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awesomecooperlove · 11 months

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😈😈😈

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machiavellli · 5 months

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Lorenzo is a certified passenger princess.

#basically he saying tha for getting around in Rome you only need a 🛵 that’s why he doesn’t have a driver license #I love that for him #I have the same mentality JAHAJAJHA #also the “fast glasses”#he wears them to the club and “it’s true! you become fast”#silly goofy man #shoutout to my friend for sending me this pearl😭#comunque non ci credo che va in giro con il libretto della patente #CHI VUOI PIGLIAR PER IL CULO AMO HAHAHAH #lorenzo zurzolo #theodore nott #theo nott #slytherin boys

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uwmspeccoll · 24 days

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Classic Lessons in Love

Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC-AD 17/18), more familiarly known as Ovid, was a Roman poet most famously known for his mythological history of the world, Metamorphoses. His satirical and sometimes dark take on all the intricacies of love and relationships is exhibited in Ars Amatoria. The Art of Love is a 1971 English translation edition of Ars Amatoria, translated by English classicist and scholar of Latin poetry B. P. Moore (1877-1955), with pen and ink illustrations by British artist Eric Fraser (1902-1983). The edition was designed by Robert L. Dothard and printed at the Press of A. Colish in Mount Vernon, NY, for members of the Limited Editions Club in an edition of 1500 copies on specially-made, oyster-white, mould-made paper crafted at the Arches mill in France.

In the first book of Ars Amatoria, Ovid guides men on how to successfully find a woman. In the second book, we see Ovid's advice shift towards maintaining a healthy relationship with one's partner. The third and final book, produced two years after the first two, focuses on advice for women on how to win and keep the love of a man. The work, however, was considered salacious and was banned by Emperor Augustus, with the charge of it being immoral, and is one of the few examples of the Roman government censoring a Roman author’s writing.

The topic's typical scenarios are presented engagingly, incorporating elements from Greek mythology, daily life in ancient Rome, and universal human experiences. Ovid offers hilarious advice, such as how women can keep their lovers from becoming neglectful by making them artificially jealous. He also advises men to never argue with their mistresses, as it could lead to expensive gift-giving in order to reconcile. When it comes to the sexes, it seems some things never change!

-Melissa, Special Collections Classics Intern

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reneedenoailles · 1 month

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kinda wish we had a period drama in rc but, kinda like vfv, with NO supernatural stuff. like don't get me wrong i love magic but honestly i'd love for like a historical book but with 0 supernatural things !!!!! just navigate through society like normal people did !!!

#romance club #rc #vying for versailles #rc vfv #when we get a 1920s or ancient rome book ouh #and please don't let you-know-who write it i swear to god

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brother-emperors · 10 months

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ascanio and louis xii

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Milan Undone, Contested Sovereignties in the Italian Wars, John Gagné

extremely bold of louis xii to assume that ascanio, who has a reputation for conspiracy, wouldn't turn around and say 'fuck you,' after all of that™

(Ibid.)

it IS funny how men in power keep thinking they can put him on a leash like, pal. the odds are NOT in your favor

#ludovico couldn't keep his brother on a leash what makes you think YOU can #(guiliano della rovere is excluded from this club bc he actually succeeded on that front but i dont respect him)#anyway you guys ever think about how ascanio just wanted to be in milan but the milan that was your home doesnt exist anymore #like you're never gonna be able to go back. and ludovico at one point made arrangements for ascanio's body #to be brought back to milan back when everyone thought he was going to die. but he's going to die in rome and he's staying there #augh. AUGH #actually the shift in the relationship between ludovico and ascanio from a general sense of unease to ludovico #wanting ascanio buried with his wife (and the scale of grief that ludovico had at the death of beatrice. oughhhh) is. oof #there's a second very Hm™ comparison here that i will bite my tongue on but it's also their parents fault for it. so.#drawing tag #italian renaissance tag #ascanio sforza #do i have a tag for louis xii. i know ive drawn him before. I HATE HIS HAIR. i might throw out referencing his historical portraits #entirely and just borrow a portrayal of him from television or something #i was not made to draw straight hair

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stellacartography · 3 months

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Toe the Line (Rated E)

Words: 18,505 Chapters: 8/8

As Crowley and Aziraphale dine at the Ritz they are treated to a particularly reminiscent parade of chef's specials that spark memories of the past 2000 years. Crowley quietly panics his way through each course, drowning his anxiety in rather large amounts of alcohol. Aziraphale is helplessly drawn back into his own memories of their time together in the world they both love and every time they walked right up to the limits of their association.

