#at least ancient history

[aroaceleovaldez]

Jason, Reyna, and Nico have one billion in-jokes about Mediterranean history between the bronze age to the renaissance that they find absolutely hilarious and no one else understands in the slightest. i know this in my heart to be true.

#pjo #riordanverse #jason grace #reyna ramírez-arellano #nico di angelo #im just saying. reyna and jason are canonically HUGE history nerds and nico is at least a huge mythology nerd #though also is heavily implied to *also* be a history nerd #dude's special interests are pirates and world mythology you KNOW he has one specific segment of history he's obsessed with #plus he canonically use to travel all around italy and knows a bunch of historical places and their contexts #those three all accidentally ended up best friends with each other and now they have a BFFs trio of geeking out over ancient rome #theyre in so deep with layered in-jokes that one will just shout a singular word and the other two will double-over laughing #and nobody can fathom how this is funny and no the explanation of the historical context is not helping

[sombertide-0]

Dinovember day 3! Pikaia! One of the first animals to have a spine, which means yes, you might be looking at a distant relative >:3

We all came from slug

#art #digital art #sombertide art #paleoart #paleontology #natural history #paleo #cambrian #slug #pikaia #palaeoblr #palaeontology #palaeoart #sea life #ancient life #dinovember #chordate #chordata #what a funky little guy #this one took me the least time so far #getting better at this style

[waggledoogledoggle]

I think I'm funny

#I live knowing the fact that Caesar would hate me for this #But at least I still get to live so suck on that Caesar #But hey it's ok #He's gonna be known for a great salad after this #History meme #ancient rome #rome memes #Ides of march #julius caesar #Jedtavius #Kinda #Ifykyk #stranger things #stranger things 4 #eddie munson

[dayurno]

something that always tickles my funny bone is when people mention in fanfic (or even in aftg canon itself iirc) that kevin is reading history books. books on history. what history? historical history. history of what? of the people. just the neutral entity of history. don’t worry about it. this isn’t a dig i’ve done it before it’s just really funny

#soviet history fan kevin day 2k24 i choose to believe #i think kevin would have a lovely time as a soviet history fan because its #all about correcting people and criticizing propaganda #and kevin loves correcting people and criticizing things. #he would make a fabulous ml but that’s besides the point #what i will say is that i think when people choose some random emperor from fuckwhen bc for kevin to be obsessed with #its kind of boring #i dont think kevin would be all that interested in ancient history and he wouldnt care much for ye olden empires #the way i see it at least! #txt #kevin

[curseofpower]

Currently imagining Tetra being so horrifically bored stuck in Hyrule's basement that when Ganon showed up and ripped the door open to kidnap her she was just like "Oh thank fucking god."

#Ganondorf #tetra #the legend of zelda #wind waker #personal hc #I think he'd at least have some books that she can't read bc they're in ancient hylian #but they have cool pictures to look at about hyrule's forgotten history so she's happy #and understands absolutely none of it. #... maybe if he read some of it to her or something tho... #Anyways he expects her to be terrified and she just runs over and clings to him. #'I don't care if you're evil as long as you have some coloring books or a puzzle or ANYTHING.' #She's used to adventure and excitement I can't imagine how much torture sitting still would be. #Hell she could just run up and down the stairs of his tower for enrichment when she gets the zoomies it'd still be better than basement.

[haematicartwork]

Medusa having a good time :D

Design breakdown + Explaination below the cut Reblog, do not repost. Comissions are open!

So, I recently had a late-night class on Medusa and her various depictions across time, and I felt very inspired by my prof’s descriptions of her and also intensely frustrated by the mythos as a whole, because unless you buy into one of the dozens of - fun but not historically backed - feminist retellings of her story, there really is nothing satisfying to Medusa, her fate or her death.

But i also felt like the victim part of her life had been more than explored and I honestly just thought her monstrous energy was sick as fuck, so I wanted to show her indulging in a heart and some intestine >:D

Here are some of the sources I used for the design, since she isn't often depicted with wings anymore:

This Vase should be around 600 BC and shows Medusa as a monster with clear inhuman/non feminine features: I borrowed the most from this depiction, since that is what i wanted to embrace. The loincloth is dotted in the style of the depicted fabric, the face has prominent tusks and the large wings turned upwards are also from here.

This is another depiction from a similar timeframe, late archaic/early classical period. This one was mostly an inspiration for the facial features and the way the hair is laid over the head in a way that looks sorta like cornrows, I thought it looked pretty cool!

Lastly, this bust is a roman replica, and is fairly controversial, but I had to include it because the "wing ears" are just awesome and i wanted desperately to include them, even if this bust is significantly younger and removed from the other sources. All in all, I wanted to make an image of Medusa as a "fun" monstrous lady who is living her best life, and not a seductress (ew. looking at you, giuanni versache) or a tragic figure. She most definitely deserved better, but I like to think she enjoyed herself, too. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far! I oversimplified some things for the sake of making this rant short, but I am also only a first year classicism student, and I didn't take notes during the class, so I may have made some mistakes.

