#the history of rome

[castilestateofmind]

"A house of his own, and the blessing of children, appeared to the Roman citizen as the end and essence of life".

Theodor Mommsen. 'The Original Constitution of Rome, The History of Rome'.

[sugarpillremedy]

imagine being immortalized because you trolled too hard

for context caracalla killed his brother named geta, and then denied that he did

[is-it-the-ides-of-march]

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[julius-caeser]

Boys night on the 15th of March, in the senate! so excited so hang out with the boys, heard theres cake, hope someone brought a knife.

[museum-of-artifacts]

Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece. More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[theghostofbean]

”Men think about the Roman Empire” “What’s the female version of the Roman Empire” SHUT UPPPPP. SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPP. AS A WOMAN I LOVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. AS A WOMAN I LOVE ANCIENT HISTORY AND BATTLES AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY. THE “GIRL VERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE” IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IM GOING TO STAB YOU 23 TIMES

[dontworryfolkswetookallherteeth]

Podcast I'm listening to just opened with "hello. Antony and Cleopatra are dead." Such a way to set the mood

[zegalba]

A Roman "hologram" effect ring found in the grave of 1st century AD noblewoman, Aebutia Quarta.

The ring is thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello, who passed away at age of 18. Found at the Grottaferrata necropolis close to Rome.

[maliciouscigarette]

The sack of Rome, August 24th 410 CE, colourised.

Art by Psicochurroz

[charlesoberonn]

Shout out to Porphyrios, the whale who terrorized the waters near Constantinople for more than 50 years during the 6th century.

You'd sunk more Roman warships than most of their human enemies.

[is-it-the-ides-of-march]

[richo1915]

Sounds like a lot like the ‘Rise and Fall of Australian Society’ today. Scandalously rich people, the upper classes, the bureaucracy, working classes and the poor.

“The dark dawning of our modern day when we can neither endure our vices nor face the remedies needed to cure them.”

Titus Livius

[museum-of-artifacts]

An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

More: https://thetravelbible.com/mysterious-archaeological-finds/

[enlitment]

Brutus seeing the graffiti of him stabbing Caesar all over Rome, c. 44 BC