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Relationship: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Snake behaviours, Crowley is deep down still a snake, Food and drink, Drunken ineffable spouses, Rome 41 AD, Council at Nicaea, Wessex 537 AD, The Invention of Fireworks, How did Crowley make Hamlet popular?, Teaching an angel to tempt, Dancing Lessons, Portland Place Gentleman's Club, Ambush predation, diversion, camouflage, Thanatosis, Constriction, Mimicry, Sexy Snake Pile, Ritual foot-washing as temptation, Snake musk is not lube, Don't try this at home kids, Season one fix-it of a sort

Written for the @go-minisode-minibang with art by @willow-tea

Acknowledgements and tags below the cut

A thousand thank yous to my friends who attended the @ficwritersretreat2023 and listened to my reading of chapter 5. Your laughter made this happen. Thanks to @fearlessdiva930 for your help with the menu. I had lost all my original research outside of the story itself and your assistance was invaluable. Thank you @kinkykinker for the first beta and @cumberbatchedandgatissmitten for the second round and coaching. Thank you @basketcasebetty for coordinating the bang.

Tagging @copperplatebeech @keirgreeneyes, @seriouslymarythough, @cirquedereve, @laurashapiro-noreally, @totallysilvergirl, @hubblegleeflower, @sevdrag

Reblogs are love and are much appreciated. <3

(Psst! Hey, @mevima! I finally finished it. Only took 4.5 years.)

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens fanfiction #stella writes #crowley is a snake #aziraphale is smitten #hamlet with audience participation #rome 41 ad #nicea #wessex 537 ad #portland place gentlemen's club

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hetalia-club · 10 months

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Starting on Wednesday until the next Wednesday we will vote and let someone kick the others ass. No pay per view required (No before you ask we couldn't book the colosseum, Italy said no, but we got the octagon!) We should try and keep this as logical as possible but everyone does love an underdog. I’m tired of seeing these idiots kiss I want them to get their shit rocked from America all the way to Australia. Remember all this is not a favorite character competition these are 1 on 1 fist fights. Divided up into two divisions. Light weight, and Heavy weight. That way we keep it fair and Latvia won’t get his head ripped clean off his shoulders by America. Remember no one is crying or quitting they all want the prize more than anything in the world they are all full strength no matter the opponent.

LINK TO FULL DISCRPTION AND BRACKETS

Heavy Weight Round 1: FIGHT!

Coming out the gate HARD!

The poll will be released weekly with 2 rounds 1 round for the light and 1 for heavy. I included stats as well so even if you don't know the character well you can still play. I made up my own heights and weights for some characters because Hima does not know how tall/heavy people should be I swear he just said random numbers.

#hetalia #hws prussia #hws rome #aph rome #aph prussia #Raphael Vargas #gilbert beilschmidt #poll #original #the 2023 hetalia fight club

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bernard-the-rabbit · 2 years

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#i used to have the book from the winx club musical #(yes that's a thing u can find it on youtube)#i used to stare at helia's pic daily bc i loved him #seeing it today makes me wonder wtf i saw in that cheap wig #but i do still adore Flora's actress #the redcarpet pic is in my heart #(bc yes for the movie they had actresses playing the winx on the red carpet in rome)#my trashy art #winx club #winx club fanart #flora and helia #winx flora #winx flora fanart #helia winx #helia winx fanart #florhelia

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coyote-ralyn · 6 months

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Labelle/Rix ❤

#rc gladiator chronicles #rc rix #rc fanart #rc labelle #gladiator chronicles #romance club art #romance club fanart #romance club #ancient rome #artists on tumblr #rc artworks #rc art

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dalandan-oranges · 5 months

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THE LONG REACH OF ROME a personal project collecting references to Ancient Rome (and Greece) throughout Philippine history and politics

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country, Patricia Evangelista / Duterte: The die is cast, Mike Firalde (Philippine Star, November 23, 2015) / Plutarch, Caesar 32-33 (trans. Bernadotte Perrin)

