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[just-late-roman-republic-things]

Why do authors (fiction especially dah) hate Lucullus so much? I mean he's a cool guy and deserves better

Alas, most authors have never heard of him.

He's retired by the time Julius Caesar's career gets big, and is pretty easy to ignore unless you're writing about the rise of Sulla, Pompey or Mithridates VI.

Authors who like Caesar or Marius may vilify Lucullus for being an ally of Sulla, while those who like Pompey may vilify Lucullus for being one of his rivals.

My favorite portrayal of him is in Santiago Posteguillo's Roma soy yo (I am Rome), which is also available in English. The overall book is very pro-Caesar and Marius, and anti-Sullan, but Lucullus is a fun, menacing and pragmatic character in one of the later chapters.

A warmer, more sympathetic Lucullus appears in the short story "The Cherries of Lucullus," in A Gladiator Only Dies Once by Steven Saylor. I liked this portrayal too, but the ending is rather tragic.

#just roman asks #lucius licinius lucullus #steven saylor #roma sub rosa #santiago posteguillo #roma soy yo

[inabooknook]

I Am Rome by Santiago Posteguillo

As someone who doesn't really have a very good working understanding of the Roman Empire, this was a great book that introduced me to the idea of Julius Caesar and his history without being too overwhelming. The story jumps between the "modern day" for Caesar - when he is prosecuting Dolabella, and his past via meeting his wife, and fighting in various places. The story was clearly well researched and very thoughtfully written. The characters were realistic - not dry like history - especially this period - can be. There were clearly spots in which there was seriously upsetting points for some [trigger warning I will say for sexual violence] however, it was handled I though very well. I would recommend this book if you are like me and want to learn more about Caesar and Rome without picking up a dry non-fiction book.

This ebook was provided in exchange for an honest review.

#netgalley #reading #book reviews #book recommendations #historical fiction #santiago posteguillo #I am rome #roman empire #julius caesar

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#ancient rome #rome #roman republic #gaius julius caesar #santiago posteguillo #roma soy yo #maldita roma #roman history

[jolieeason]

I Am Rome (Julius Caesar: Book 1) by Santiago Posteguillo

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine Books Date of publication: March 5th, 2024 Genre: Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Novels, Italy, Roman, Literature, Ancient History Series: Julius Caesar I Am Rome—Book 1 Purchase Links: Kindle | Audible | B&N | AbeBooks | WorldCat Goodreads Synopsis: The runaway international bestseller–part sweeping historical…

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#ancient history #book 1 #fiction #Historical #historical fiction #I Am Rome #Italy #Julius Caeser #literature #Novels #Roman #Santiago Posteguillo

[victoriaperpetua]

Book Review: I Am Rome

When the editor from Ballantine Books asked me to read, I Am Rome (Roma Soy Yo), because I had enjoyed The Tainted Cup so much, I was leery. It certainly wouldn’t have been a normal pick for me. But I found myself really enjoying it! Despite the naysayers who say it isn’t factual enough, I learned a lot about Rome and Julius Caesar and many of the other characters in the novel as I was constantly…

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#Fiction #Historical Fiction #I Am Rome #Netgalley #Santiago Posteguillo

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I Am Rome

by Santiago Posteguillo / 4.5 stars

**Expected release date in English March 5, 2024**

This isn't a book I would normally read, I'll start off by saying. While I grew up with a history buff brother - and one who loved Julius Caesar especially, I've never had more than a passing interest.

I was invited by the publisher through NetGalley to read this book, and when I saw the title and what it was about, I gave it a try. Part of me felt I owed it to my brother to finally find out who one of his favorite historical figures really was. And oh my gosh, what a great decision! I would have missed out on so much!

Centering around the trial against the corrupt senator Dollabella, whom no one would have though anyone was brave enough - or foolish enough - to try accusing. But Caesar does, asked to represent a group of Macedonians who have been grievously wronged. Our story also goes back to Caesar's birth and his childhood, pivotal moments throughout his youth and early days leading up to the trial, as well as before his birth, following his uncle Marius and setting the tone of what the Rome looked like that Caesar grew up in.

