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Reminding myself that I’m only 20 and I still have plenty of time to march on Rome and establish myself as dictator no matter how much it feels like I’m catastrophically and irreparably behind my peers

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also for everyone asking where the daggers option is. i know the ides of march are a big thing on tumblr but i need you to know theres an entire republic of fucked up little senatorial assholes out there and caesar is honestly not the most exciting. hes not the sluttiest. hes not the baldest. hes not the war criminaliest or even the most interestingly assassinated. hes not the cuntiest in the first triumvirate let alone in the whole republic. there are so many to choose from. be free.

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augustus caesar was only 21 at the battle of philippi? he should have been at the clubbb

#he should not have been at the club #arms crossed shaking his head at the music selection fr

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wait im legit pondering this now...

#praenomen bc you can't be inflating that ego

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it is a little known fact that sulla's agnomen was felix not because he was favoured by any god but because he got real real lucky all day all night with all the people in rome

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lana del rey was actually invented in 88 bce when lucius licinius lucullus hallucinated every lyric in order while he marched on rome with sulla. admittedly the lines about his pussy tasting like pepsi cola were somewhat lost on him due to it not being invented yet but he understood the idea perfectly

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Imagine your favorite historical figure leaning back on a chair and falling back

#failprinceps

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i think livia dommed him

#speak ur truth

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Recreation of a bathroom in Pompeii

Despite the existence of numerous public "balnea" (baths), in the imperial era the domus was provided with private bathrooms due to the tendency towards privacy, understood not as modesty, but as dignity, so as not to mix with the crowd. When friends were invited to dinner, bathing was included, which was done in a group. Hygiene was a social act. The thermal baths had a "caldarium" (hot bath room), a tepidarium (warm), a "frigidarium" (cold), a "laconicum" (steam room) and an "apodyterium" (changing room), in addition to a community "latrina" (latrine). At first it was heated with a brazier, but later the "hypocaustum" was incorporated, a mechanism under the floor that allowed hot air to circulate from the heating of water in boilers. The walls were also heated by circulating hot air through pipes.

Photos, text and work by Domus Pompeiana

#this should be in my house

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If there was a mirror that showed you what you truly wanted most, and Octavian looked in it, what do you think he would see? This is for a fic thank you

What a great question! Of course, since you are the writer, you get to reshape the Oot as you please, but I'm happy to brainstorm a little.

Octavian is such a hard guy to read. I think it's rather telling that historians use two different names for him, almost as if he's two different people. You could plausibly portray him as a power-hungry manipulator; an ordinary boy who did what he had to to survive; an idealist trying to do right by his country; the evil overlord who actually won; a family man, a shitty father, a philanderer...What shows up in the mirror then depends on what you think any of these personalities would have wanted, and whether that changed over time.

But whatever else you think of him, Octavian was an actor, intensely aware that he was playing a role. He crafted his own myth and dragged the rest of the world into playing along. Even he must have started believing it to some extent. After all, we all make rationalizations for our behavior: My honor demanded it. I was forced to, to survive. I'm just doing what's best for Rome.

I like to think he'd smash the mirror, for daring to depict what he actually wants, and not for what he keeps telling himself he wants.

#octavian as actor/author... hmmmmm #he was the playwright the director the actor and the audience all rolled into one. #have i played the part well? then applaud as i exit #MUST. READ. KIETZMAN. AGAIN. to understand you see. the implications...

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the opening to my dissertation (it is meant to count for 90% of my grade)

#this goes crazy

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Charlotte: he stole mithradatic command!

Miranda: oh please that doesn't justify marching on rome and fighting the marian forces.

Samantha: let’s just say he's not taken up the mantle of DICKtater for nothing

Carrie: big is moving to Gaul

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Julio-Claudian stylisation practice

#ONE DIRECTION IS BACK EVERYONE

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how to become commander of friend group

how to establish political control of friendgroup

friend group organisational structure google

#the first triumvirate

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something so emblematic of power about romans hacking heads off emperors statues just to substitute them with the next emperor's head

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octavian i miss youuu octaviannnnnnnnnn. octavian come back :(((((((( there are so many more beautiful beautiful plants to be allergic to and its sooooo easy to spread propaganda here and you can get asparagus just like that. and you can buy these shoes called demonias

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free my man. He did all of that and will continue to do even worse, probably

#blog relevant