#the long reach of rome #eurhgHRHGHGHH i hate it here #going back in time to suplex caesar in front of the senate #step aside brutus! i'll stab caesar twice over!!#book club tag #ph politics #i should get a modern era tag going too

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8iunie · 1 year

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ykaaar: B-Day boy🎉 +24 for me✌️90’s are the new 20’s - 08.01.2023

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a-cloud-for-dreams · 3 months

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There are a lot of appreciation posts for LIs and side characters (as there should be) but I wanted to start a thread for favorite MC screenshots you have! Here are some ideas in case your mind went blank

Choices

A Courtesan of Rome

Open Heart

Crimes of Passion

It Lives Series

Bloodbound

The Crown and the Flame

Blades of Light and Shadow

Immortal Desires

Queen B

Romance Club

Kali: Call of Darkness // Kali: Flame of Samsara

Song of the Crimson Nile

Psi

Theodora

Arcanum

Vying for Versailles

They don't have to be from Choices or RC specifically but they're the apps I'm most familiar with. Also, there are definitely other books out there. These are just the first ones that came to mind!

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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Livy’s Admittedly Biased History of Early Rome

Throughout all of written history there has been one commonality in all works of this kind. Due to the nature of humans, we all have preferences and experiences that make up biases, and thus every text about history is biased. It doesn’t matter whether the events were recorded at the moment of their occurrence or thousands of years after the fact. Even works with multiple authors are not free of bias due to differing views, but rather have multiple different biases. There is no way to remove bias for historical sources, so the question now is how do historians provide the reader with a clear recreation of past events?

On of the oldest solutions I have found comes from the 1st century BCE Roman historian Livy. The copy found in our library, titled Livy: The History of Early Rome, is a 1960 Limited Editions Club production, with a translation by Aubrey de Selincourt and illustrations by Raffaele Scorzelli, printed in Verona at the famed Officina Bodoni by Giovanni Mardersteig in an edition of 1500 copies signed by Mardersteig and Scorzelli . Despite the legendary tales of rivers protecting generals and consuls battling dragons, Livy is still able to provide the reader with an acceptable history due to what he says at the beginning of his work. In the first few pages of this lengthy read, Livy plainly tells the reader about his bias, stating that he believes Rome is the greatest civilization to have ever existed. This is then followed by both a hope that this view will not affect his writings and an instruction to remember this hope.

Livy’s histories do fall into the land of fiction at various points, yet with that instruction, readers have the ability to understand why they are present and hopefully can better interpret the events behind the legend.

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-- LauraJean, Special Collections Undergraduate Classics Intern

#Classics #Ancient Rome #Roman History #Livy #The History of Early Rome #limited editions club #Aubrey de Selincourt #Raffaele Scorzelli #Officina Bodoni #Giovanni Mardersteig #fine press books #historical bias #LauraJean

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dduane · 2 years

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#Rome #burials #funeral clubs

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richardarmitagefanpage · 5 months

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La Piel Del Tambor will be screened free of charge during the Cine Club at the Casa de la Cultura on December 7 in Badajoz, Spain.

#richard armitage #father quart #the man from rome #the seville communion #la piel del tambor #movie #arturo perez reverte #sergio dow #cine club #casa de la culura #badajoz #spain #december 2023 #news

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certifiedceraunophile · 2 years

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KLAROLINE: ANCIENT ROME AU

In which Klaus is a gladiator recruited by the commander general of the Felix Legions, Caroline Forbius to join her ranks after he showcases his deadly intelligence in the art of tactical combat in an arena tournament.

Basically a 100 layers of forbidden romance set in Ancient Rome between a commander general and a slave turned gladiator turned warrior.

Or the Weird Reverse Gladiator AU I’m kinda sorta obssessed with. @klarolineauseason

#mine;edit #kcedit #klarolineedit #klaus x caroline #tvdedit #klaroline shippers club #klausmikaelsonedit #caroline x klaus #carolineforbesedit #tvdverseedit #klaus mikaelson #caroline forbes #klaroline fanfiction #kcedits #ancient rome #rome aesthetic #gladiator aesthetic #kc #klaroline au season

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