I've always thought of ancient Rome as bloodthirsty and corrupt. I'm sure there were some great achievements from that ancient civilization, but they've always been lost on me. Spoiler alert - Rome of Caesar's day was bloodthirsty and corrupt, and the common people were oppressed and ruled by fear. I didn't realize how much there was a spark, a hope for change. It came many times, represented and movements led by several men. But you can see how hot that fire burns, and those hopes come to rest on the shoulders of a young man by the name of Julius Caesar.

I am so thankful I got the chance to read this ARC, and also got to learn something so new! For lifelong history fans, or ones just starting to step out of their comfort zone, this was the perfect book for me. Denser than what I usually read, I did take a slower approach to reading, breaking it up into a few chapters at a time, to better absorb everything and really get a deeper understanding.

Also - for those of you like me who finish this and think - but what about the rest of his life? Did Caesar accomplish what he set out to? Did he exact change? There's a second book on it's way - published in Europe first, so it'll take a bit with translation. But watch out, I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on the publishing news for the next one!

#booklr #book review #netgalley #julius caesar #historical fiction #i am rome #santiago posteguillo #random house publishing #random house books #book arcs

[siriuslygrimm]

Shaping Strategies

#BOOKREVIEW - Shaping Strategies - #IAmRome #blog

A name familiar to most and a legacy that lived on long after he’s gone, and the events that shaped Julius Caesar’s young life before that legacy was established are explored throughout Santiago Posteguillo’s I Am Rome. Rome has had an inequity of the power that various classes of citizens wield over the years but the elite class has dug in to brutally and long-lastingly shape the way Rome…

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#book #book review #i am rome #netgalley #reading #review #santiago posteguillo

[amigosdepapel]

Título: Roma soy yo. La verdadera historia de Julio César

Autor: Santiago Posteguillo

Editorial: Penguin Random House

La obra mas reciente de Santiago Posteguillo, recién editada en abril de este mismo año. Promete ser el primero de una nueva trilogía y a decir verdad, está cortado con la misma tijera que sus otros libros, lo que lo hace un poco previsible, aunque no menos entretenido.

Es el libro perfecto para leer en verano.

#santiago posteguillo #Roma soy yo #amigosdepapel #fkuribreña

[suenosyfantasmas]

"La vida es misteriosa, los dioses caprichosos y nosotros inconstantes".

Santiago Posteguillo.

Fotografía: MAVi. Sitio arqueológico "Huaca Pucllana" perteneciente a la cultura Lima, ( Lima - Perú).

Sueños y fantasmas. El arte de soñar

#fotografía #arte #MAVi #sitio arqueológico #Dioses #Museo #cultura #Huaca Pucllana

[sarafangirlart]

Some time ago I was reading this novel, "And Julia Defied the Gods" by Santiago Posteguillo.

In it, the Roman Gods are divided over Julia Domna, wife of Emperor Severus and mother of Caracalla. Hestia, Apollo and other Gods (I'm using the Greek names for simplicity) are aghast that a foreign woman who worships Elagabalus has accumulated so much power and try to bring her down as they did with Cleopatra. Only Athena, Hera (who likes that the Severan dynasty is an actual family instead of a series of adult adoptions) and some minor deities stand by Julia. Most male gods don't want to bother defending a woman. Zeus just wants the gods to get it over with so they can focus on "the real threat".

The Gods put Julia through a series of tests, including one where Apollo (god of diseases) has Julia contract the pox, but Asclepius (who became god of medicine out of spite for his father Apollo) has Julia survive thanks to Galen of Pergamon. Eventually, Caracalla is assassinated and Julia dies of cancer, so the anti-Julia faction seems victorious, but in a twist of fate, Julia's sister deposes Caracalla's murderers, seats Julia's grandson on the Imperial throne and has Julia deified, meaning she'll be worshiped and out of the Gods' reach forever. Zeus is left alone, thinking "Doesn't anyone want to hear my plans? Nobody? Oh, well, maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill and this Christianity thing will eventually blow over"

Oh that sounds cool I’ll check it out.

#greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon

[viecome]

NOVEDADES LITERARIAS | Libros para el inicio de curso: las novedades de la 'rentrée' literaria de 2023

John Irving, Annie Ernaux, Santiago Posteguillo y Elisabet Benavent. /ARCHIVO Clásicos de la ‘rentrée Siete años llevaba John Irving sin publicar, una eternidad para sus lectores más devotos. Ahora vuelve con una historia de amor, sexo y… Origen: NOVEDADES LITERARIAS | Libros para el inicio de curso: las novedades de la ‘rentrée’ literaria de 2023 | El Periódico de España

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[just-late-roman-republic-things]

The absolute funniest fucking part of Roma soy yo is when Lucullus tells Caesar to calm down and try some of the cherries Lucullus brought from Turkey, and Caesar thinks Lucullus is trying to kill him

#this is the BEST version of lucullus i've read in a novel so far #his resting bitch face and tendency not to explain anything tend to scare people shitless even when he actually likes them. it's amazing #if you only read part of roma soy yo PLEASE read the chapters with lucullus (LXIV-LXXIII) #roma soy yo #jlrrt reads #santiago posteguillo #lucius licinius lucullus #julius caesar

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YO, JULIA

De madrugada he empezado a leer:

YO, JULIA

JULIA DOMNA I

SANTIAGO POSTEGUILLO

Sinopsis de YO, JULIA

NOVELA GALARDONADA CON EL PREMIO PLANETA

192 d. C. Varios hombres luchan por un imperio, pero Julia, hija de reyes, madre de cesares y esposa de emperador, piensa en algo más ambicioso: una dinastía. Roma está bajo el control de Cómodo, un emperador loco. El Senado se conjura para terminar con el tirano, y los gobernadores militares más poderosos podrían dar un golpe de Estado: Albino en Britania, Severo en el Danubio o Nigro en Siria. Cómodo retiene a sus esposas para evitar su rebelión, y Julia, la mujer de Severo, se convierte así en rehen. De pronto, Roma arde. Un incendio asola la ciudad. ¿Es un desastre o una oportunidad? Cinco hombres se disponen a luchar a muerte por el poder. Creen que la partida está a punto de empezar. Pero para Julia la partida ya ha comenzado. Sabe que solo una mujer puede forjar una dinastía.

[dirhwangdaseul-archived]

Can you give some book suggestions?

ive been wrestling this question for a while and also my mutuals posts about recs lol cause mostly im just re-reading old stuff but also uh in general books from universal literature classes and like trying to complement them inbetween with more mexican stuff so idk im gonna give you what's on my bag and the latest shit in my epubs/pdf it's a mixed bag:

sophocles' seven tragedies

what we owe to each other by tm scanlon

the lathe of heaven by ursula k le guin

teatro indígena prehispánico de la unam

la noche en que que frankenstein leyó el quijote de santiago posteguillo

los de abajo de mariano azuela

on sundays she picked flowers by yah yah scholfield

artistotle's poetics

ars poetica by horace

the iliad a new translation by caroline alexander

the hobbit jrr tolkien

popol vuh

apuntes de métrica de gabriel castillo

plato's symposium

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare

angels in america: a gay fantasia on national themes by tony kushner

medea de eurípides

a streetcar named desire by tennesse williams

a midsummer's night's dream by shakespeare

man im about to just start listing plays lmfao anyway

bodas de sangre by federico garcía lorca

faust by goethe

much ado about nothing by guess who

hamlet and same

and macbeth and same

safo's poetry

antología de letras, dramaturgia, guion cinematográfico y lenguas indígenas por los jóvenes creadores del fonca generación 2018—2019 (they do these a lot like it's insane how much cultural centers try to reach out to the communities around them but it's unsung and silent for the most part)

who's afraid of virginia woolf by edward albee

ofc cien años de soledad by gabriel garcía márquez is here lmfao

moonlight by barry jenkins cause im using that for a homework probably to add some variety to the things they consider to be fed by literature or just straight up are part of it

im just in teacher mode most of the time lol as if any teacher i know isnt......

i really am not a good source of things

#i think teachers go insane they just never tell you eheheheheheh #el suco answers #this has been a while in the askbox im sorry #sorry anon idk if this will be to your liking

[jolieeason]

WWW Wednesday: March 6th, 2024

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme Sam hosts at Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Here is what I am currently reading, recently finished, and plan to read from Thursday to Wednesday. Let me know if you have read or are planning on reading any of these books!! Happy…