#also the pose and general vibe (and the nakedness) is heavily inspired by my gf? #in the least weird way possible #gorgon #mythical creatures #ancient greek #greek mythology #illustration #digital art #digital artist #junos artwork #ancient greece #roman history #mythology #roman mythology #medusa #tw blood #tw gore #i guess? #art #art and sketches

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

four to doomsday is a funny serial because it’s objectively kinda dull but it’s so SO good at showing us what makes fivey and his friends tick

#doctor who #especially because 5 is out of comission for a lot of Castrovalva #or at least he hasn’t quite settled into his rhythm yet #and 4todoom is an excellent example of how a ‘second ep’ is a vital part of a new doctors initiation #just plonk the doctor and Co down somewhere and see how they react! #we see his designated driver ‘oh shit where’s heathrow’ role #but also his energy and even a bit of mischief #making faces at the security bots and that little smile when he blocks the camera with his hat #and his tetchiness too - ‘ah! you’re spoiling my concentration >:( #I also love that scene where they’re watching the dancing and Tegan is like ‘what are we doing the vibes are off’ #but five explains that he needs time to think so just look like you’re enjoying yourself #before cheerfully waving at their hosts #it’s a nice microcosm of how his outward ‘politeness’ is very much a facade #also we get some good scenes to show how team 5 works #nyssa and adric being impressed with the logic vs the doctor and Tegan’s knowledge of earth (and dry humour) #‘how’s your ancient history Tegan?’ ‘like I feel - awful -_-‘ ‘not to worry mines pretty good!’ #iTS SO GOOD #I will defend this serial I have so many thoughts #fifth doctor #5th doctor #season 19 #Tegan #adric #nyssa #classic who

[transgenderfivepebbles]

All of you are probably aware that I am a man who loves to think about the Ancients’ daily lives, but most of all I am a man who loves to think about them being happy.

The lives not spent in perpetual meditation and self-sacrifice, those spent truly living for something other than the hope to properly die.

Moon speaks of big festivals, of classical paintings so adored that people forged family portraits in their style – family portraits – they cared for their families enough to get them painted together!

She reads a fragment of a poem, from an ancient farmer. Their name is Pel, nowhere near as vivid as those of the others. In the mists of memory, your image dances, like the motes of dust, in a ray of sunlight that pierces a dark room. It is a love poem, it seems; to whom, no one knows. Nonetheless, it is a work of love, and nothing else.

She reads a dark pink pearl. In it are over six hundred memories of one person, who lived near the end of their civilization. They were married with children. They spoke in debate contests, and were apparently incredibly stylish. They preserved the memories of a tasty meal from their childhood, a triumphant victory in a debate, and a peaceful moment in their older years. They were left here to be cherished by those who remained. None do, except you.

But still, you are here. You remember what they were.

And they were alive.

#ramblings #rain world #ancients rain world #im. having feelings over them #gonna write the spades and bell fics tomorrow maybe #i gotta sleep now #but aaaaaaaa #they weren’t all miserable!! they got to live and be happy and love each other!! #at least for most of history the natural urges weren’t really sins. they were just part of being alive #ascension (supposedly) needed them gone but before then it was okay from what i’ve gleaned #im putting the ancients in a centrifuge and spinning them until all the lore comes out

[wolframpant]

10 October 19 AD: Germanicus dies in Antioch. Here are some of his portrayals on screen:

Eric Flynn in The Caesars (1968) David Robb in I, Claudius (1976) Alessandro Fella in Barbarians Season 2 (2022)

#germanicus #germanicus julius caesar #eric flynn #the caesars (1968) #david robb #i claudius #alessandro fella #netlix barbarians #the caesars isn't very good quality #just the best i could find #barbarians is the crime against humanity #i am sorry germanicus for what they did to you #but at least he is pretty #ancient rome #roman history #roman empire

[navree]

the politician, the general, and the priest - the second triumvirate.

the triumvirate for organizing the republic, or tresviri rei publicae constituendae, was a political alliance made following the ides of march between consul gaius julius caesar octavianus (caesar’s heir and adopted son), military veteran marcus antonius (caesar’s longtime friend) and high priest marcus aemilius lepidus (caesar’s appointed deputy). the second triumvirate, unlike the first between caesar, pompey, and crassus, was officially sanctioned by the senate and allowed the three men to rule the roman republic under a military dictatorship from 43 to 32 BC. 

