реального світу — звідси мотивація моїх колег вживати "Лайос", а не "Лай". Проте з Vaarsuvius в українській мові відбувається дещо цікаве: ані "Ваарзувіюс", ані "Ваарзувій" не є прийнятними варіантами, бо ці імена є чоловічими, а Ві — не чоловік.

Ви можете заперечити: латиною -us теж сигналізує чоловічий рід, але ж у світі коміксу це нічого ні для кого не значить. Так, однак лише тому, що комікс оригінально написаний англійською, де іменники не відмінюються.

Почнімо з базових речей. В українській мові ми маємо чотири відміни іменників, дві з них відповідають за іменники з нульовим закінченням: друга відміна стосується слів чоловічого роду (і середнього, але нам це зараз не треба), третя — жіночого. Тобто хоч й існують слова чоловічого й жіночого роду з нульовим закінченням, які здаються схожими в називному відмінку, під час відмінювання різниця стає очевидною. Наприклад, "біль" (ч.р.) та "міль" (ж.р.) дуже схожі, однак у родовому відмінку маємо "болю" та "молі". Те саме стосується імен: "Менуєль" та "Нінель", але "Менуєля" та "Нінелі". 

Відмінювання здається ще більш невідворотним, щойно ми згадуємо, що більшість вживань імен у коміксі — це звернення, а тобто ми повинні будемо використовувати кличний відмінок. Проте тут ми можемо згадати про перший спосіб зробити ім'я гендернонейтральним українською мовою — не відмінювати його. І цей вибір здається очевидним, але є одне але: щойно ми перестаємо відмінювати ім'я "Ваарзувіюс", воно стає жіночим, а Ві — не жінка.

Річ у тому, що українська мова не має "шаблону" для іменників жіночого роду, що закінчуються на твердий приголосний. Тож імена на зразок "Крістел" чи "Сабін" лишатимуться незмінними в усіх контекстах. Що саме по собі нормально, в українській мові повно таких запозичень (це цілий пункт у підготовці до ЗНО), якби ж лише не той факт, що такий "шаблон" існує для іменників чоловічого роду. Оскільки імен осіб середнього роду не існує, то присутність чи відсутність відмінювання саме по собі є маркером роду. "Сем — Сема — Сему" це чоловіче ім'я, "Сем — Сем — Сем" це жіноче ім'я.

Шлях незмінюваного іменника досі може нам допомогти, однак. Нам треба всього лиш відітнути більше літер. "Ваарзуві" незмінюване й позбавлене очевидних маркерів: прикінцеве "і" нічого не означає, слово "салямі" жіночого роду, "Тбілісі" — середнього, "сулугуні" — чоловічого.

Єдине що, звісно, ім'я Гейлі теж закінчується на "і". То що це значить? Що в неї тепер гендернонейтральне ім'я? Так, але не в тому суть. "Гейлі" жіноче ім'я, але щось на зразок "Страдіварі" — чоловіче, але при тому вони мають однакову форму в усіх відмінках. Тож "Ваарзуві" лишається амбівалентним, а отже гендернонейтральним. 

Хоча, звісно...

Це лише перший спосіб досягти гендернонейтральності в українській мові. Другий — лише для найсміливіших, бо він передбачає не віднімання, а зміну. Vaarsuvius стане гендернонейтральним, якщо натомість прийде... "Ваарзувія".

Ви можете обуритися, мовляв, я так багато говорила про відмінювання, щоб натомість запропонувати до невимовного очевидну жіночу форму. Мовляв, 90% українських жіночих імен закінчуються на -а/-я! Хіба не так? Так, але взагалі-то ні. 

В українській мові є низка слів так званого спільного роду: "суддя", "вбивця", "сирота" тощо. Усі ці слова змінювані й закінчуються на -а/-я, але водночас не мають жодних формальних ознак роду. Прикметники й дієслова узгоджуються з ними як в чоловічому, так і в жіночому. Чому? Бо вони належать до першої відміни. Усі слова першої відміни відмінюються однаково, незалежно від роду. Імена теж. 

��икита (ч.р.) — Микити — Микиті — Микитою — Микито тощо.