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#An Accidental Affair #Danielle Steel #Finding Sophie #Holly Blackstone #I Am Rome #Imran Mahmood #It Must Be True Then #James J. Cudney #Jennifer Ryan #Luci Adams #meme #Natasha Siegel #Never Too Late #Santiago Posteguillo #The Phoenix Bride #The Underground Library #Watching Glass Shatter #WWW Wednesday

[iamodyseus]

Mi Año en Lecturas (Terminadas y Recomendadas) [En Orden Alfabético]

Adiós a Todo Eso – Ernest Hemingway (Novela)

Agripina: Primera Emperatriz de Roma – Emma Southon (Investigación Histórica)

Alejandro Magno y las Águilas de Roma – Javier Negrete (Novela Ficción Histórica)

Aquitania – Eva García Sáenz de Ururti (Novela Ficción Histórica)

Biografía de la Inhumanidad –José Antonio Marina (Investigación)

Breve Historia del Mundo – Ernst H. Gombrich (Historia)

Breves Respuestas a las Grandes Preguntas – Stephen Hawking (Divulgación)

Caos: El Poder de los Idiotas – Juan Luis Cebrián (Investigación)

Clicks Contra la Humanidad: Libertad y Resistencia en la Era de la Distracción Tecnológica – James Williams (Investigación)

Desmorir: Una Reflexión sobre la Enfermedad en un Mundo Capitalista – Anne Boyer (Investigación)

Dignos de Ser Humanos – Rutger Bregman (Investigación)

El Cura Hidalgo y sus Amigos – Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Investigación Histórica)

El Extraño Caso de Benjamín Button – F. Scott Fitzgerald (Cuento)

El Hombre Ilustrado – Ray Bradbury (Cuentos)

El Llano en Llamas – Juan Rulfo (Novela Costumbrista)

El País de los Ciegos – H. G. Wells (Cuento)

El Poder de las Historias: O Cómo han Cautivado al Ser Humano, desde La Ilíada hasta Harry Potter – Martin Puchner (Investigación)

El Precio era Alto – F. Scott Fitzgerald (Cuentos)

Expiación – Ian McEwan (Novela)

Fahrenheit 451– Ray Bradbury (Novela)

Filosofía a Martillazos – Darío Sztajnszrajber (Filosofía)

Guía del Autoestopista Galáctico – Douglas Adams (Novela)

Humanos: Una Historia de Cómo la Hemos Pifiado – Tom Phillips (Investigación Histórica)

Identidad: La Demanda de Dignidad y Las Políticas de Resentimiento – Francis Fukuyama (Investigación)

La Invasión de América – Antonio Espino (Historia)

La Noche en que Frankenstein Leyó El Quijote – Santiago Posteguillo (Divulgación)

La Odisea – Homero (Epopeya)

La Ridícula Idea de No Volver a Verte – Rosa Montero (Memoirs/Investigación)

La Ruta Prohibida y Otros Enigmas de la Historia – Javier Sierra (Investigación)

Las Caras Ocultas de Hernán Cortés – Alejandro Rosas (Investigación Histórica)

Las Epidemias Políticas – Peter Sloterdijk (Investigación)

Locos por los Clásicos: Todo lo que Debes Saber sobre los Autores Griegos y Latinos – Emilio del Río (Divulgación)

Meditaciones – Marco Aurelio Antonino (Filosofía)

México Bizarro – Alejandro Rosas & Julio Patán (Relatos)

Mundo Orwell: Manual de Supervivencia para un Mundo Hiperconectado – Ángel Gómez de Ágrieda (Investigación)

París era una Fiesta – Ernest Hemingway (Memoirs)

Pequeño Elogio de la Fuga del Mundo – Rémy Oudghiri (Relatos)

Reflexiones – Aristóteles (Filosofía)

Sobre el Anarquismo – Noam Chomsky (Filosofía)

SPQR: Una Historia de la Antigua Roma – Mary Beard (Investigación Histórica)

Suave es La Noche – F. Scott Fitzgerald (Novela)

Un Mundo Feliz – Aldous Huxley (Novela)

Un Paraíso en el Infierno – Rebecca Solnit (Investigación)

Un Verdor Terrible – Benjamín Labatut (Relatos)

Una Historia Diferente del Mundo – Fernando Trías de Bes (Investigación)

Una Princesa de Marte – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novela)

#finished #booksbooksbooks #it was worth it #it was a good year #leermola