#historyedit #perioddramaedit #history #roman history #ancient history #ancient rome #octavian augustus #mark anthony #marcus lepidus #my edits #my stuff #laurie is my main augustus fancast and i Shan't give him up #and james purefoy is just too good in that role for me not to use him #is he grossly inaccurate? yes. but was he still fun as his version of antony and very good at it? also yes #really the big thing was finding a face for lepidus because lepidus is basically furniture #lepidus was basically the spleen in human form in the triumvirate #trying to find a descriptor for him after using politician for octavian and general for antony was soooooo hard #but fortunately at least they let him keep on being the pontifex maximus :) #anyway this is a fun lil smth because i've got some Sad Stuff planned for august

[gazelle-of-the-steppe]

"The consciousness shaped by the transsexual body is no more the creation of the science that refigures its flesh than the monster’s mind is the creation of Frankenstein. The agenda that produced hormonal and surgical sex reassignment techniques is no less pretentious, and no more noble, than Frankenstein’s. Heroic doctors still endeavor to triumph over nature. The scientific discourse that produced sex reassignment techniques is inseparable from the pursuit of immortality through the perfection of the body[...]. Its genealogy emerges from a metaphysical quest older than modern science, and its cultural politics are aligned with a deeply conservative attempt to stabilize gendered identity in service of the naturalized heterosexual order."

—Susan Stryker, My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix

#quote #trans history #frankenstein #horror #queerness #ancient history #trans #susan stryker #history #trans medical care #medical history #heteronormativity #queer theory #queer #i love this quote so much i think about it at least 4 times a day #susan stryker you will always be famous TO ME

[emperornero]

i know this is just a blog theme based on ancient greece and op didnt have any bad intentions in mind but . maybe you shouldnt use something thats literally a well known far-right / nazi dogwhistle for your blog about history. it might raise some eyebrows. just a thought

#if you know who this is please dont harrass them im sure they didnt mean it this way #its just sad to me as a pole to see shit like this so often in ancient history spaces #more specifically greece and rome . #and educate yourself about dogwhistles and secret code like this. at least the basic things. especially if #- ww2 didnt affect your family personally. dont spread this ideology by being ignorant

[penguicorns-are-cool]

me, someone who has been exposed to zionism and Israeli culture/history since elementary school and has done quite a bit of research into both topics as a result: zionism and i/p are a lot more complicated than that

some rando who only talks about i/p conflict when the violence escalates and has no understanding of what zionism is: it's really simple actually zionism is evil

#like I'm sorry what #we're talking about a umbrella term #for an ideology #that has it's own left and right wing #and existed before it became political #and a conflict #with roots in ancient history #where the important #context #is at least 100 years #that is affected by #western powers #and antisemitism/islamaphobia in general #where both grups involved #can make the claims of #indigenity #and religous holy land #and where the history includes #so much terrorism #like a crazy amount of terrorism #and then the UN #fucking shit up #not even to mention #the huge information war #that has been a part of it #since day one #it's pretty complicated #like it's really fucking complicated

[chaldeanu]

i think every. single. day. about this masterpiece. to think that someone came up with all these ideas, animated them, gave them colours, movement, life, everything… and now i can watch it as many times i want. there are so many hidden references to art pieces besides the heroes and the cultures themselves…

#tbh everyone should watch this video at least once in their life #it’s amazing what can people do with animation #and yes i’m a fate girlie but i don’t play the (gacha) game #i love the concept and some series from the universe <3 #ngl this franchise made me who i am today lmao without it i wouldn’t survive history of art in school asdfghjkl #and now i love it so dearly i could spend my whole life digging in myths and ancient cultures and art <3 #talking ノ

[thesingingrevolution]

reading my diary entry from 8th grade when the boy i liked so much gave me a kiss on the cheek..

#i went crazy #i was like. 100% sure he was the love of my life #in the entry im like #i was out cold on the floor #and i literally said if we ever actually kissed i would have ended up in the hospital #i know that absolutely yes that would have happened #i would actually have passed out at the very leasr #least #i liked him so so so so so so so so so much #i was literally like #it’s not 20:49pm and i can still feel it on my cheek 5 hours later #IT IS**** 20:49 NOOO #crazy #it wasn’t a romantic kiss btw. we were saying goodbye #for a long school break #i never got to properly say goodbye to him. he never really spoke to me after he broke my heart #and after i wrote a letter to him telling him i appreciated our friendship and i wished him luck back home he embarrassed me #i still remember the pain it was so bad #we have spoken since though. and even seen each other in person 5 years later. but it’s ancient history now #i dont think he knew the real depth of my feelings #anyway about the kiss moment #but it caught me off guard and i literally explained the whole cultural aspect of hugs and kisses it was shsgsgsgahahaj #oh well #such a messy end to a nice friendship #i will never forget how much i cared for you ******* #this is so sick #i cant stop crying #sorrt its so incoherent

[billygoat26]

Do you ever just wanna draw Horrordust because you're on a horrordust kick but you have to do schoolwork even though you're staying home because the weather is being weird?

That's me right now.

I've been ruined by the ship (/j)

#billygoat talks #horrordust #school sucks #I only have math and history stuff to do #but those are my least favorite classes #why do they exist #who came up with math #I wanna go back in time and commit stabby stab on that person #The person who decided we should learn history that isn't even remotely relevant to us too #None of us need to learn about the mongolians or the silk road #I don't care about what happened in ancient china #(No offense to you history buffs and such) #Is this stuff in the hashtags technically me venting? #I'll just count it as such