Рита (ж.р) — Рити — Риті — Ритою — Рито тощо.

Марія (ж.р) — Марії — Марією — Маріє тощо.

Єремія (ч.р.) — Єремії — Єремією — Єреміє тощо. 

Тож на рівні граматики "Ваарзуві" та "Ваарзувія" однаково прийнятні варіанти. Їхнє ім'я насправді є однією з найпростіших частин перекладу, коли йдеться про збереження повсякчасної гендерної невизначеності англійської мови. 

Найскладнішими є слова "elf" і "parent".

[felixravinstills]

Ravinstill Extended Family Lore: The Deaths of Gnaeus and Marius

For the uninformed, Marius and Gnaeus Ravinstill are (in my worldbuilding) Felix's two older cousins. Marius is the eldest surviving Ravinstill cousin and the heir presumptive.

I have for the longest time just handwaved their deaths as a part of a confusing mess that happened in the aftermath of Felix's death via Coriolanus orchestrated car crash, but I have recently been privately rotating them in my head:

I have always known that Coriolanus uses Felix's death to try and turn Marius and Gnaeus against each other.

After giving this some thought, I don't think it works against the Ravinstill cousins, but it does work on their supporters.

Marius' position as Ravinstill heir has always been tenuous in that Gnaeus has always been the better pick. There are a lot of people who would support Gnaeus if he wasn't himself supporting Marius.

I don't think it would take much to convince Marius' supporters that Gnaeus is a threat. The ones that are solely loyal to Marius and see Gnaeus as some encroaching relative who's bullying the Ravinstill heir

Maybe, Coriolanus helps them along with rumors and by slipping something into their communications, but there was always going to be suspicion

Marius and Gnaeus are probably dealing with their great-uncle's grief and their own (and an upcoming state funeral), but when a call comes saying that Gnaeus needs to meet with a few advisors about something, well, it doesn't raise that many questions, Gnaeus was always the one with a better head for politics

And it doesn't matter if Marius' supporters decide to call him themselves after the deed is done or if Marius gets impatient waiting to pick out what coffin they're putting their younger cousin in, he shows up to whatever office or home that Gnaeus has been called to either way (although I lean more towards the latter)

Marius is more impulsive than the average Ravinstill, but I think he's stunned into inaction by the dead body of the cousin that he tried to replace two brothers with. EDIT: Marius is presented with the sight of Gnaeus’ severed head

I think he leaves that night and retires home numb, but the next day, he jumps into action

And what does it say, that as the news breaks, he doesn't seem to contact his great-uncle?

I think Marius purges his own followers and then waits. I don't think he really knows what he's waiting for, but well, Gnaeus was always the better schemer. Marius just avenged his cousin, and he knows that Gnaeus had a lot of friends too. Marius has gotten rid of anyone who would want to protect him.

He's not in the right headspace, so I think Marius greets whoever comes for hims with a smile.

...

I wrote Pater Patriae before I fine-tuned this idea, so this isn't entirely intentional, but what does it say that Max doesn't know the exact details of what exactly transpired? He knows the same version of the story that the public hears: after the death of one grandnephews, the other two pointed fingers at one another and died. I hate that man (I love him and show it by destroying his life)

Fun fact: I was thinking that maybe Marius' supporters might bring him Gnaeus' head, but I don't think they're putting that much work in (to cut off a guy's head). This was to further the fact that this thought I've been rotating started off as a reference to Gnaeus' namesake Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) who sought asylum from Julius Caesar in Egypt and was then beheaded because the Egyptians feared him taking control and also sought to win Caesar's favor.

Anyway, I thought the killing someone for someone else's approval was enough of a reference. Beheading didn't fit Capitolites doing a semi-quiet little murder...

EDIT: I changed my mind. Canonically, (in my canon,) Gnaeus Ravinstill’s head gets cut off and presented to Marius.

I should make a death recap for my Ravinstill extended family. I think it would emphasize the tragedy and would be fun for me. Anyway, Marius and Gnaeus get a tag now! I used to just lump them in with the ravinstill extended family lore tag!